Children's commissioner Sir Al Aynsley-Green and Cornwall's assistant children's director Ruby Parry were among 180 people who complained about the Channel 4 series Boys and Girls Alone, which was broadcast in February this year.
Ofcom found that in the first episode of the series information about the safeguards in place was insufficient to reassure viewers about the welfare of the children who participated in the programme, a breach of rule 2.3 of the broadcasting code. It said: "Despite there being an extensive range of measures in place to protect the child participants of the series, the vast majority of these safeguards were not made clear to the public."
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