Next month the Independent Television Commission publishes its annual review of programming for 1994. Channel 4 is expected to come under heavy criticism for its youth programming which includes The Word and Eurotrash. Also expected to come under scrutiny will be the Red Light Zone, a season of films focusing on erotica and deviance which launched this weekend.
The charge, which will be in the annual review, has already resulted in a heated meeting between Michael Grade, Channel 4’s chief executive and the Commission. The Commission claims that programmes such as The Word and Eurotrash threaten its integrity.
The row which has broken out could see a reprieve for The Word, which was due to be dropped at the end of the current series; dropping The Word could now be construed as caving in to pressure from the ITC. For the first time ever a show of The Word was pre-recorded last week after an official warning from the ITC that it would be pulled off-air permanently if there was even one obscenity.
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