Bollocks
Simon Tyers
Mark Radcliffe
BBC Radio 1, 30 September 2002, 1300-1500
The Complaint
A listener complained about swearing.
The Broadcaster's Statement
The BBC said that the programme had included a strong
term which had been unacceptably explicit. It apologised
for any offence that might have been caused by the use of
such language.
The Commission's Findings
A Standards Panel listened to this programme which
included a game in which a popular song was played
with one word missing and listeners were invited to
telephone the programme and guess the word that was
missing. While the Panel recognised that this programme
was well known for its earthy humour, it took the view
that the inclusion of this particular term relating to male
genitalia, which the Commission's own research indicates
is generally considered to be offensive, had exceeded
acceptable boundaries for broadcast, particularly at the
time of transmission. The complaint was upheld.
Mark Radcliffe
BBC Radio 1, 1 November 2002, 1300-1500
The Complaint
A listener complained about the use of offensive language.
The Broadcaster's Statement
The BBC said that in this edition one of the presenter's
fictional characters, his own supposedly foul-mouthed
and useless agent, had made an appearance. It apologised
for the unacceptable use of the word "bollocks" and for
any offence caused. However, the broadcaster did not feel
that the use of the word "tosser" had been inappropriate
for inclusion in a programme whose presenters made
much of their Mancunian bluntness.
The Commission's Finding
A Standards Panel listened to the programme. It agreed
with the broadcaster's acknowledgement that the use of
the word "bollocks" had been unacceptable in this
context. In respect of the word "tosser", the Panel took
the view that, in the context of the presenters' wellestablished
style and the fictional character's attitude to
his client's affairs, its use in a general sense was unlikely
to have caused widespread offence. The complaint was
upheld in part.
defected-dan
@titan.btinternet.com:
> From the latest Broadcasting Standards Council report:
>
> Mark Radcliffe
> BBC Radio 1, 30 September 2002, 1300-1500
>
> The Complaint
> A listener complained about swearing.
> <snip>
There's always one whinging bastard
Robert Naylor
> From the latest Broadcasting Standards Council report:
>
> Mark Radcliffe
> BBC Radio 1, 30 September 2002, 1300-1500
>
> The Complaint
> A listener complained about swearing.
>
>
Wondered how long it would take for sommat like this to happen,
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news:Xns934F60BFF1...@130.133.1.4:
> "Simon Tyers" <S.T...@btinternet.com> wrote in news:b67teo$17i$1
> @titan.btinternet.com on Sun, 30 Mar 2003 23:09:13 GMT
>
>> From the latest Broadcasting Standards Council report:
>>
>> Mark Radcliffe
>> BBC Radio 1, 30 September 2002, 1300-1500
>>
>> The Complaint
>> A listener complained about swearing.
>>
>>
> Wondered how long it would take for sommat like this to happen,
I can't remember what show it was... in fact, wasn't it when Coldplay
were on M&L didn't Chris Martin say knobhead or something like that? Do
we know if anyone complained there?
>
Tiggs Panther
>"Simon Tyers" <S.T...@btinternet.com> wrote in news:b67teo$17i$1
>@titan.btinternet.com on Sun, 30 Mar 2003 23:09:13 GMT
>
>> From the latest Broadcasting Standards Council report:
>>
>> Mark Radcliffe
>> BBC Radio 1, 30 September 2002, 1300-1500
>>
>> The Complaint
>> A listener complained about swearing.
> Wondered how long it would take for sommat like this to happen,
Hmmmm. I think I'm gonna write in and complain about "Whinging
Bastards".
Mark and Lard ain't funny if they have to be toned down. And anyone
who doesn't like the "earthy humour" should "Go Forth and Multiply".
Tiggs
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<mark> Give me a clue.
<lard> It's not Alison Moyet!
Martin Rodgers
> It apologised
> for the unacceptable use of the word "bollocks" and for
> any offence caused.
Wimps.
http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=bollocks&db=*
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Martin Rodgers
> There's always one whinging bastard
So tell the BBC how much you enjoy this banter. And tell them that there's
nothing rude about the word, "bollocks". Any offence is in the mind of the
listener. Tell them to look it up in a dictionary.
Martin Rodgers
> Mark and Lard ain't funny if they have to be toned down. And anyone
> who doesn't like the "earthy humour" should "Go Forth and Multiply".
http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=bollocks&db=*
bollocks
v : make a mess of, destroy or ruin [syn: botch, fumble,
botch up, muff, blow, flub, screw up, ball up, blunder,
spoil, muck up, bungle, fluff, bollix, bollix up,
bollocks up, bobble, mishandle, louse up, foul up, mess
up, fuck up]
Source: WordNet (R) 1.6, (c) 1997 Princeton University
Robert Naylor
news:Xns934F9761...@217.32.252.50 on Sun, 30 Mar 2003 23:55:52 GMT
It'll be a good while before they show up if they do.
Chris Baker
> A Standards Panel listened to this programme which
> included a game in which a popular song was played
> with one word missing and listeners were invited to
> telephone the programme and guess the word that was
> missing.
# YOU TOOK THE COCK RIGHT OUT OF MY MOUTH
Wonder if someone'll emither
I'm_a_whinging_tosspot_please_let_me_complain@....com about me now.
Besides, it could have been worse, imagine if they'd had two missing
words....
# You took the ______ right out of my mouth, it must have been when you were
_____king me.
Chris Baker
[18:16:12] <@TiggsPanther>
http://www.google.com/search?q=%22Mark+and+Lard%22+bollocks&btnG=Google+Sear
ch&hl=en&lr=&ie=ISO-8859-1&safe=off
[18:16:24] <@Bairy> greet!
[18:16:42] <@Bairy> is that complaints that they *say* bollocks, or that
they *are* bollocks?
[18:17:28] <@TiggsPanther> LOL
[18:17:34] <@TiggsPanther> Good question!
followed by
[18:18:27] <@TiggsPanther> "News just in: A complaint has been witheld about
Mark and Lard saying "bollocks" on daytime radio"
[18:18:47] <@TiggsPanther> "And in other news, a complaint has been
submitted about Mark and lard being bollocks on daytime radio."
One for newsbeat I think.
Simon Tyers
judge-esque in their descriptions, so...
> with one word missing and listeners were invited to
> telephone the programme and guess the word that was
> missing.
> The BBC said that in this edition one of the presenter's
> fictional characters, his own supposedly foul-mouthed
> and useless agent, had made an appearance.
And surely, in the first example, that's misunderstanding the gag? Can't you
get fined by the self same ITC if you're found to be running closed shop
phone-ins?
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Jim Aitken
> I can't remember what show it was... in fact, wasn't it when Coldplay
> were on M&L didn't Chris Martin say knobhead or something like that? Do
> we know if anyone complained there?
>
I think he called George Bush a twat two or three times, to Scrawn's
apparent discomfort.
I seem to recall somebody writing into Feedback on R4 last year
complaining about the innuendo/sexual content/swearing on Scott Mills,
Sara Cox, M&L and Chris Moyles and, if memory serves, the controller
of R1 was very mealy-mouthed about the offence caused, have a word
with the presenters, won't happen again, blah, blah, blah. The
following week, Robert Carlyle (?) said 'fuck' on M&L...
<rant>
I've just spent the last couple of weeks not able to get VHF on the
stereo in my new car and I've had to make do with Virgin 1215 and
Magic 828. It's so bloody anodyne it's driven me so far up the wall I
spent all Saturday fixing the stereo. Tiggs is cock-on - a M&L
programme with no non-playlist plays, no quality items etc would be
shite. Scrawn wouldn't shine and I doubt Lard would have anything to
do at all. And I suspect that the RAJAR figures would drop right off.
Cheers,
Jim
ps - you can ring/email the BBC Duty Office, R1 controller etc etc to
congratulate them on a programme. I'm told that these logs are read
by TPTB and it helps counteract these tosspots who a) don't like
something b) complain c) get it cancelled/emasculated d) go on and
complain about the next thing they don't like e) buy tomorrow's 'Daily
Mail.' In the words of the song, "we wish 'em pox and wish 'em gout,
and hope their teeth and hair fall out."
</rant>
xSaBx
wrote:
][ [18:18:27] <@TiggsPanther> "News just in: A complaint has been witheld
about
][ Mark and Lard saying "bollocks" on daytime radio"
][ [18:18:47] <@TiggsPanther> "And in other news, a complaint has been
][ submitted about Mark and lard being bollocks on daytime radio."
Time for a new .sig, methinks...
xSaBx
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> # YOU TOOK THE COCK RIGHT OUT OF MY MOUTH
>
> Wonder if someone'll emither
> I'm_a_whinging_tosspot_please_let_me_complain@....com about me now.
>
>
> Besides, it could have been worse, imagine if they'd had two missing
> words....
>
> # You took the ______ right out of my mouth, it must have been when
> you were _____king me.
has anyone got an mp3 of this which they can upload somewhere or e-mail
to me? would be great to hear it again. cheers.
Chris Baker
> has anyone got an mp3 of this which they can upload somewhere or e-mail
> to me? would be great to hear it again. cheers.
ditto for me. I have spare webspace (bout 9mb) and am willing to host it
there if someone has the damn file.