Inspector Rex’s Threeway Trouble

We never thought we’d ever find ourselves using the words “Inspector Rex” and “threeway” in the same sentence, but sometimes life throws genuine surprises at you – and really, you don’t have much of a choice but to simply put your head down and get on with it… and by get on with it, we mean blog about it.

SBS Television have said sorry after a viewer – just the one, it seems – complained about the broadcast of an episode of popular Austrian dog detective show Inspector Rex which featured a threeway.

Thankfully, said threeway didn’t actually involve the star canine.

SBS Television has apologised for screening in the family viewing time of 7.30pm an episode of Inspector Rex which featured a man being murdered during a sexual encounter with a married couple.

A viewer complained about an episode broadcast on November 18, 2006 of the Austrian crime series which stars a German Shepherd police dog named Rex.

A report by the Australian Communications and Media Authority released today backed the finding and SBS’ handling of the complaint about the episode entitled Death via the Internet.

“SBS apologised for any distress the misclassification may have caused in its response to the complaint dated 14 December 2006,” the ACMA report said.

“SBS took additional steps to inform classification officers of the breach and reasons for the breach to ensure the breach does not occur again.”

Imagine a world where you could flick the channel to SBS and catch a kinky sex scene!?

The ACMA investigation found the sexual activity depicted in the scene was “higher than mild” and therefore not appropriate for a program classified PG (Parental Guidance).

It found the impact of the scene was heightened by the man and woman breathing heavily while they embraced, sexual dialogue, shots of the wife’s breasts and cut-away shots of another man watching pornography on a computer.

Everything in life is heightened by breathing heavily during embraces, breasts, and watching pornography on a computer.