|
Forward
Back
Dancing On Ice Judge Cleared
Ofcom has ruled that Dancing On Ice judge Jason Gardiner did
not breach broadcasting guidelines when he likened Sharron Davies' skating
to faecal matter.
The ruling followed the former Olympic swimmer's exit from the ITV1 show, in
which her skating drew criticism from resident "nasty" pundit Gardiner.
The watchdog recognised his reference to faecal matter "was potentially
offensive to a number of people".
However, it said it was justified in the context of the programme.
Gardiner, it ruled, was "well established as the acerbic 'nasty' judge on
Dancing on Ice and seems quite content to play up to his 'pantomime villain'
image".
His comment, therefore, "would have been likely to have been recognised as
part of the 'cut and thrust' of this contest by the majority of the
audience".
Ofcom received 443 complaints about the 31 January edition of Dancing On
Ice, in which Gardiner said Davies' first routine with skating partner Pavel
Aubrecht was "like watching faecal matter that won't flush".
"It goes around and around and around and in the end it doesn't go
anywhere," he added.
In its February broadcast bulletin, Ofcom said Gardiner's remarks had been
fleeting and were partially prompted by the colour of Davies' costume.
The former Olympic swimmer left the competition this weekend, after finding
herself in the skate-off for a third time.
19:00
February 22
2010 - waveguide.co.uk
Click
here to comment on this story
TV Presenter Gave Lover's
Name To Police
BBC television presenter Ray Gosling says he has told police
the identity of the former lover he smothered to death, the Corporation said
today.
The 70-year-old was arrested on suspicion of murder after describing in a
documentary how he carried out the mercy killing of the man.
Gosling, from Nottingham, was released on bail and is due to report back to
police in April.
He has said the man had Aids and was in severe pain. He said that he would
not be making any further comment.
He was released following questioning by detectives for more than 30 hours
in custody.
The Nottingham filmmaker said earlier that he had made
a pact with his lover to act if his suffering increased.
17:57
February 22
2010 - waveguide.co.uk
Click
here to comment on this story
Frank
Skinner Returns To BBC Two
Frank Skinner is to front a new entertainment show for BBC
Two, it was announced today.
Marking his return to the BBC with his first BBC Two series since Fantasy
Football, Frank Skinner's Opinionated is a weekly topical show that takes on
the big, and not so big, issues in the news from Skinner's perspective.
Each week the show will come from a studio in a different part of the
country and will also feature a very opinionated audience, offering their
own take on events.
Frank Skinner said: "It's me, two guest comedians and, most importantly, the
citizens of Great Britain sharing our opinions on stuff in the news. On a
good week, I will probably crowd-surf."
16:55
February 22
2010 - waveguide.co.uk
Click
here to comment on this story
EastEnders Criticised By Police
EastEnders has been criticised for the way detectives were
portrayed in its recent Who Killed Archie? storyline.
In recent week's, viewers have seen Walford detectives DCI Jill Marsdenand
DC Wayne Hughes chatting to locals while investigating the murder case.
Hughes has also been seen accepting a bribe from Jack Branning
But real-life detectives fear that such behaviour made them look
'unprofessional', according to reports
Alan Kalbfell, a Detective Inspector with the City of London police and
speaking on behalf of the National Detectives Forum, said: "It is
frustrating to see our trade portrayed in such a bad manner.
"EastEnders is watched by a broad range of people, from young to old, and
they will think this is how detectives operate. It's not. There is no doubt
this is damaging to our profession.
"There is no way that 99.9 per cent of people doing our job would dream off
discussing an ongoing case with people on the street if it could prove
detrimental to the case.
"Yet EastEnders have no problem showing this. It makes us look
unprofessional."
Almost 17 million viewers watched EastEnders' live episode on Friday night,
in which Stacey Branning confessed to killing Archie.
A EastEnders spokeswoman apologised to real-life detectives, saying: "I'm
sorry if we have offended real-life detectives but this is heightened
fiction and all the things that we show might not always represent real
life.
The spokeswoman added: "We always have a police consultant on shows like
this that we go to before casting."
16:02
February 22
2010 - waveguide.co.uk
Reader Comment
It's drama!
r_sprinz
....................................................................................................................
if the police force believe EastEnders portrayal looks
unprofessional. What about the portrayal of Islam in EastEnders! ITS TOTALLY
WRONG!!!!!!!
TOM BIRMINGHAM
.....................................................................................................................
Then the poxy police should start realising that it is a
soap and not real and start worrying about real problems instead of if a
fictional television program is making them look unprofessional, absolutely
ridiculous.
broyds1993
....................................................................................................................
i wish people would get a life, its a soap not a
documentry
glbrooks1
.....................................................................................................................
What twaddle...... perhaps the fiction is to close to the
truth ?
mikesebayaccount
Click
here to comment on this story
Top
Forward
Back
|
