I wonder how Sky get away with it when footballers and people in the crowd can be seen swearing, though it is mute it's easy to see what they're saying. Do Ofcom take context into consideration or are viewers just not uptight enough to complain?
I wonder how Sky get away with it when footballers and people in the crowd can be seen swearing, though it is mute it's easy to see what they're saying. Do Ofcom take context into consideration or are viewers just not uptight enough to complain?
If you're a football fan, and get offended by swearing, then you're never going to attend a football match !
I wonder how Sky get away with it when footballers and people in the crowd can be seen swearing, though it is mute it's easy to see what they're saying. Do Ofcom take context into consideration or are viewers just not uptight enough to complain?
IIRC ITV got hauled over the coals in the early days of broadcast F1 team radio because a driver swore. They weren't even in control of that aspect of the coverage!
Ahh yes. Giancarlo Fisichella telling his team exactly what he though of the lousy car they had given him- and not using Italian swearwords either.
Problem was, all F1 team radio transmissions are broadcast with delay, but apparently FOM put that out over the world feed, rather than the F1+ digital feed (where because the viewer was paying to watch it, that sort of swearage is expected to be tollerated by the viewers) by accident.
The bleep machine was soon installed for the world feed shortly afterwards.
Not an F1 driver but there was this incident where Martin Brundle chose to interview a certain Mr Osbourne while working for ITV.
Also I seem to recall Louise Goodman having to apologise for the colourful language of Mark Webber on one occasion where he was having a bad day.
As for football, there have been a few occasions where Sky's commentators have had to apologise if viewers have heard foul language from fans being picked up on the pitchside mics.
And let's not forget David Coulthard once stating live on air what he'll do to Felipe Massa if he didn't apologise for taking him out of the race!
There was a golden moment a year or so back where the Sky F1 team interviewed Gerhard Berger, who began his bit by mentioning the words he's not allowed to say, with examples of course!
With DC, it was the 'belt three colours of' comment wasn't it?
The on air apology aftetwards was a slightly undermined by James Allen giggling loudly just as DC said it.
Gerhard Berger has the nickname within the Sky Sports F1 team of Swearhard Berger, because of his liberal use of the English language during live interviews.
With DC, it was the 'belt three colours of' comment wasn't it?
The on air apology aftetwards was a slightly undermined by James Allen giggling loudly just as DC said it.
That reminds me of Fletch and Sav on BT last year when Harry Redknapp told an off-colour anecdote about Neil Ruddock "shagging all night", and then when they came back from the break a sheepish Darren Fletcher had to do his best serious face and apologise for any offence. An apology not at all compromised by the fact they were all sniggering like schoolboys when he was telling it.
