Each one of the five episodes was led by a renowned artist tutor, beginning with distinguished painter, sculptor and printmaker Maggi Hambling, and also featuring portrait artist Humphrey Ocean and Judy Purbeck, who has been teaching life drawing for nearly 10 years.

If you missed the series, you can watch it again on 4oD.

Perhaps not surprisingly – given the inevitable presence of naked bodies in the series – Life Class provoked an interesting reaction from our viewers.  Roughly half of those that contacted the channel thanked us for broadcasting an ‘inspiring’ series. The other half complained that we had transmitted nudity at lunchtime. Comments left on Channel 4’s Life Class website were overwhelmingly positive.

Online debate outside of C4.com has been equally mixed. A discussion in the Netmums forum concluded that nudity with an artistic intention was perfectly acceptable, and suggested the programme title was a good indicator of what would included in the series, should a viewer wish to avoid such nudity.

The Sun – surely an authority on nudity – asked readers if they thought the programme was ‘a bare faced cheek’, but readers’ comments left in response to the article were largely in favour of the show

I’ve also come across evidence that Life Class inspired real creative output in some viewers – Katherine Tyrell and Kevin Levell are two viewers who used their blogs to share their recent drawings and comment on the series. Indeed, the official Flickr site for the series – where viewers were invited to share their drawings – indicates that a great number of you were inspired to take part.

As ever, I’d love to know what you think – did you enjoy Life Class? Did it inspire your inner artist, or were you opposed to seeing nudity on daytime television? Please share your thoughts by leaving a comment below.

Bad language and “bad taste” are two issues that regularly generate an increased level of discussion amongst viewers. As our Rated/Slated blog often showed last year, programmes like Jamie’s Ministry of Food and The F Word were never far from The TV Show’s radar thanks to the viewer comments their strong language generated.

This week, ITV will be broadcasting a Tonight Special that asks the question “Is TV too rude?” – Sir Trevor Phillips will be putting the question to a number of guests including the head of Channel 4, Julian Bellamy. Next week, comedian Frank Skinner presents a Panorama special on taste and decency. Skinner has interviewed officials from Ofcom for the programme, as well as broadcasting executives such as Bellamy and ITV chairman Michael Grade.

So, with such high profile discussions on the subject taking place, we wanted to put the question back to you. Do you think there is too much swearing on TV? Do you think levels of taste and decency are at an all time low? Or do you think there is now a culture of complaining about TV? Do you think that the views of the silent majority who want to watch such programmes are ignored? And if you’ve ever complained to a broadcaster, do you feel that your views have been listened to?

Please place your votes and make your feelings known – and if you’d also like to comment, you can do so below.

This week we have had several emails from lap dancers who objected to the way their profession was portrayed in Dispatches: The Hidden World of Lap Dancing. Using hidden cameras, the film looked at the growth of lap dancing clubs and examined how close the services offered in some clubs come to prostitution.  One viewer told us they ran lapdancing clubs in pubs and were shocked by what this programme revealed.  “If my girls or customers behaved like this they would be shown the door”, they said.

The biggest complaint of the last couple of weeks has been about Jamie’s fruity language in Jamie’s Ministry of Food. While reaction to the programme has been overwhelmingly positive, as comments on our recent blog show, there has been some frustration expressed by both parents and teachers that the language has made the programme unsuitable for younger audiences, who they feel would benefit from the messages that Jamie is trying to get across.

I spoke to Dominique Walker, the commissioning editor for the programme, who explained that, in commissioning the programmes, both she and Jamie had hoped to build on the work of the Jamie’s School Dinners campaign and really influence how people eat at home. Her view was that, for both this series and School Dinners, it was really important that the production team captured the unfolding documentary story accurately. As one closely involved in the production, she has observed that Jamie’s journeys are often frustrating, exciting and passionate and, at times this does lead to him swearing.

She acknowledged that this language can be offensive to some viewers but was also mindful of the fact that this programme is scheduled to play after the watershed when viewers may expect there to be some strong language. A warning about there being strong language was given before the programme started. We discussed what opportunities there might be for younger viewers to see the programme, and, as a result of your feedback, she is considering making the programme available in a child friendly version, with the swear words bleeped out, on 4oD.

Whoever you are and wherever you watch our programmes, we are interested in you and your views, so please feel free to add your perspective below.