The show corrals children together on a production set made to look like a classroom and then brings out adults who strip for them and then stand fully naked.
Channel 4 aired the first episode of Naked Education on Wednesday night, The Daily Mail reported, with many shocked viewers voicing serious concerns ranging from that the programming was indecent to that it was outright sexual abuse.
Despite the backlash, producers are promoting the show as being "all about body positivity."
Celebrity presenters Anna Richardson, Yinka Bokinni and Alex George host the show which claims to be "on a mission to normalise all body types, champion our differences and break down stereotypes."
Clemency Green, Senior Commissioning Editor for Channel 4 Daytime and Features commissioned the show saying, "I like ideas that engage with real world trends (...) I am very open as long as they feel broad and accessible - body image and makeover are of particular interest to me."
In the wake of negative reaction to the first episode in which kids aged 14 -16 come face to face with naked adult strangers, celebrity presenters and producers have commented publically supporting the show, claiming that this is in some way appropriate.
Anna Richardson, who also hosts Channel 4's adult dating show Naked Attraction, described the new show featuring minors seated at prop desks staring at the top-to-bottom nude bodies of fully matured adults as "educational, emotional [and] joyous," adding, "If you're curious about your body and your life's journey (whatever that may be), then tune in."
Richardson described the show's premise as "a body positive, educational series that is basically aiming to normalise all body types and champion everybody's differences, so that we can accept that with our clothes off we're all normal."
A spokesperson for Channel 4 told MailOnline that the show obtained all appropriate consent for the participation of minors in the show claiming, "They and their guardians were fully aware and prepared to take part in the item about body taboos and they all had support throughout."
