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Row over TV sex scene at assembly 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.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. Caerdydd (Cardiff) a Welsh language drama series broadcast on S4C, featured the scene shot in an Senedd toilet 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 - who had just been asked to stand as an assembly candidate - is seen enticing her older lover into a toilet and baby-changing room in the Senedd.
There follows an explicit encounter between the two. There then ollows an explicit encounter between the two.
The £70m building in Cardiff Bay is where the assembly's debating chamber is based.
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, AMWe 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.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."