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An angry MP blasted TV chiefs yesterday for turning our airwaves into a "sewer" of bad language. Speaking in the Commons, Denis MacShane said the 9pm watershed was no excuse for gratuitous swearing - and criticised Jamie Oliver's latest cookery show for its heavy use of the f-word. The former Europe Minister, 60, said: "Please tell the BBC, please tell Ofcom, you don't hear that in France, you don't hear that in Germany, you don't hear it in America. Why has British broadcasting got to be in the linguistic sewer of our great language?" Picking out Oliver's Channel Four series Jamie's Ministry of Food - filmed in his Rotherham constituency - Mr MacShane said: "This is not a watershed question, there are plenty of children watching after 9pm. "I watched Jamie Oliver reporting from Rotherham... F, F, F, F, F." Replying, Culture... [read full story]
