Sky forced to apologise after violent and sweary Game of Thrones ep is shown early morning

Sky has issued an apology after airing a swear word-filled episode of Game Of Thrones at 7.35am.

In the UK, shows that broadcast such scenes as those mentioned above must be aired past the watershed.

A ruling from Ofcom said the episode ‘contained multiple use of offensive language including ‘c**t’, ‘f**ck’ and ‘s**t’.

Ofcom acknowledged that the incident occurred due to an ‘unseen technical fault’ with Sky’s system and that ‘measures have been put in place to prevent a reoccurrence’.

Sky has now apologised for airing the episode and said it was never its intention to upset anyone.

In response Sky said it ‘fully accepts strong content should not be broadcast before the watershed without the necessary mandatory PIN protection’ and that it ‘sincerely apologises to those customers who viewed this content’.

The broadcaster added: “It is never our intention to offend or upset our viewers.”

This isn’t the first time Sky has ended up having to explain itself to Ofcom over a pre-watershed swear word.

In May last year, an episode of US sitcom Veep containing the word ‘f**k’ went out at 5.30pm.

After the swear word was broadcast, Sky quickly pulled the show off air, with the company blaming an ‘extremely rare’ technical error.

Sky said the mistake happened due to a ‘hardware fail leading to a loss of connection’ and ‘incorrect metadata’ for Veep.

In its ruling Ofcom said: “Taking into account the action taken by the Licensee to ensure compliance in the future, including the use of additional measures within its broadcast system which we understand should prevent this type of incident from reoccurring, Ofcom’s decision is that this matter is resolved.”