Ant and Dec’s Saturday Night Takeaway hit by Ofcom complaints after ‘cruel’ prank on first time dad

ANT and Dec’s Saturday Night Takeaway has been hit with more than 100 Ofcom complaints after the new series launched.

The ITV show attracted a slew of negative comments following a segment showing a first time dad subject to a series of pranks.

The Saturday Night Takeaway show banter came as the man’s wife Amy was expecting their baby.

Ofcom has now confirmed to The Celeb Report there were a total of 111 complaints made.

The broadcasting watchdog stated: “Complaints related to the series of pranks played on a husband throughout his wife’s pregnancy.”

It came as unsuspecting Liam was set up by his wife Amy, who was pregnant at the time, and was taken to a completely fake 4D scan, fake ante natal class and even a false family photoshoot once their son was born.

During the scan, Liam was shown a baby that wasn’t his who proceeded to wave, pull the rock sign and even play hide and seek.

As the pranks were revealed as SNT returned for a new series, those watching at home took to Twitter to complain.

One person commented:  “This is cruel lmao.”

A second said: “This isn’t really very funny messing with a first time Dad’s scan experience.”

While a third commented: “I think the pregnancy prank of a fake baby scan on #SaturdayNightTakeaway isn’t funny.”

“Bit harsh the guy’s thinking he’s seeing the face of his child for the first time and ant and Dec are like not even his baby,” added a fourth.

Ant and Dec later surprised them by revealing they had set up a savings account for the baby – with a huge £18,000 in it.