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| Big Brother boosted amid race row | Big Brother boosted amid race row |
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| Celebrity Big Brother drew its third-largest audience of the series as alleged racism on the Channel 4 show prompted thousands of complaints. | Celebrity Big Brother drew its third-largest audience of the series as alleged racism on the Channel 4 show prompted thousands of complaints. |
| The main highlights programme averaged 4.5 million viewers on Tuesday, up from 3.5 million on Monday and 3.9 million on Tuesday last week. | The main highlights programme averaged 4.5 million viewers on Tuesday, up from 3.5 million on Monday and 3.9 million on Tuesday last week. |
| TV regulator Ofcom said it was looking into a record 13,000 complaints about treatment of Indian star Shilpa Shetty. | TV regulator Ofcom said it was looking into a record 13,000 complaints about treatment of Indian star Shilpa Shetty. |
| Show sponsor Carphone Warehouse has denied it is reviewing the deal. | Show sponsor Carphone Warehouse has denied it is reviewing the deal. |
| "We are against racism in any shape or form and have full faith in Channel 4 and that they will deal with any serious allegations such as this in the appropriate way," a spokesman said. | "We are against racism in any shape or form and have full faith in Channel 4 and that they will deal with any serious allegations such as this in the appropriate way," a spokesman said. |
| A House of Commons Early Day Motion was tabled on Tuesday about the issue. | A House of Commons Early Day Motion was tabled on Tuesday about the issue. |
| Hertfordshire Police said two e-mail threats against housemates had been sent to Channel 4, but would not say if they related to the alleged racism. | Hertfordshire Police said two e-mail threats against housemates had been sent to Channel 4, but would not say if they related to the alleged racism. |
| This House calls on the programme to take urgent action to remind housemates that racist behaviour is unacceptable House of Commons Early Day Motion class="" href="/1/hi/uk_politics/a-z_of_parliament/e-g/82132.stm">What is an Early Day Motion? The 13,000 complaints received by Ofcom is a record for a television broadcast. | |
| Leicester East MP Keith Vaz tabled an Early Day Motion to raise the issue in the House of Commons after being contacted by constituents. | Leicester East MP Keith Vaz tabled an Early Day Motion to raise the issue in the House of Commons after being contacted by constituents. |
| The motion said that the House viewed "with concern the comments made about Big Brother contestant Shilpa Shetty by other housemates". | The motion said that the House viewed "with concern the comments made about Big Brother contestant Shilpa Shetty by other housemates". |
| It said that "Big Brother has a role to play in preventing racist behaviour in the Big Brother house" and "calls on the programme to take urgent action to remind housemates that racist behaviour is unacceptable". | It said that "Big Brother has a role to play in preventing racist behaviour in the Big Brother house" and "calls on the programme to take urgent action to remind housemates that racist behaviour is unacceptable". |
| Housemates Jade Goody, Danielle Lloyd and Jo O'Meara have been seen making fun of the Bollywood star's accent. | Housemates Jade Goody, Danielle Lloyd and Jo O'Meara have been seen making fun of the Bollywood star's accent. |
| 'Absolutely absurd' | 'Absolutely absurd' |
| On Monday night's episode, former S Club 7 star O'Meara reportedly suggested that Indians were thin because they were always ill as a result of undercooking their food. | On Monday night's episode, former S Club 7 star O'Meara reportedly suggested that Indians were thin because they were always ill as a result of undercooking their food. |
| The trio also complained that Shetty had touched other housemates' food with her hands. | The trio also complained that Shetty had touched other housemates' food with her hands. |
| Former beauty queen Lloyd said: "You don't know where those hands have been." | Former beauty queen Lloyd said: "You don't know where those hands have been." |
| Mr Vaz told GMTV on Wednesday: "The language that is being used, the way in which it is being used, the things that are being said, are just not acceptable in this day and age." | Mr Vaz told GMTV on Wednesday: "The language that is being used, the way in which it is being used, the things that are being said, are just not acceptable in this day and age." |
| But a friend of Lloyd, Leeandra Anderson, said that the suggestion the housemate was racist was "absolutely absurd". | But a friend of Lloyd, Leeandra Anderson, said that the suggestion the housemate was racist was "absolutely absurd". |
| "I've known Danielle for five years now and not once has she had a racist undertone in her voice ever," she told BBC Radio Five Live. | "I've known Danielle for five years now and not once has she had a racist undertone in her voice ever," she told BBC Radio Five Live. |