Game Of Thrones pulled from TV by Sky after swearing-heavy episode shocks viewers at 7am
GAME Of Thrones was sensationally pulled off air after a very rude episode aired early this morning.
Sky issued an apology after the expletive-laden show left viewers stunned.
A breakfast time screening of Game of Thrones left fans shocked with its explicit content.
The episode, Prince of Winterfell, included offensive language being repeatedly used including “c**t”, “f**k” and “s**t”.
It was broadcast for approximately 40 minutes before it was taken off air and replaced with pre- watershed content.
The error left Sky in breach of Ofcom’s broadcast code after the Mandatory Daytime PIN protection wasn’t enabled.
Sky apologised to viewers when the show was aired.
The broadcaster said it ‘fully accepts strong content should not be broadcast before the watershed without the necessary mandatory PIN protection’ and ‘sincerely apologise[d] to those customers who viewed this content’ and added it ‘is never our intention to offend or upset our viewers.’
It told the regulator that the incident was due to an ‘unforeseeable software fault’ caused by a system upgrade which caused ‘stability issues regarding software used to implement PIN on Sky Q boxes.
To prevent a recurrence of the issue Sky explained it made changes to the software system including reducing its data, making a considerable upgrade to its available memory and adding automated and manual checks.