Many of you will have heard us rambling on about a show we have been getting seriously into recently called Dexter.

Gerard has done a good post on the main character of the show here, and it’s well worth a read.

For those of you who don’t know, Dexter is a police forensics officer (blood spatter analyst to be exact) who doubles as a serial killer in his spare time.

Dexter originally aired in the US on the paid for Showtime TV channel, and is now making the massive move to major TV network CBS. As anyone who has watched the series will know, there are some graphic scenes in the show. Some sexual, more violent, although in my opinion, never superfluous. Many TV pundits are worried that the in order to comply with the FCC broadcast rules for major TV networks the show will have to be edited so heavily, it just won’t work anymore.

This got me to thinking….Dexter is currently showing in the UK, on the minor TV channel, FX. However, the word is that ITV1 have picked up the show and we can look forward to seeing it on a terrestrial channel some time in the next few months.

But I have to wonder if ITV will have the b**ls to air the show, warts and all. Will they take the chance of offending OFCOM with the gruesome murder scenes? Or will they, as CBS is likely to, cut all the good stuff out and leave us with a limp assed, non offensive piece of crap that will no longer be worth watching?

Only time will tell.

Dexter will launch on ITV1 on the 27th of February.