By Leon Watson PUBLISHED: 14:26 EST, 15 November 2012 | UPDATED: 15:19 EST, 15 November 2012 ITV's director of television has admitted Phillip Schofield was 'wrong' in confronting David Cameron with a list of alleged paedophiles on live TV, adding that the action was 'misguided'. In an interview on ITV News, Peter Fincham said that he would be responding to letters from Lord McAlpine and Tory MP John Whittingdale 'very quickly'. TV regulator Ofcom has received 415 complaints about last week's incident and has launched an investigation into it. Scroll down for video Interview: ITV boss Peter Fincham, a former BBC 1 Controller, said Phillip Schofield was 'wrong' in confronting David Cameron with a list of alleged paedophiles on live TV
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Peter Fincham said he will respond to a letter from Lord McAlpine
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Ofcom has received 415 complaints about last week's incident
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Mr Fincham said he was 'confident this sort of thing won't happen again'
Schofield has apologised personally after the list of names - understood to be @placeholder figures - was briefly exposed on screen.