Television show 'Britain's Got Talent' has been rapped by watchdogs for featuring a horror magician.
Watchdog Ofcom received 21 complaints after Dr Gore appeared on the ITV show on 16 June. Parents who complained claimed that their children had suffered nightmares after watching the show.
Dr Gore began his act by appearing to cut off his hand and then pretended to remove an organ from an assistant with a rotary saw.
Hosts Ant and Dec introduced the act by saying: "He has the power to make audiences feel sick in seconds."
ITV said the act had been carefully reviewed to ensure it did not upset young or impressionable viewers, and described it as "pantomime rather than horror".
However, Ofcom said the programme had breached guidelines on protecting children from unsuitable material.
The watchdog ruled: "Both Dr Gore and his assistant were dressed in medical clothing and appeared to use a real rotary saw to 'extract' organs and flesh from their 'victim'."
"Therefore, Dr Gore's act, regardless of efforts to edit it and to inject an element of humour, went beyond audience expectations for peak family viewing at the weekend, particularly given that audience figures suggest that more than one million children were watching."
