Non-sexual nudity no big deal on mid-day television in the U.K.

In contrast to American TV, which went into a dead faint a few years ago when a tiny bit of Janet Jackson's breast was visible for 0.56 seconds, the regulators of British television have recently affirmed that mere nudity is not inappropriate, even at mid-day. Viewers had complained about a show called "Life Class: Today's Nude," which was broadcast over the course of a week in July, in which artists guided students through drawing techniques.

Ofcom, for British television, issued a statement saying that "Life drawing is a well-known and respected form of art. In Ofcom's view, although the images of nudity were broadcast for long periods of time, they were not presented in a sexualised manner and were clearly justified by te context."

It's nice to see that somewhere in the world the people in charge have a sensible view about basic human nudity.