It used to be the case that what ended up on the cutting floor remained there – at least until a series of comical out-takes was produced a few years later. But in the era of Twitter, utterances muttered on set can rapidly find their way to whole new audience.
The producers of Relocation, Relocation decided to reshoot a scene after deciding that presenter Kirstie Allsopp had gone too far when she used the expressions "for God's sake" and "Christ almighty" to vent her frustrations after things went wrong during filming.
The 35-year-old then wrote on her Twitter webpage: "Just been told I can't say 'for god's sake!' or 'Christ almighty' on TV (& it's channel 4!!) I am so sick of compliance I cld scream Aah!"
The story was picked up and a spokeswoman for Channel 4 confirmed Allsopp was asked to do a retake in case the language breached the broadcasting code. The broadcaster said the decision to reshoot the scenes was made by the show's production company, IWC Media, and not Channel 4, which was only made aware of the issue following a call from a journalist. "Nobody at Channel 4 has yet seen the footage and it may well turn out to be perfectly fine so it was just a precaution," she said.
Later, responding to what she deemed "Christalmightygate" Allsopp wrote on her Twitter webpage: "OMG Talking to boss, then he says "what's this? Ch4 Prss offce just had a call re you, us & our swearing policy"!! Proof journos use Twitter."
