BREAKFAST SHOW RAPPED OVER SEX TOYS

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Breakfast Show Rapped Over Sex Toys

LONDON (Reuters) - A British breakfast television show was rapped by standards watchdogs Thursday for a feature on sex toys.
GMTV argued that its piece was a serious examination of sexual problems for its housewife audience and had taken place after 9 a.m. when most children would have left for school, the Broadcasting Standards Commission (BSC) said.

But the BSC said it "took the view that the content was unsuitably explicit and had exceeded acceptable boundaries for the time of broadcast."

It dismissed another complaint about TV illusionist Derren Brown's Russian roulette stunt on Channel 4 in October.

"The Committee noted the significant level of warnings that had been given, the careful treatment of the issues of potential glamorization or copycat incidents, and considered that the program did not promote gun culture, nor make light of suicide," it said.