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The Weakest Link stunned viewers by asking a contestant to feel her breasts on a celebrity version of the show.

The upfront invitation from the 63-year-old left contestant and professional wine taster Olly Smith red-faced in front of the cameras.

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Hands on: Anne Robinson shocked viewers when she asked one of contestant Olly Smith to feel her breasts, on Saturday's televised edition of quiz show The Weakest Link

But it appears that Anne's brazenness has backfired as today, the BBC are looking into 16 complaints from viewers who felt the normally icy quiz show host had gone too far.

Anne's flirtatious invitation to Olly to take a hands-on approach came at the start of the BBC show on Saturday.

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Terrifying: Olly accepted Anne's invitation after telling the 63-year-old she was 'full-bodied'

Mr Smith, who presents The Richard and Judy Wine Club on Channel 4, told the audience: "If Anne was a wine, she'd be a smooth, full-bodied, expensive red."

But Anne, did not take kindly to his comments and responded: "I don't like being called full-bodied.

"I have spent a long time getting this figure. Are you saying I have huge breasts?".

As the conversation continued into embarrassing territory, Olly told her: "You're terrifying, in a sexy way!"

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A touch too far: Sixteen viewers have complained about the behaviour on the show, and felt the show's host and Olly had gone too far

It was then that Anne gestured to her cleavage and said: "You need to feel them?"

Olly replied: "I would love to." He hesitated, then said it would be one of his life's "greatest regrets" if he did not touch the former newspaper journalist's breasts.

After placing his hands over them, he proclaimed: "They are absolutely fantastic, honestly! Touch my hands. These are amazing! I have touched Anne's boobs."

Queen of mean: Anne Robinson has a reputation for her cutting comments - but has she gone too far?

The show was a special charity edition of The Weakest Link featuring 10 celebrity contestants from the world of food and drink, including Sophie Grigson and TV chefs The Hairy Bikers.

The Weakest Link is aired at teatime and is popular with schoolchildren – heightening viewers' concerns about standards of decency.

A BBC source tried to play down the incident, stressing it was a "playful and light-hearted" exchange.

Today, the BBC stressed that the 16 complaints were from a viewing figure of 5.5million.

The former Watchdog presenter has reinvented herself since making her television debut with a facelift, and hiring a personal trainer to lose weight.

She is now estimated to earn more than £2million a year, and is thought to be worth around £50million.

Anne is well known for her caustic sense of humour, and earned herself the title of Rudest Woman on Television from TV Times with her catchphrase, 'You are the weakest link, goodbye'.