As reported in the Guardian newspaper - Channel Five has been censured by media regulator Ofcom for a series of premium-rate quizzes that breached broadcasting regulations because they were unfair to viewers. Six separate incidents were highlighted by Ofcom today on Five's The Great Big British Quiz and a programme on its digital channel, Five US, called Quiz Call.

In four instances the wrong answer was displayed on screen, while elsewhere Ofcom ruled that the challenges had been too difficult. It also criticised the broadcaster for failing to reveal how some answers had been calculated.

Ofcom said the quizzes, aired on October 29 2006 and November 25 2006 respectively, were too difficult, featuring alterations to the signs and flags which could not reasonably have been detected by viewers. In one instance the Japanese flag was altered by increasing the size of the red disc by 5%.

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News Date: 2008-08-11