Ofcom censures BBC after chef swears on Saturday Kitchen Live

Comedian Jimmy Carr has been cleared of breaching broadcasting regulations after referring to the pope as "king of the paedophiles", but BBC1's Saturday Kitchen Live has been censured after a chef swore when he spoiled an omelette. Saturday Kitchen Live chef, Tom Kime, said "fucking hell" under his breath when he realised his omelette was sticking to his frying pan in an edition of the BBC1 show broadcast on 5 December last year. The BBC said the programme's presenting and production team had not heard Kime make the comment until alerted after the show, so had not apologised on air. Later the BBC confirmed to media regulator Ofcom that Kime would not be returning to the show, and apologised to viewers who had contacted the broadcaster to complain. Ofcom said the broadcast breached rules which prohibit the broadcast of the most offensive language before the watershed. A total of 25 viewers complained to Ofcom after Carr made the comment on his Channel 4 quiz show Eight Out of 10 Cats on 2 February. However, the regulator cleared the broadcaster of breaching regulations on religious offence. In a separate incident, six viewers complained to Ofcom about an incident on ITV1's Alan Titchmarsh Show after the daytime programme featured a package on sex toys in the run-up to Valentine's Day on 10 February. The regulator said it had not breached broadcasting rules on sex and nudity. • To contact the MediaGuardian news desk email [email protected] or phone 020 3353 3857. For all other inquiries please call the main Guardian switchboard on 020 3353 2000. • If you are writing a comment for publication, please mark clearly "for publication".