Today programme censured over ‘retard’ remarks

Today programme

A Radio 4 Today programme interview with Prime Suspect scribe Lynda La Plante has been rapped by Ofcom over the writer’s use of the word “retard”.

Rapped for Lynda La Plante’s comments

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