BBC Solent has been criticised after a radio presenter played a clip of Meg Ryan faking an orgasm during a show broadcast during the school run.

Steve Harris, presenter of the drivetime show on Radio Solent, played the ten-second recording from the movie When Harry Met Sally when talking about a drug being heralded as the female version of Viagra at 4.20pm on Monday.

Vivienne Pattison, director of campaign group Mediawatch UK, said the BBC had “over-stepped the mark”.

She said: “I think the BBC made a bit of an error.

“We like to protect children from certain things and there are clear reasons for that and I think they over-stepped the mark in this case.”