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Pc Nutters ruining classic tv reruns
Robbedin73
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Listening , to debate today, about the amount of programmes that have been edited , or cut or even Dropped in some cases altogether , among list of programmes the pc Nutters have objected to are
OFAH
Porridge
fawlty towers
TOTP
Man about house
Minder
Sweeney
professionals
what would they have made of classics like
love thy neighbour
black white minstrel show
Steptoe
Whats worse is according to survey all those complaining the majority of those are U30 , so how would they know what these classics were like seeing most are about 30+ Years old , wouldn't buy any Dvd remakes now because so much will be taken out
Glad I grew up when you watch these classics without having bits cut out ,and you could laugh at whatever without it upsetting anybody, and if it did the answer is simple if offend don't watch
OFAH
Porridge
fawlty towers
TOTP
Man about house
Minder
Sweeney
professionals
what would they have made of classics like
love thy neighbour
black white minstrel show
Steptoe
Whats worse is according to survey all those complaining the majority of those are U30 , so how would they know what these classics were like seeing most are about 30+ Years old , wouldn't buy any Dvd remakes now because so much will be taken out
Glad I grew up when you watch these classics without having bits cut out ,and you could laugh at whatever without it upsetting anybody, and if it did the answer is simple if offend don't watch
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These are programmes/films of their time, they reflect attitudes, language and morals of their times and are important social documents.There is no need to be repeating them frequently but when they are repeated they should be left intact (albeit shown with a warning for the faint hearted).
Mountain out of a molehill.
What is this survey you mentioned?
The Seventies and eighties proved too right about equality!! We are too FRIGHTENED to say anything this day and age for being accused of being of being 'the above!!'.
And then there's photoshopping cigarettes out of the mouths/hands of people in old photos...
btw, PC Nutters used to do the beat in my area in the Seventies. Looked a bit scary, but he was actually quite a nice, inclusive sort of bloke.
Ian.
.... and it wasn't censored at all when the film was shown last weekend either which rather surprised me as I thought it was an unwritten rule that it could no longer be shown unedited
Wavejock Johnson is right! ra rum!
Indeed..... I love that authentic frontier gibberish.....
The whole town was called Johnston if I remember rightly!
Indeed.
It's very 1984 and us being at war with Eastasia, having always been at war with Eastasia.
I'm not saying that they should just show anything regardless, but pretending that such programmes never existed is worse.
And due to the content and possible music? A number of DVD releases have recently been shelved, and believe it or not it'd better to get old vhs of minder, ofah etc than the dvd box sets and they twon't be edited out,
Went to a film fair today and chatting to a DVD markey seller, and he says he sells more vhs dl on to DVD albeit bootleg than actual DVDs because all hid customers ask if it's been edited I don't want it, worse thing about this is bootlegs will flood markets sales etc, whilst the actors actress, Won't get anything out of it, and some actors are even trying to stop reruns of their shows if their are edited
Isn't On The Buses just as bad?
My point exactly, there was no reason to ''censor'' it. In the past the name has either been revoiced or the sound dipped at the relevant moment. The dog's name was also used as a coded signal that bombs had been dropped. If anyone is interested his grave can still be viewed at the entrance to RAF Scampton in Lincolnshire, home of The Dambusters.
I'm strongly against censorship, as long as such programmes are shown in an adult timeslot with appropriate content warnings. However, what may have been appropriate as early evening family entertainment in another era is not necessarily appropriate to be shown in that timeslot today. Social mores change.
I imagine most posters on here demanding they be played in their full, uncut & unedited glory are probably not of the gender/racial makeup/sexual orientation of the subjects being portrayed negatively in those shows
I think it gets allowed cos Guy Gibson was a street rat from the hood and pronounced the word **** so it is perfectly acceptable!;-)
I think deleting them from the archives is pretty much the same as trying to get rid of the fact that they ever existed in the first place.
It gets rid of the problem altogether, which I think is a bad idea.
I would still show them, but not just to be controversial. I agree that the time of broadcast would need some careful thought and a warning beforehand would be appropriate.
Have any of the DVD releases been censored? The censorship of OFAH is mainly due to the BBC being short-sighted when using copyright-protected music and not acquiring the rights to use that music in future commercial releases.
It doesn't have to be censored as the name used in the film is the factual name of a real dog, even if it might be offensive. The word was actually a common used name for dogs back then.
It shouldn't be censored anyway as it's period art. Just needs to be shown in an appropriate time slot (as with all the programmes mentioned above) and with a suitable warning if appropriate. Yes, even the Bergerac episode(s) referred to above.