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Good Morning Britain Tops Five-Year Ofcom Complaint Rankings

An Aura Print analysis of Ofcom data shows complaint surges clustered around a small number of high-profile broadcasts.

Overview

  • ITV's Good Morning Britain drew about 91,890 complaints over the past five years, with 57,973 tied to Piers Morgan’s 2021 on-air response to the Meghan–Oprah interview, which Ofcom ruled did not breach its code.
  • ITV2’s Love Island ranked second with 66,252 complaints, including 24,763 about the August 6, 2021 episode featuring a confrontation between contestants Faye Winter and Teddy Soares.
  • ITV recorded roughly 210,000 complaints across the period, the highest total of any UK broadcaster cited in the study.
  • Among soaps, Emmerdale received 2,405 complaints and Coronation Street 1,348, according to the reported totals.
  • The figures were reported by multiple outlets from an Aura Print study compiling recent Ofcom complaint counts.