Emmerdale

The 40th anniversary live episode of Emmerdale , has attracted a few whinges.

According to the Metro newspaper, TV censor Ofcom, has received complaints from some viewers over some of the content shown in the first ever, hour long live episode of the hugely popular ITV soap.

A long running story of affairs and blackmail came to a head with a confrontation between Chastity Dingle and Carl King led to Carl forcing Chas on to the ground, and whilst there was nothing explicit shown, there was a very strong implication that his intention was to rape her. That is until she hit him over the head with a brick and running off, leaving him for dead.

A few viewers complained about the attempted rape scene. ITV have confirmed that they have received a handful of complaints regarding the attempted rape itself, and a further 18 from those who thought that the scene was too violent for its 7pm time slot. An ITV spokesperson told Broadcast:

We are aware that there were a few complaints to Ofcom about the level of violence in the episode. The programme also got very many letters and emails praising it.

We were very careful to keep the drama within acceptable bounds for pre-watershed scheduling, and the episode was preceded by a continuity announcement that some scenes might be upsetting.

TV censor Ofcom has confirmed receiving 'tens of' [sounds like outrage speak for 20] complaints about a murder scene in the ITV soap Emmerdale .

The scene depicted the death of Gennie Sharma, at the hand of evil Cameron Murray before the 9pm watershed and some viewers complained that their children were watching as Gennie's head was seen hitting a window as her car rolled downhill.

The new mum had been run off the road by her nemesis after she found out his secrets and after her car crashed, he then smothered her with his bare hands until she died.