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| Row over TV sex scene at assembly | |
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| Programme makers who filmed a sex scene in the Welsh assembly building for a drama series did not make officials aware of its nature, it has emerged. | |
| Caerdydd (Cardiff) a Welsh language drama series broadcast on S4C, featured the scene shot in the Senedd's baby changing rooms in a recent episode. | |
| But the Assembly Commission who approved the filming said they thought it would be a "conversation scene". | But the Assembly Commission who approved the filming said they thought it would be a "conversation scene". |
| S4C said it was investigating the matter and had contacted producers. | S4C said it was investigating the matter and had contacted producers. |
| The drama, which is made by the Cardiff-based company Fiction Factory, is about the lives of characters living in the Welsh capital. | The drama, which is made by the Cardiff-based company Fiction Factory, is about the lives of characters living in the Welsh capital. |
| In the scene, a young employee of an unnamed political party is seen enticing her older lover into the baby-changing room of the £70m Senedd, which is where the assembly's debating chamber is based. | In the scene, a young employee of an unnamed political party is seen enticing her older lover into the baby-changing room of the £70m Senedd, which is where the assembly's debating chamber is based. |
| There follows an explicit encounter between the two. | There follows an explicit encounter between the two. |
| We try to offer as much access to the Senedd as possible, as it is a public building, but in return people have to play fair William Graham, AM | We try to offer as much access to the Senedd as possible, as it is a public building, but in return people have to play fair William Graham, AM |
| The Assembly Commission, which runs the building, said they granted the company permission to film on 14 March in the corridors and for one scene in the baby changing room. | The Assembly Commission, which runs the building, said they granted the company permission to film on 14 March in the corridors and for one scene in the baby changing room. |
| "However the National Assembly was told that this scene was a conversation scene and was not aware of its full content," said a spokesperson. | "However the National Assembly was told that this scene was a conversation scene and was not aware of its full content," said a spokesperson. |
| "The company was allowed to film in good faith." | "The company was allowed to film in good faith." |
| William Graham AM, who represents the Conservatives on the commission, said that scripts should be vetted more closely in future, and that the production company had not played fair. | |
| "We try to offer as much access to the Senedd as possible, as it is a public building, but in return people have to play fair, or risk jeopardising future filming opportunities," he said. | "We try to offer as much access to the Senedd as possible, as it is a public building, but in return people have to play fair, or risk jeopardising future filming opportunities," he said. |
| "No one likes any sort of censorship, but there are standards that should be adhered to in cases such as this."" | "No one likes any sort of censorship, but there are standards that should be adhered to in cases such as this."" |
| A spokesperson for S4C said: "S4C is in contact with Fiction Factory, the producers of Caerdydd, and is looking into the matter." | A spokesperson for S4C said: "S4C is in contact with Fiction Factory, the producers of Caerdydd, and is looking into the matter." |