ITV News breached the broadcasting code in a tribute to actor Sir John Hurt, watchdog Ofcom has ruled. The programme aired the gruesome “chestburster” scene from Alien, one of the late star’s best ...

Ofcom has ruled that ITV “breached programming code” by showing the gory 'chestburster' scene from Ridley Scott's 1979 classic Alien on a Saturday morning. The hugely famous scene, involving British ...

The programme aired the gruesome "chestburster" scene from Alien, one of the late star's best known movies, in its morning bulletin. The graphic and bloody clip, in which a baby alien makes its way ...

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