LOOK. Fuss about British TV program showing naked adults to teenagers | TV

In ‘Naked Education’, adults take their clothes off in front of teenagers to show them what ‘real bodies’ look like. This should reassure young people about their insecurities, in a world where everyone is pushing the best version of themselves on social media. “Your happiness shouldn’t depend on whether or not you have that perfect shape,” the trailer says.

Only two episodes have aired, while all six are already online for streaming. But that is enough for many hundreds of complaints to the British telecom watchdog Ofcom. Politicians aren’t staying silent either, with Conservative MP Jonathan Gullis arguing that adults stripping “is not how responsible sex education should take place”. “How it is possible that Channel 4 believes this show is appropriate blows my socks off.”

Kate Garraway, the presenter of the morning show ‘Good Morning Britain’, says she felt uncomfortable with “the physical proximity of a naked adult to a teenager”. Social media quickly turns to pedophilia. “We will not tolerate this pedo behavior in front of our children,” tweeted @sammijohnst. The presence of a transgender person in the series also arouses anger. “What the hell does that thing in the clip with boobs and a beard,” reports @PaulHut91434196. “Psychopaths! Let the children be children!”

Telecoms watchdog Ofcom says it has received 930 complaints after the second episode on April 4. The grievances centered on the nudity itself, which was supposed to be aired too early in the evening, but also that the nudity was shown to teenagers aged 14 to 16. to open an investigation,” he said.

Ian Katz, who is responsible for content at Channel 4, defends the show on Twitter. “Anyone who suggests that the Channel 4 show ‘Naked Education’ promotes pedophilia or abuses children has almost certainly not watched it. The show counters the dangerous myths and toxic imagery bombarding teens by exposing them to real, normal bodies during an open, safe debate about them. It is hard to think of a clearer example of a valuable public interest broadcast that exposes the kind of misconceptions that all too often instill fear and feelings of inadequacy in young people.”

The channel also says that all teenagers who participated agreed with the program in a well-considered way. “They and their parents were well prepared, and they were very aware that they were taking part in a play about physical taboos. They were accompanied the entire ride.”