Sir Ian McKellen said sh*t on Thursday's The One Show

Sir Ian McKellen said 'sh*t' on Thursday's The One Show. This is interesting because no one seemed to mention it on the show. The way the BBC are at the moment, I was expecting several apologies and maybe a BBC Action Line for people who were affected by it.

Interesting points follow...

- The subtitles said "bad" in place of "sh*t". In fact, the subtitles said "back" but was then corrected to say "bad".

Shouldn't the deaf and hard of hearing community have the opportunity to be offended as much as hearing people?

- They left the swear word in the IPlayer version (about 15:10)

- IPlayer now includes subtitles for live shows including the back/bad bit.

there are many more worse words

saying that maybe No one actully wacths this show

That's isn't the point. But then I wouldn't expect you to get it.


That's the only explanation.

The point is he said a bad word? at 7pm time slot I dare say Eastender have used the word.

There are so much worse thing people could complain about, I dare say we will have ANOTHER daily mail thing

I'm with 623058. Sh!t happens.

LOL - with handy tips on how to sue the BBC for the distress caused.

Yes, but the "point" I am referring to is that it isn't supposed to happen, and thus the OPs surprise that it wasn't mentioned at all.

I should point out that I wasn't complaining, just mentioning it for the benefit of the forum. If the Daily Mail decided to run with this then it would have been in Fridays paper. I doubt Eastenders have used the word 'sh*t'.

I wouldn't be so sure, didn't Manuelgate take a week or so to surface in the Daily Mail initially?

Anyway, so the s word was said before the watershed. Whoops and oh-well. It shouldn't have happend, but that's live TV for you.

Hmm the ratings suggest otherwise...

The One Show is regularly the second most watched programme in weekday peak-time after EastEnders on BBC One, and most weeks all 5 episodes are in the factual top 10 ratings.

It has been regularly getting over 5 million viewers daily - and is beginning to nip at Emmerdale's heels (it is sometimes beating Emmerdale in their second 15 minutes...)

It may not appeal to the 16-34 demographic as much as some shows - but it is huge in the over 50s... (!)

I don't think even The Daily Mail would bother with that. It was a guest not a presenter, and on a live not a pre-recorded show. It was hardly a rerun of Ross/Brand...

if nobody watches it how do the know he swore

anyway it's SIR Ian so you can't tell him off, if we had Dame Joan Rivers she wouldn't have been told off for her little expletive on loose women

it's called bias, due to personal status
examples

tv personality sends offensive phone message on a radio show, gets suspended

tv personality sees a prostitute in his own private time, gets the sack