TOTP 1978 - Double Standards
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I'm just watching lasts nights repeat and was surprised to see they had included Jonathan King in the line-up. With them not showing any DLT fronted programmes (rightly or wrongly) it seemed very odd.
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No need to be ashamed. He's not been convicted of anything yet-and if he was, you wouldn't have known at the time what he was like.
I agree Phoenix, I just think it's bad they ban his TOTP's episodes and then feature someone who was actually convicted and jailed.
Don't you think the OP raises a good point?
They have excised all episodes with Saville or Glitter so to show one with King is bizarre to say the least
Anyway they showed Giltter about a year ago on this rerun.
Anyway again, why should the viewing public be punished for other peoples crimes? There are going to be instances where classic songs are not going to be shown because DLT or JS presented the show. Beyond crazy. And the OP raising the point about King. Another Monday morning BBC meeting about the future of this great show.
I really don't understand this reply. I love watching TOTP 1978 as it brings back so many good memories, my problem wasn't that they showed JK (although it was a really crappy song), just why they have banned others from appearing without being found guilty and shown this song.
You seem to be misunderstanding the point being made by most of us on here.
The problem isn't that JK was show, it's that the others mentioned are not
Where does it end?
No one with known drug problems shown?
If people don't want King or Glitter in their living rooms, just FF their Sky+.
Bit rude that. :rolleyes: The OP actually raises a good point about double standards and doubt any single DS poster would get TOTP axed anyway!
Aww and here was me starting to think I had real power over the BBC LOL
Sorry, are you actually equating addiction with child molesting?
Typical BBC I'm afraid.
They don't have any problems playing Jerry Lee Lewis songs and he married a 12 year old. Also Rolling Stones featuring Bill Wyman who bizarrely had a relationship with 13 year old Mandy Smith in the 80's
Of course JK has hits under many guises in the 70's.
Pointless point.
Jerry or Bill were not charged or convicted of any wrongdoing.
Neither was Savile.
No you are right, maybe I should have put a sad face as I really liked him
What next, are we not to have documentaries that feature Hitler or Stalin?
I was amazed to see him on it to be frank.
The problem is that TOTP is low culture in the eyes of BBC decision makers
Wagner has a reputation as a virulent anti-semite and yet a large part of the Proms season was given over to his music
The first recorded complaint against Savile happened in the 1950's, before he became a major tv star, so it's very possible he was Britain's worst sex offender against teenagers for a century.
Bill Wyman was guilty of under-age sex ( a crime ) but Savile may have raped not just teenage girls in general but patients in mental health institutions & children's homes who were totally unable to say no or turn to help - a true sexual predator.