around 3,000 complaints were received concerning "paedogeddon!", making it reportedly the most objected-to episode in british television history at the time, and politicians spoke out against morris. minister for child protection beverley hughes described the show as "unspeakably sick" based on clips of the episode, and home secretary david blunkett was described by a spokesman as "dismayed", although he may have been relying on a description of the episode. tessa jowell, after watching, asked the independent television commission to change its procedures so it could rule more swiftly on similar programmes.