OXON: A Comic Relief sketch in March featuring Rowan Atkinson that drew 484 complaints to Ofcom did not breach the Broadcasting Code, the body has ruled.
The sketch included Mr Atkinson, who lives in Oxfordshire, as a fictional Archbishop of Canterbury comparing One Direction to Jesus’ disciples.
An Ofcom spokesman said: “The intention of the sketch was to create humour rather than seriously deride Christianity; and that the BBC took immediate action on the night.”
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