Over 200 complaints for Channel 4’s ‘Indian Winter’

Channel 4 has received over 200 complaints for the ‘Indian Winter’ season it aired last month.

Majority criticised ‘Gordon�۪s Great Escape’ series featuring chef Gordon Ramsay’s trip to India, with others unhappy with the season focusing on slums rather than India�۪s wider culture and heritage.

The three-part series called ‘Gordon�۪s Great Escape’, which was aired as a part of Channel 4’s popular ‘Indian Winter’ season, was the second-most complained about show last month, with 162 viewers contacting Channel 4.

Their complaints centered on Ramsay�۪s language and brusqueness in speaking with the “mild-mannered” and “gentle” people he met, in the words of one complainant.

Another 30 viewers took issue with what one person perceived as McCloud�۪s “complete lack of understanding, manners, sensitivity and tact” in his series Kevin McCloud: Slumming It.

The channel received a further 20 complaints for the season portraying India with just slums and not on any of its landmarks.

However, 21 viewers contacted to C4 to praise McCloud�۪s series and another 14 rated Ramsay�۪s programme.