Skinner to examine swearing on TV
Comedian Frank Skinner is to make a special edition of BBC's Panorama programme about swearing, and taste and decency, on television. Skinner, who has experimented with dropping swearing from his act, has spoken to all the major broadcasters for the show.
The 51-year-old's programme will be aired in early February.
It follows a call last month from ITV head Michael Grade for broadcasters to cut down on "indiscriminate" swearing.
He spoke in the wake of a row over offensive calls made by presenters Jonathan Ross and Russell Brand on Brand's Radio 2 show.
The pair left lewd voicemail messages for 78-year-old Andrew Sachs about the Fawlty Towers actor's granddaughter, Georgina Baillie.
'Back off'
Last month, Skinner told BBC Radio 4's Today programme he had performed a gig without using bad language, as an experiment to freshen up his act.
― Mark G, Wednesday, 24 December 2008 15:29 (seventeen years ago)