Ofcom Tells British Broadcasters It’s Examining Call-In Quiz Shows Very Carefully

The UK media watchdog agency Ofcom has warned the very popular British quiz shows that it is taking complaints about them seriously. Some two dozen investigations are underway about the fairness of the questions and answers, the cost of phone calls, the fairness of the declared winners, and calculation of votes. Read more here, here, here, here, and here. Here’s a background story by BBC correspondent Torin Douglas.