The Big Bang Theory may have taken the Bang a little too literally with an upcoming episode of the tenth season being edited to remove a scene considered too sexy for UK television.

According to the Mirror, advertisers have insisted that episode seven be stripped of a dream sequence in which Penny (Kaley Cuoco) and Leonard (Johnny Galecki) are dressed in bondage-style outfits, which in Penny's case was considered too busty for a family comedy.

The scene came about because show favourite Sheldon (Jim Parsons) has a nightmare about the on-screen couple turning his bedroom into a sex dungeon.

It shows him entering the room to find the pair, who wed at the start of the season, dressed in very raunchy attire, with Penny holding an S&M toy.