http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1133317/Foul-mouthed-Gordon-Ramsay-hot-water-viewers-subjected-swear-word-half-seconds-show.htmlFoul-mouthed Gordon Ramsay in hot water after viewers subjected to a swear word every two-and-a-half seconds in show
MPs today urged Channel 4 to fire Gordon Ramsay after an astonishing 312 obscenities were used on one episode of his show.
Viewers flooded the channel with complaints after the chef broke the Guinness world record for the number of swear words on a TV programme.
There was an average of one expletive every 20 seconds during Friday night's special edition of Gordon’s Great British Nightmare, which was watched by three million viewers.
Former Tory minister Ann Widdecombe called on TV bosses to sack the fiery chef while ex Labour minister Denis MacShane said he should be suspended.
But there was fury after Channel 4 defended Ramsay's foul language as an 'expression of his passion and frustration' and said no action would be taken against him.
The chef used his first F-word just 31 seconds into the programme and in once scene there were 37 expletives in 95 seconds, one every two and-a-half seconds.
Half an hour into the show one viewer wrote on the Channel 4 website: 'I have just switched him off. There is no need for that language. It makes an interesting programme not worth watching.'
And politicians from all parties and TV watchdogs condemned his crude language.
Tory MP Miss Widdecombe said: 'Just sack him.
'Anybody who swears that much on a cooking must be fired. Most people were already fed up with him. This is the final straw.
'Just how far does he have to go before Channel 4 bosses accept that he has caused real and genuine offence and broken all acceptable boundaries of good taste?
'What is their limit?'
Former Labour Minister Denis MacShane told the Sunday Mirror Ramsay was a poor role model for youngsters and said action was needed.
'This is a clear breach of Ofcom rules on swearing and it should launch an investigation into the programme immediately.'
Ramsay, 42, who last year earned £80million, swore 243 times - 187 of obscenities was the F-word - in general conversation.
The failing chefs he was targeting swore 69 times - but always when they were angry of upset.
Denis MacShane, Labour MP for Rotherham, said: 'A period of silence from Gordon Ramsay is long overdue. Channel 4 should give Britain a break from this foul-mouthed soup-stirrer.
'There are plenty of other perfectly good chefs who could take his place and not subject us to his needless sewer of bad language.
'Ramsay is a terrible role model to every child and adolescent in Britain.
'Cookery shows are popular all over the world but it is only in this country that we have to put up with this abuse of the English language from the chefs.'
Tory MP Andrew Rosindell branded Ramsay's behaviour a 'disgrace.'
He said: 'Public figures ought to know better than parade on TV using such bad language. It sends out the wrong signal.
'It's not funny, it's not clever, it's actually rather pathetic that he thinks he needs to be offensive to gain a name for himself.
'Channel 4 should reconsider what they allow people to do on television.'
Lib-Dem MP Don Foster said: 'This is getting beyond a joke. When you hear about this much swearing in a single programme, you’re tempted to utter an expletive yourself.
'We have got to tone it down because bad language on TV is seeping into society.'
Mediawatch director John Beyer said: 'This is a serious political issue.
'Ramsay's behaviour was unacceptable and Channel 4 is ultimately responsible for it.
'They know what he is like and it's completely wrong for them to let this go when it has caused so much offence.
'The Channel's whole remit as a public service broadcaster needs to be investigated by the government if it refuses to take on board the concerns of viewers and politicians.'
Ramsay’s show, part of Channel 4's Great British Food Fight season, was broadcast on the same day the he promised not to swear on the U.S. version of his live cookalong show for fear of upsetting American viewers.
The previous record the number of swear words in a TV show was 240, set by comic Paul Kaye in his guise as TV reporter Dennis Pennis in 2007.
Ramsay's own swearing on his programme broke this record, with 243 expletives, including 187 F-words, during 103 minutes on air.
There were another 69 swear words from other restaurant owners featured in the show, bringing the total to 312.
Channel 4 received 69 complaints from viewers about the show.
A spokeswoman for the broadcaster said: 'Gordon Ramsay is a well known TV personality and viewers know what to expect when watching these programmes
'This was an extended two hours programme shown after the watershed and proceeded by an on air warning about its content.
'The swearing is a genuine expression of Gordon's passion and frustration.'
