Complaint
A listener complained that remarks by the presenter Tam Cowan were “wholly inappropriate for broadcast on a daytime family show”. The ECU considered the complaint in the light of the BBC’s Editorial Guidelines on harm and offence.
Outcome
The ECU concurred with the view already taken by BBC Scotland that the elements of sexism and sexual innuendo in the remarks rendered them unsuitable for a programme broadcast at Saturday lunchtime, and noted that Mr Cowan had subsequently taken part in one-to-one equality, diversity and inclusion training. In the ECU’s view this was sufficient to resolve the issue of complaint.
Resolved