Dick & Dom in trouble again

11 April 2012
The Weekender

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Children's TV presenters Dick and Dom are in trouble again after imitating "flashers" and appearing almost naked on screen.

The BBC's own programme complaints unit ruled the pair's behaviour had "exceeded acceptable limits".

Dick and Dom - real names Richard McCourt and Dominic Wood - pulled their latest stunt in a CBBC trailer for their Saturday morning show in August last year.

A viewer complained and the BBC ruled: "The behaviour went beyond the kind of unplanned tomfoolery which had been anticipated, and beyond what was appropriate in this context.

"Independently of the Unit's investigation, the management of CBBC made clear to the presenters and programme team that acceptable limits had been exceeded, and that any elements of improvisation must remain appropriate to the target audience."

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