TV watchdog launches investigation after more than SIX THOUSAND complaints about ‘biased’ Channel 4 docudrama which imagined a Ukip election win

‘Ofcom, the broadcasting watchdog, has launched an investigation into a Channel 4 docudrama which led to more than 6,500 complaints after it depicted people rioting in the streets following an imagined Ukip election win.

The broadcaster has been accused of election bias and scaremongering after it painted a country marred by race riots and mass unemployment under an imagined leadership by Nigel Farage in ‘Ukip: The First 100 Days’.

The watchdog confirmed it has launched an investigation to determine whether rules on impartiality and offensive material have been broken following the airing of the programme on February 16.’

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