How Did they Get Away with 'That'?

[James2001]

You can even get away with sh*t pre watershed depending on the context. Certainly seen it left in daytime showings of a couple of One Foot In The Grave episodes on Gold (as well as the term "stark bollock naked" in another).

[Colm]

ITV3 has an inconsistent policy on keeping "bitch" and "bastard" in dialogue for Classic episodes of Coronation Street and Emmerdale - overdubbing 'TARRRTTT' during an argument between Gloria Todd and Sandra Srubbs in the Rovers, and cutting Alan Bradley's "You bitch!" when he chases Rita Fairclough across the road in Blackpool being two notorious examples; yet they didn't always edit out the numerous times Mike Baldwin was called a "bastard" - they did during the fight in the Rovers with Ken Barlow, but they didn't when a female character (Jackie Ingram?) did.

ITV now classify "bitch" as strong language when used as a pejorative in soap opera (cf. the first episode of Corrie last Friday); most likely to cover their arse against social media criticism and subsequent Ofcom complaints.

[Humphrey Hacker]

This may be a myth

When Channel 4 was in it's gestation period Jeremy Issacs was supposedly accosted by Phil Redmond who asked Issacs if he would transmit a drama at 8PM with the word f**k.

[Steve in Pudsey]

This is an interesting read, from 1994 - the Broadcasting Standards Council (OFCOM predecessor) Code of Practice, which has a much more nuanced commentary on acceptability of language than its successor.

https://www.ofcom.org.uk/__data/assets/p...n-1994.pdf

[EeveeSparkles]

Animaniacs managed to get away with it really well. Keep in mind that this is a CHILDREN'S cartoon.
Goodnight Everybody!

https://youtu.be/Ma9PFYjuYo4

[Bluecortina]

I sometimes wonder how Channel 4 gets away with ‘Naked attraction’. It’s just titillation dressed up as entertainment. Or maybe ‘dressed down’ would be a more apt description.