OFCOM has ruled against Channel 4 after receiving a number of complaints over Gordon Ramsay’s use of language on a recent show.

Ramsay’s Great British Nightmare came under fire after viewers counted 115 uses of the ‘F’ word in its first 40 minutes.

The two-hour show which aired on January 30, subsequently received 51 complaints.

Ofcom said in its ruling: “The range of complaints made to Ofcom indicated that a number of regular viewers to the programme were shocked and offended by the combination of the sheer frequency of the offensive language and the way some of it was delivered.

“Whilst acknowledging that they were fans of the show many of them simply found it unacceptable and were extremely discomforted by it.”

Channel 4 defended the programme claiming that the language used “was not inconsistent with the acrimonious disputes and levels of strong language that has regularly featured across the Kitchen Nightmares series”.

A spokesperson concluded: “The sheer intensity of the language in this two-hour Ramsay special so soon after 9pm meant that even frequent viewers of his normal shows were unprepared.”