Channel 4 faces BB race apology

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Transcripts released for the first time reveal Jade Goody, Danielle Lloyd, Jo O'Meara and Goody's boyfriend Jack Tweed made up a racist limerick about Bollywood star Shetty - but the explosive scenes were never shown.

Tweed and S Club star O'Meara were hauled into the Diary Room and given formal warnings, but viewers were not told.

In Ofcom's report on the race row, the media watchdog concluded that Channel 4 bosses had been unaware that the footage existed until three days later.

But it said Channel 4 had made "serious editorial misjudgments" elsewhere and found the broadcaster guilty of breaching the broadcasting code.

Despite the findings, Channel 4 chief executive Andy Duncan insisted that no heads would roll.

"We don't believe this is a resignation issue," he insisted, adding: "There were procedural errors and there was human error. But I don't think human error is a disciplinary offence. We are not going to single out any individual."

Duncan admitted for the first time that Shetty was the victim of racism.

He told Channel 4 News: "We would accept that racism took place.

"We absolutely understand that the key issue was racial offence, and there's no doubt that a lot of what did take place was racially offensive."