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British Tabloids Falsely Claim Ben Whishaw’s ‘London Spy’ Investigated for ‘Steamy Gay Sex Scene’ – VIDEO
British tabloids The Sun and The Mail Online falsely reported on Wednesday that the UK’s Office of Communications, known as Ofcom, was investigating the BBC gay drama London Spy because of alleged complaints over a “steamy gay sex scene” between stars Ben Whishaw and Edward Holcroft.
However, Ofcom has received only one complaint and told The Huffington Post UK that no investigation is under way.
A spokesman said: “We assessed one complaint about a sex scene in London Spy on BBC Two.
“In our view the scene was appropriately scheduled after the watershed. We therefore won’t be investigating the programme.
“Our broadcasting rules do not discriminate between scenes involving opposite sex and same sex couples.”
The “watershed” referred to above is defined as “the time when TV programmes which might be unsuitable for children can be broadcast.” The watershed starts at 9 PM and ends at 5:30 AM.
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The headline from The Mail Online originally looked like this:
Before being ultimately corrected to this:
The Sun, meanwhile, ran this salacious piece in its Wednesday print edition.
Check out some screen grabs of the scene that caused the false reporting, here:
Then watch a preview of London Spy episode 2 coming next week, below:
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