Radio 1 criticised for swearing game

Radio 1 DJ Scott Mills has landed in hot water with Ofcom for broadcasting a game that appeared to air censored swear words.

The Press Association reports that the regulator has objected to the game 'Badly Bleeped TV' as it featured words such as 'fated' and 'fantastic' that were censored to sound "for all intents and purposes" like 'f**k'.

Ofcom said that the feature, which aired at 4pm during the school holidays, had breached regulations by purposefully editing the audio clips to sound like expletives.

Radio 1 claimed that the feature was not meant to cause offence and intended to represent "the saucy seaside postcard tradition of comedy".

BBC sitcom After You've Gone has also faced criticism from Ofcom for showing Nicholas Lyndhurst's character overdose on painkillers because he believed they contained sugar.