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Jan 24, 2006 • 1 min read

Jones tops chat show poll

A UKTV Gold poll has voted Grace Jones slapping Russell Harty live on air in 1981 the most shocking TV chat show incident ever.

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The moment when Grace Jones slapped TV presenter Russell Harty live on air in 1981 has been voted the most shocking TV chat show incident ever, in a poll commissioned to celebrate the launch of new UKTV Gold chat show 'Wogan: Now And Then'. The 2000 viewers surveyed surprisingly only put that 1976 Sex-Pistols-swearing at Bill Grundy moment at number six, because they were apparently more shocked by David Icke calling himself the son of God on Wogan in 1991. That incident is at number 2, Meg Ryan's tight lipped treatment of Parky back in 2003 at 3, Tara Palmer Tomkinson being pissed/drugged on Frank Skinner in 1999 at 4, and the Bee Gees walking off Clive Anderson's 'All Talk' in 1997 at 5.

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