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" The BBC has defended controversial EastEnders episodes showing sex and violence after complaints from more than 250 viewers.  A scene on August 4, in which Denise Fox was attacked by her ex-husband, prompted 128 complaints, while Carly Wicks and Jake Moon&amp;#039;s romantic encounter on August 1 upset 129 viewer. The first saw Denise (Diane Parish) dragged up the stairs and punched by Owen Turner (Lee Ross) after she stabbed him with a fork. Carly (Kellie Shirley) and Jake (Joel Beckett), meanwhile, were seen having sex on a nightclub floor. Executive producer Kate Harwood said both scenes were judged necessary to depict the emotion in the situations. &amp;quot;We acknowledge that some viewers considered it disturbing,&amp;quot; she explained of the fight, &amp;quot;but felt that, in tackling the issue of domestic violence, it was important to reflect realistically the sort of violence suffered by the victims in these sorts of situations.&amp;quot; And on the sex scene she added: &amp;quot;The intention of the scene was to indicate the passion of a couple being carried away by the moment, but we feel any sexual activity was implied rather than explicit.&amp;quot; "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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