Top 20 British TV Moments That Caused Major Outrage

possibly there's a slight problem with with with with the sweating um because uh I I have a peculiar medical condition which is that I don't sweat welcome to watch Mojo UK and today we'll be counting down our picks for the top 20 British TV moments that caused major outrage before we begin we publish new content every day so be sure to subscribe to our Channel and ring the bell to get notified about our latest videos for this list we'll be looking at scandalous television moments the public complained about let us know in the comments which would have you writing to ofcom [Music] number 20 offensive slur Gavin and Stacy let's do this in the run-up to the 2019 Gavin and Stacy reunion Christmas special much was said about the decision for Bryn and Nessa to sing fairy tale of New York complete with its divisive slur well now everyone a bi-annual tradition Lil Ness and I are going to sing you a Christmas song though we're all by now very tired of this debate and it can be avoided entirely by just using the alternate lyrics that Kirsty mccole herself wrote there might be more to this particular route than meets the eye babe in the drunk tank the choice of the song did undoubtedly generate a lot of free publicity for the reunion though we don't know if James Corden caused controversy on purpose to get some more attention and interestingly an alternative Vision was recorded which is the one that gets re-aired [Music] number 19 Jeremy corbyn's hats newsnites oh do you accept that labor has continued that failure there people on either side of the political divide are losing faith in the BBC with claims of bias coming from all fronts but does this incident in 2018 show a Time the BBC's bias was more on the right at the heart of it is the problem that we didn't offer a clear enough alternative at the last election a baffling controversy emerged after Newsnight was accused of editing a photo of Jeremy corbyn still the labor leader at the time to make his winter hats appear more Russian of course the image of Corbin was also put against a red background featuring moscow's famous Saint Basil's Cathedral newsnite was reporting on Corbin's comments on the Salisbury poisonings however which led to them denying that the imagery was unfair it's still not clear what the truth is maybe Parliament could rotate maybe we could show that we are one Britain and actually have sessions of parliament elsewhere I'm open to that idea number 18 coughing Who Wants To Be A Millionaire in 2001 Charles Ingram his wife Diana and her brother Adrian got it into their heads that they could game the system and Come Away with the jackpots on Who Wants To Be A Millionaire it's worth it both Diane and Adrian had tried before and failed leaving it to Charles who did win the jackpots however ITV certainly wasn't convinced noticing coughs coming from the audience that seemed to indicate the correct answers I think I think it was Holbein all three were later put on trial for what they did and were convicted though they denied it the entire time and Ingram wasn't allowed to claim his prize [Music] he just won one number 17 Sean Walsh and Katya Jones Strictly Come Dancing in hindsight this controversy seems baffling to say the least yes cheating on your significant other is a bad thing to do but was it so bad that it had to dominate the country's front pages for the better part of two weeks I'm joined Now by Sean and Katrina on it takes two we'd like to talk about the dancing but that's been somewhat overshadowed by events this week regardless that's what happened with the tabloids generating lots of outrage when the so-called strictly cures struck again they stayed on the show but were voted off as soon as the public got a say with both of their careers in tatters and relationships destroyed um is there anything else that either of you'd like to say I think that um obviously I'm sorry for the hurt that I've caused did they get what they deserved who's to say but at least as Walsh pointed out in his return to stand up people stopped talking about brexit for a while uh Sean your ex-girlfriend Rebecca has put out a statement is there anything you'd like to say about that um I I think first of all I would rather not be having to address this publicly number 16 Watership Down though Watership Down received a theatrical release back in the 70s and went on to traumatize thousands of Brits we're remembering one particular incident where it was aired on television covered with blood on Easter Sunday 2016 Channel 5 decided to show Watership Down before the Watershed it makes sense it's ostensibly a children's film about rabbits after all this is it the wires on a peg we've got to dig it out the pegs narrower down but as we all know Watership Down is notable for its violent scenes and the graphic deaths of so many of its main characters [Music] it's not clear how many people complained but the ones who did were quite vocal online not that channel 5 seem to care number 15 Matt Hancock in the jungle I'm a celebrity get me out of here Matt Hancock might have been the only person more notorious for cheating on his significant other in recent years than Sean Walsh I thought you broke lockdown rule no I did not all right you were socializing someone outside of your household yeah that I didn't break any laws I got guidance is different but I don't want to go oh so there's a rule and there's a law Hancock was filmed copying off with one of his staffers and the footage was released by the sun in 2021 in violation of his own covert rules so why did you break your own guidance is a mistake because I fell in love with somebody and when I was taken by love well it's true he resigned as health secretary but then signed up to I'm a celebrity while still a sitting MP outraging his constituents Hancock did quite well in the competition though he was grilled by his fellow contestants about his mishandling of the pandemic and had the Tory whip removed for disappearing while Parliament was in session what I do appreciate is that you did eat a vagina for us number 14. naked education Tanaka do we need to see naked bodies in a classroom just to know that human beings come in different shapes and sizes the precursor to naked education naked attraction was already controversial enough with its naysayers claiming it made people's body image issues worse seemingly to counter this Channel 4 hit back with the more sensitive follow-up but people weren't happy with this either so at the end of the day we need to look at it from their perspective and if you want to educate children if you're going to show naked bodies I don't I think it's going to actually deter from the actual education as well the issue some saw was the show's naked Brigade a roster of nude adults who show their bodies to teenagers in a classroom setting in a more cutting-edge approach to sex ed well unsurprisingly people weren't happy believing this was a massive safeguarding issue they complained in droves saying they certainly wouldn't want their children to have seen somebody else without any clothes on they've had Authority approval of that kind of thing I don't think no no in the same way that it's giving them sex education isn't going to make them run out and have sex I don't think being seeing a naked body is going to make them decide to strip off and start running around the school naked or start flashing strangers number 13 terribly white there is the reason we have King Charles III and queen Camilla in the Imperial State Crime the most complained about moments of 2023 came about during the coronation of King Charles III it was a comments made by actress ajoa Ando on itv's coverage Ando has most recently starred in Bridgeton but will be a familiar face to many and no said that the Royal balcony of Buckingham Palace looked terribly white when the new king and queen emerged which got over 8 000 complaints to Afghan a wave to the crowd and the crowd waves back Ando later went on Radio 4 to apologize saying she didn't mean to upset anybody the complaints weren't upheld however with Afghan saying Ando was well within her right to freedom of expression um he can just about remember the coronation balcony moment and ever since then he's been seeing these scenes but you know he's leading them today he's the one they're here to see he does look relaxed he's taking it all in and it must be quite a scene number 12 prince Andrew news night more from the royals who can forget the legendary hour of television in which prince Andrew decimated his own reputation apparently without even realizing because she was very specific she described the dance that you had together in she described meeting you she was a 17 year old girl he agreed to a news night interview to clear up certain allegations made against him with regards to the Jeffrey Epstein Scandal but nobody was convinced she provided a photo of the two of you together yes your arm was around her waist yes you've seen the photos I've seen the photograph how do you explain that I can't among other things he notoriously claimed he couldn't sweat and that he couldn't have been involved in the crimes committed because he'd been at Pizza Express I was with the children I'd taken Beatrice to a Pizza Express in working for a party at a I suppose sort of four or five in the afternoon Andrew has since been retired from public life and stripped of many of his titles including his hrh and is no longer a working Royal number 11. Hugh Gates this morning well we wanted to come to pay our respects to the queen because she was just such an amazing person from one very unpopular Royal to quite possibly the most beloved Monarch we've ever had in September 2022 Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II passed away her coffin was brought down from Balmoral to Westminster Hall where she lay in States while members of the public came to pay their respects the rules were that we would be quickly escorted around the edges to a platform at the back in contrast those paying respects walked along a carpeted area beside the coffin the cue to see the Queen went back for miles and took hours to get through unless of course you work for ITV a massive Scandal emerged when Philip Schofield and Holly Willoughby supposedly jumped the queue they technically didn't do this but the damage was done months later and Scofield resigned in the midst of another Scandal but to many Hugh Gates was the first Domino to fall and therefore totally understand the reaction please know that we would never jump a queue number 10 Piers Morgan vs Helen Whatley Good Morning Britain I don't know why you're laughing why are you laughing because I thought you said I'm telling you what it is it's actually very serious this explosive interview on Good Morning Britain in April 2020 was so controversial it led to Downing Street Banning senior ministers from making an appearance for months and Piers Morgan himself being prevented from attending the government's press briefings so the the latest information we have for NHS workers this is a 198 nonsense questioning care Minister Helen Whatley about the high number of deaths in Care Homes due to mismanagement of the global pandemic Whatley ended up laughing and trying to dodge Pierce's questions about the many unnecessary fatalities I think it's really really important to take the steps what's really important is that you just answer straight questions is it true that 4 000 people why are you laughing was later hit with thousands of ofcom complaints about his notoriously aggressive interview style though neither he nor Watley came out of the clip looking good 9. drag performance Strictly Come Dancing 2020's musical themed week was opened with a dance routine inspired by Priscilla Queen of the Desert a 2006 musical based on a 1994 film about a group of drag queens driving through the Outback give me a break I was never that famous I'm not joking but the performance received about a hundred of calm complaints from people claiming the musical was inappropriate because strictly is a family show Strictly producers hit back by saying the show is and always has been inclusive just a few months earlier though it was hit with even more complaints about having a same-sex dance partnership and in 2019 a one-off same-sex routine ruffled feathers as well well in all cases the BBC was cleared of any wrongdoing number 8. Kim and Colleen reunite loose women I know what I went through now I know what I went through awful Kim us Colleen Nolan was voted the winner of the 19th series of Celebrity Big Brother an ex-housemate Kim Woodburn whose time in the house was more than a little inflammatory didn't keep her anger to herself they were bitter Rivals during CBB with Kim accusing Colleen of being two-faced but far more outrageous than anything that happened in the house was when ITV staged a reunion of Kim and Colleen on loose women you know what you did and I'm gonna tell you something I tell you what I did I just didn't tell you how vile you are from day one you're a horrible [Applause] Janet Street Porter was the judge trying to put an end to the feud but things didn't go as planned I don't want to draw a lineup I will never forget what the likes of her and the seven of us put me through okay well never forget it never but um suffice to say Kim wasn't actually interested in reconciliation and walked offset I wanted to want to sit and talk to lions I know both of them were on the verge of tears by the end number seven diversity's tribute to BLM Britain's Got Talent after making their name on Britain's Got Talent back in 2009 london-based Dance troupe diversity written to the show to perform over 10 years later another disease deep rooted in our system [Music] racism but thousands of viewers had a problem with the issues diversity raised in their performance as they addressed the black lives matter movement but I think what they tried to do was well-intentioned but very misguided and that British public have said you know what we don't want this it was pre-water shared it was very violent it was you know portraying police brutality and the kneeling on necks and complaints claimed that the dance was offensive to white viewers and that it wasn't appropriate for family viewing with the tabloids also jumping on the story to learn best diversity for their stands ultimately offcom cleared Britain's Got Talent of any wrongdoing on the grounds of freedom of expression I mean we were climbing to the most complained about TV moment of the day I really wanted number one I feel like I was climbing the chart I really did but we got to number two and then kind of off-com ruled that they weren't going to investigate wow number six Clarkson on the one show the one show just keep going but they don't they were stopping why are you looking so shocked I'm not though he's had a long and Incredibly successful career in television Jeremy Clarkson has been at the center of many many controversies during his lifetime but his comments on the one show in 2011 was so extreme he was forced to issue a public apology but others including many supporters of yesterday's strike failed to see the funny side they saw a combination of bad taste and a politically motivated attack he started out by saying people who end their lives by jumping in front of trains are selfish and ended with some now notorious remarks that workers carrying out industrial action in the 2011 public sector strikes should be executed I mean how dare they go on strike when they've got these guilt-edge pensions that are going to be guaranteed while the rest of us have to work for a living Clarkson amassed an immense 21 000 complaints to ofcom the one show itself also had to apologize to the trade unions organizing the strike number five EastEnders baby swap EastEnders the Soaps have a long history of tackling current affairs and real world issues including one contentious storyline tackling sudden infant death syndrome someone now when cat and Ronnie both gave birth in the same episode Ronnie's baby died of cot death leading her to actually switch the two babies and steal cat's son Tommy [Music] the backlash to EastEnders was so huge that there were even rumors actors might quit the show the storyline was criticized both for being an extremely distressing plot to Air pre-watershed and for being medically inaccurate but remarkably despite over 13 000 complaints the BBC was cleared of wrongdoing but like never I care number four race Rao Celebrity Big Brother many TV controversies are a lot of fuss over nothing with ofcom rarely actually getting involved but this was not the case for the fifth series of Celebrity Big Brother which landed Channel 4 in hot water Indian contestant and eventual winner Shilpa Shetty received abuse from fellow housemates most notably Jade Goody Goody's family and Danielle Lloyd ofcom got involved ultimately receiving over 44 000 complaints total as did the police it was even discussed by members of parliament the Scandal was so severe that big brother was only saved by being picked up by Channel 5 with Channel 4 unable to weather the storm number three live ghost investigation ghost watch nowadays paranormal TV shows are a common sight with most of them taking quite a lot of liberties with the truth to try and scare the public but in 1992 ghostwatch was something people had never seen before Susie stop it stop it Susie set up like a live ghost investigation program ghostwatch was actually scripted and full of special effects it was so convincing hosted by credible broadcaster Michael Parkinson viewers up and down the country believed what they were seeing despite the fact it aired on Halloween no go away mom help me don't leave me Mommy have we have we lost the link completely this led to tens of thousands of complaints from people extremely distressed by what they had witnessed believing Parky really had been possessed on live TV and ghost watch has never been rebroadcast [Applause] [Music] yeah number two Chris Morris gets in trouble brass eye these are our children they skipped down our streets but the pedophile is waiting [Music] one of the most controversial shows ever made Chris Morris's magnum opus is still as hilariously offensive today as it was in 90s but 2001's won our special Peter gedden was so outrageous it got the entire show canned Forever by Channel 4. I hope Brazen and Shameless is the modern pedophile well take a look at this card here what sort of sick individual puts things like this up in a telephone box what sort of thing was going through his mind lampooning the British press's obsession with uncovering and branding people as pedophiles Morris managed to convince celebrities like Gary lineker to repeat absolute nonsense along with creating iconic comedy sketches like the one disguised as a school where after your help too security footage of a pedophile disguised as a school he's been getting away with it in Sheffield for 12 years do you know him have you seen him please call 3 000 complaints made their way to ofcom and Morris also earned the very tabloidy logging like the Daily Star and the male 1. punchgate Celebrity Big Brother I got it wrong yeah I really got it let's have it it's never been entirely clear why Roxanne pallet decided to accuse housemate Ryan Thomas a physically assaulting her but she definitely did and the Fallout was extreme my mind ran away with me I am a sensitive person only my family and friends can vow for that since the Big Brother house has cameras in every nook and cranny the alleged incident was caught on tape and everybody except palette was in agreement that Thomas did nothing wrong regardless the next few days saw the show received tens of thousands of complaints AS Palette tried to attend other housemates against Thomas in the moment it felt worse than it was I can't prove a feeling eventually she quits and Thomas was the show's final ever winner before his cancellation though she wanted to end his career she's the one who struggled to get out from the shadow of the accusation I massively apologize to not just Ryan to his families friends his fans every single person that watched that do you agree with our pigs check out this other recent clip from WatchMojo UK and be sure to subscribe and ring the bell to be notified about our latest videos foreign

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Length: 23min 43sec (1423 seconds)

Published: Sun Sep 03 2023