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Piers Morgan and the late Jerry Springer have taken their places in UK regulator Ofcom’s first ever all-encompassing list of the most complained about TV shows of all time. Morgan’s Good Morning Britain rant, during which he questioned Meghan Markle’s claims that her time with the royal family had…

Kevin Spacey has spoken out against allegations of his illegal behaviour, ahead of a documentary about him due to air next week. The actor, who was previously cleared of sexual assault after trials in the US and UK, gave an interview to former GB News presenter Dan Wootton on his Outspoken channel on…

Controversial broadcaster Dan Wootton has quit GB News a day after Ofcom rapped his show over Laurence Fox’s “unambiguously misogynistic” rant. Wootton said in an X statement that he will launch his own platform, “which will feature a brand new daily news and opinion show from later this year that…

Ofcom has said it has “significant concerns about GB News' editorial control of its live output” after rapping the network for Laurence Fox’s highly misogynistic rant on Dan Wootton’s show. GB News, which is currently being investigated for around a dozen potential infringements of Ofcom’s code, was…

London’s Metropolitan Police will take no further action against suspended GB News anchor Dan Wootton. The police had examined allegations that Wootton used fake online identities and offered money to others for explicit material of themselves. Wootton has previously said he made “errors of…

Laurence Fox’s highly misogynistic rant on Dan Wootton Tonight, which led to the actor and politician’s firing from GB News, was Ofcom’s most-complained-about TV show of the year in 2023. The episode in September, in which Fox ranted about journalist Ava Evans – saying no "self-respecting man would…

Laurence Fox’s GB News show, in which stand-in presenter Martin Daubney interviewed Reform Party leader Richard Tice about the hot-button small boats issue, has become the latest to be found in breach by Ofcom. The regulator has rapped GB News once again for “due impartiality” issues, following an…

Laurence Fox, the British actor who has starred in Lewis and White Lines, has been fired from GB News and arrested on the same day. GB News said on Wednesday that it had “ended its employment relationship” with Fox after he was suspended last week for a misogynistic rant about female journalist Ava…

The Laurence Fox rant on Dan Wootton Tonight is now comfortably the most complained about broadcast of the past two years while complaints have come flooding in for yet another GB News show, Lee Anderson’s interview with Home Secretary Suella Braverman. Another 1,500 complaints have been filed to…

The journalist at the heart of the GB News storm in the UK says she fears for her safety and is uncertain whether she will be able to carry on in her job. Ava Evans, who works for the Political Joe website, found herself at the centre of a media debacle this week, when actor turned activist Laurence…

UPDATED: Another GB News presenter has been suspended. Calvin Robinson took to X/Twitter on Friday to write a lengthy message criticizing the UK channel for suspending Dan Wootton over his role in a misogynistic segment on Dan Wootton Tonight before quickly following up to say he had also been…

Ofcom has opened yet another investigation into GB News following the Laurence Fox rant on Dan Wootton Tonight, which the regulator revealed has received 7,300 complaints. The regulator said it is investigating under Rule 2.3 of the Broadcasting Code, which states that in applying generally accepted…