The series drew controversy after only one episode, when viewers identified the facial tattoos of one contestant, Darren Lumsden, as white-supremacist and neo-Nazi symbols. Sky History issued a statement saying, "Darren's tattoos denote significant events in his life and have no political and ideological meaning whatsoever": they claimed that the tattoo "88" on his right cheek was the year that his father had died and not, as per the Anti-Defamation League's website, a cryptogram for "Heil Hitler". Lumsden's father Trevor then contacted the media to point out that he was still alive. Ultimately, Sky decided to cancel the series with only the first episode broadcast.
