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Sex scene disturbs TV debate
A TV debate on the future of the Labour Party was disturbed by a sex scene from Channel 4 drama Shameless.
A naked blonde woman appeared on a monitor in the background during a discussion on Ed Miliband's leadership.
The scene appeared on screen for a number of seconds as host John MacKay interviewed Labour blogger Dan Hodges.
The broadcaster apologised for the mistake after Paul Traynor, a viewer, made a formal complaint.
A spokesman for the channel said: "We hope viewers weren't distracted by the unexpected content."
Shameless, the drama about life on a dysfunctional Manchester council estate, was being broadcast on Channel 4 at the same time.
A channel source told the Daily Record: "Nobody even spotted the scene until we received a complaint and played back the video.
"It's unfortunate but in a busy newsroom we have monitors showing the various TV channels."
what do you think?
Barry Stephenson
I can't see it either. Maybe Mr Traynor was watching on a monster sized TV and could see more than we normal sized tv watchers. In that case, what is the point of having such a large screen if you are going to be distracted by the background ?
Olly Olly
It's the monitor of the far right of the screen.
Norman Lindsay
4:16pm on 20/1/2012
Get a life Mr. Traynor, I've watched the clip three times now and have'nt yet seen any sex scene.