MORE than 6,000 complaints were made to Ofcom by TV viewers in the north west over the past 12 months.

With the most complained about TV show including Celebrity Big Brother, Loose Women and Love Island, how many grievances came from Northwich?

New data from BuzzBingo narrows down the complaints logged with Ofcom between June 1, 2018 and May 31, 2019.

Unsurprisingly, Manchester (1,234 complaints) and Liverpool (1,029) topped the table, followed by Stockport (298) in third.

  1. Manchester – 1243
  2. Stockport – 298
  3. Wigan – 258
  4. Bolton – 250
  5. Oldham – 170
  6. Salford – 129
  7. Rochdale – 118
  8. Bury – 114
  9. Northwich – 69
  10. Altrincham – 63
  11. Sale – 59
  12. Hyde – 52

These complaints focused largely on reality TV, with Celebrity Big Brother clocking up 619 criticisms from the above towns, and Love Island 65.

Loose Women picked up 216, with Sky News near the top of the list with 75.

  1. Celebrity Big Brother – 619
  2. Loose Women – 216
  3. Sky News – 75
  4. Love Island – 65
  5. Channel 4 News – 35
  6. Coronation Street – 20
  7. Good Morning Britain – 16
  8. The Andrew Marr Show – 12
  9. Britain's Got Talent – 10
  10. Dancing on Ice – 8