Warning: This clip contains a f*&@ing lot of swearing.Ramsay’s Great British Nightmare, which was shown on 30 January this year, has been sternly told off by British TV regulator Ofcom, news reports reveal. Here at Chatterbox, we neither condone swearing just for the sake of it or a take a puritanical  view against such language. The spoken word on TV should reflect the wider world, while still upholding basic standards of decency and respecting differing audiences. This is, of course, a hard balance to strike. When looking at the bare facts (the f-word used more than 100 times in 40 minutes), the language seems a little excessive but this is merely reflecting general behaviour in parts of the restaurant business. In a studio-based Ramsay programme, there would no excuse for such expletives, but this was a documentary-style repotage. Also, the scene in which a Sheffield chef berates his employer (30 f-words in two minutes, see above) was the show’s most dramatic and revelatory moment - and Gordon didn’t say a word himself. Perhaps a 9.00pm start was a little too early, but this was great TV - swearing included.ShareThis