"Having carefully considered the programme, we consider that it was properly edited, scheduled and signposted for public broadcast," Ofcom said. Of the other complaints about Animal Passions, Ofcom ruled that Channel 4's treatment and presentation of bestiality had not breached its programme code. The Ofcom programme code states that broadcasters may make shows about "any issues they choose" and the regulator's concern is with how the material is treated - so complaints about the televising of the show were dismissed. However, Ofcom said it appeared that about half the complainants had not seen the programme and were objecting to a show on the subject of bestiality being broadcast on TV. Ofcom concluded that the 60-minute Channel 4 documentary, which was broadcast last month in an 11pm weekday slot, "neither sensationalised nor normalised" the behaviour of zoophiles. But the communications regulator Ofcom dismissed the viewers' concerns, saying it was a "serious documentary exploring a rare minority sexual orientation".
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