Davina: 'Compliance restricts BB'

Davina McCall has complained that new rules following the Celebrity Big Brother race row have "restricted" the show.

Speaking at the MediaGuardian Edinburgh International TV festival, the presenter explained that the guidelines had made the show harder to produce.

"I mustn't talk about compliance because I will say something I regret," she said. "Don't get me started on compliance. We were the programme where the naughty things happened and we are not allowed naughty things anymore."

However, she continued: "Even now when we are complianced to an inch of our lives, it is one of the best series ever.

"I do feel compliance has been an issue and it has made the programme harder to make but we have still provided one of the best."

McCall also suggested that the live feed was dramatically reduced because of compliance.

"I think streaming is harder," she admitted. "There have been a lot of complaints about streaming not being on during the day, and I think that is harder because of the compliance."