Celebrity Big Brother "punch-gate" most-complained about TV programme in 2018

Roxanne Pallett entering the Big Brother House. Credit: PA

Celebrity Big Brother was the most-complained about TV programme of 2018, Ofcom has said.

The media watchdog received 27,602 complaints from viewers about the Channel 5 reality TV series, which came to an end on the channel this year.

Ofcom said the majority of complaints around Celebrity Big Brother related to the allegations made by Carlisle-born Roxanne Pallett against Ryan Thomas.

Former Emmerdale star Pallett accused Thomas, who went on to win the show, of "punching" her but she later apologised, saying she had got the situation "massively wrong".

ITV's Loose Women is second on Ofcom's annual list of complained abouttelevision, with 8,002 complaints.

According to Ofcom, the majority of those were related to an interviewconducted with Kim Woodburn as a guest on the talk show panel.

During her appearance on Loose Women, Woodburn became embroiled in a war ofwords with Coleen Nolan and other panellists before storming off.

Ofcom said it is "investigating both programmes to determine whetherpotentially offensive content was editorially justified and placed intoappropriate context".

Here is the list of Top 10 most-complained about TV programmes:

  • Celebrity Big Brother - 27,602 complaints

  • Loose Women - 8,002 complaints

  • Sky News - 4, 251 complaints

  • Love Island - 4, 192 complaints

  • Coronation Street - 1,098 complaints

  • Emmerdale - 759 complaints

  • Good Morning Britain - 548 complaints

  • This Morning - 402 complaints

  • I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here! - 335 complaints

  • The X Factor - 286 complaints