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Most shocking TV moment you've ever witnessed?
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Given how much- particularly nowadays- that TV producers love to shock their audiences with unexpected plot twists and shocks aplenty, what have been the moments where your jaw has hit the floor? Here are some of mine, in no particular order:
Helen Flynn's head being dunked into the chip pan- Spooks
Frank pushing Zoe in front of the subway- House of Cards
Claire revealing the name of the man who raped her live on TV- House of Cards
President Palmer being killed off literally two or three minutes into Season 5- 24
Nina being revealed as the CTU mole- 24
Chardonnay's funeral at the beginning of the second series- Footballers' Wives
Helen Flynn's head being dunked into the chip pan- Spooks
Frank pushing Zoe in front of the subway- House of Cards
Claire revealing the name of the man who raped her live on TV- House of Cards
President Palmer being killed off literally two or three minutes into Season 5- 24
Nina being revealed as the CTU mole- 24
Chardonnay's funeral at the beginning of the second series- Footballers' Wives
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BTW, it wasn't drama. It happened and was shown on british TV. I won't post a link as people who have only seen sanitised, fictional violence probably couldn't cope with the real thing.
I could I have forgotten that one!
I'll need to google it but also in Waking the Dead there was an episode where one of the main characters fell/was pushed off a bridge and died quite early in a season, definitely unexpected!
How could I have forgotten that one
That's the one which immediately sprang to mind on reading the thread title.
A recent episode of The Walking Dead with the demise of two young girls was also very shocking.
My son was in that sequence
Came home that evening wearing his prosthetic 'cut throat' and we have it in a box for prosperity .
and Ernest Bishop getting shot in Corrie (no spoilers back then)
Lots of news items
http://youtu.be/G5MUM_s02r8?t=1s
I couldn't agree more.
This was the first thing that occurred to me when I read the thread title. The most shocking thing I have ever seen, on TV or off it. I was in my teens at the time, and I've never forgotten it.
A few people mentioned this on my news feed when it was aired, I don't watch it but even friends I know who regularly watch quite gruesome stuff found it disturbing - can I ask what it was that made it so shocking?
A young girl (age 10 or 11) killed her younger sister (age 8 or 9) so that she could become a zombie (setting her free in the older girl's eyes) and the older girl was then shot in the head by their female carer as she was always going to be a danger to whoever she was with.
1. The Red Wedding - GoT
2. Mid season episode of season 4 "Too Far Gone" - The Walking Dead
3. The Grove - The Walking Dead
Not so shocking but awful anway
Channel 5 Live Benefit discussion
Of more modern shows, the end of Season 4 in Dexter was pretty shocking.
Having said that I seem to remember a female rock band on the word, when one of them whipped a tampon out.:o
when you say whipped out ?
It stopped us watching it full stop, never watched it again after that.
One thing that I did find surprising to be shown on telly though was a baby male calf getting a shot in the head with a bolt gun.
It was on a River Cottage show about veal.
It didn't bother me too much but I just didn't think they would show something like that, especially in the 8pm-9pm slot. I guess the need to get the message across though.
Also a few scenes/episodes of Cracker were chilling. They don't really make TV that scary anymore imho.
I haven't seen many of the things mentioned here....possibly thankfully! But reading this spoiler gave me the shivers. I actually wouldn't dream of watching Tales of the Unexpected these days but often did when they were first broadcast. God knows why, many were fine and quite harmless, but others were quite nightmare inducing. Never saw this episode and am not sure I want too either!