David Weaver, the chairman of The 1990 Trust, handed in a petition signed by 5,330 people objecting to the racist comments made on a recent episode of Shipwrecked on Channel 4.

The people rushed to sign the petition after Shipwrecked contestant Lucy Buchanan was shown remarking that black people should be “reinslaved.”

Weaver said: ‘I hope Ofcom will listen to the overwhelming creation of people who believe a responsible broadcaster should not be broadcasting such racially offensive comments.