'Katie And Peter' show broke privacy rules

ITV2 show Katie And Peter: The Baby Diaries infringed the privacy of Katie Price and Peter Andre's nanny, broadcast regulator Ofcom has ruled.

An episode of the show in July last year saw Price, otherwise known as Jordan, sack nanny Becky Gauld over the phone. Footage was also shown of her possessions, stored in her room in Price's home, being packed into bin bags, and of Gauld later arriving to collect them.

Price claimed she and husband Andre had discovered that Gauld had gone on holiday to Portugal rather than, as she had said, to see her father in Wales.

Ofcom found Gauld had not been given an opportunity to reply to the allegation that she had lied, and that the footage amounted to "unwarranted infringement of her privacy".

ITV accepted elements of the complaints but said any infringement was accidental, and pointed out that Gauld had signed a prior consent form for the filming. The broadcaster said her room was on Price and Andre’s property so showing her possessions being packed up did not intrude on her privacy.

Ofcom said "there was nothing in the form to suggest that her bedroom might be filmed in her absence or that Katie Price or her staff would be filmed going through her personal possessions".

"There was nothing in the circumstances of the filming that diminished Ms Gauld’s expectation of privacy in relation to the room, which had in effect become her home," said the regulator.