ITV viewers have bombarded Ofcom with complaints over Grace’s distressing ‘buried alive’ scene. The ITV drama aired on Sunday night and followed detective Roy Grace - played by John Simm - and is adapted from a Peter James novel.
The first two-hour episode followed the disappearance of a groom called Michael on his stag do. Michael was taken in a van by his friends to a woodland area where they decided to 'prank' him by putting him in a coffin, drilling it shut and placing it in the ground.
The distressing scenes have lead to 72 viewers complaining to Ofcom about it. Michael begged his pals not to do it a he suffered from claustrophobia but they ignored him, with one saying to another: "After what he did on your stag do he deserves it." The.
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