Film on BBC1 on Sunday is Madeline

gonnaenodaethat · 02/05/08 - 17:06

A touch insensitive no matter what you think of the McCanns don't you think. I know its a year on Saturday but its still very much in the news.

Ambassador · 02/05/08 - 17:07

Don't be daft!

BBC every right to show this film

gonnaenodaethat · 02/05/08 - 17:10

Ambassador wrote: »

Don't be daft!

BBC every right to show this film

Yeah but on the anniversary? Just think its a bit off.

Cent · 02/05/08 - 17:10

Are you really suggesting BBC1 should not show a film entitled 'Madeline', because a girl of the same name went missing a year ago in Portugal?

Agent F · 02/05/08 - 17:10

I think you're being oversensitive.

gonnaenodaethat · 02/05/08 - 17:14

Agent F wrote: »

I think you're being oversensitive.

maybe I am. Maybe they're doing it to keep the name madeline in the news. Who knows. In my heart though I just think its wrong.

Ambassador · 02/05/08 - 17:19

gonnaenodaethat wrote: »

maybe I am. Maybe they're doing it to keep the name madeline in the news. Who knows. In my heart though I just think its wrong.

Or perhaps they are showing it because its a good family film for a Bank Holiday weekend

Plus, its spelt differently, but thats irrelevant

I feel your being OTT, way OTT

I hate this sensitised grief culture that Diana's death brought in.

gonnaenodaethat · 02/05/08 - 17:21

Ambassador wrote: »

Or perhaps they are showing it because its a good family film for a Bank Holiday weekend

Plus, its spelt differently, but thats irrelevant

I feel your being OTT, way OTT

I hate this sensitised grief culture that Diana's death brought in.

I'll not be persuaded otherwise. I just think they could have showed summit else

Ambassador · 02/05/08 - 17:23

gonnaenodaethat wrote: »

I'll not be persuaded otherwise. I just think they could have showed summit else

But why?

This is probably for a different thread, but thousands of kids go missing and a lot of bad things happen

We can't sanitise television as to not offend anyone. We'd have nothing left to watch.

Though anyone who writes to the BBC to complain about this should receive a full refund on the television licence....and have all TV's in their home promptly removed for their own safety

gonnaenodaethat · 02/05/08 - 17:28

Ambassador wrote: »

But why?

This is probably for a different thread, but thousands of kids go missing and a lot of bad things happen

We can't sanitise television as to not offend anyone. We'd have nothing left to watch.

Though anyone who writes to the BBC to complain about this should receive a full refund on the television licence....and have all TV's in their home promptly removed for their own safety

I'm sure loads will complain. I wouldn't go that far. Maybe being a Mum and step granny to a girl the exact age Maddy makes me feel a bit different.

Cent · 02/05/08 - 17:28

You do realise this is not a film about a 3 year old girl's abduction?

It's a family comedy that happens to have the same name as Madeline.

Ambassador · 02/05/08 - 17:31

centrino04 wrote: »

You do realise this is not a film about a 3 year old girl's abduction?

It's a family comedy that happens to have the same name as Madeline.

And its spelt differently, did I mention that

Plus, it has Nigel Hawthorne in it so its officially acceptable

I was half expecting a link from the Daily Mail in this story

gonnaenodaethat · 02/05/08 - 17:32

centrino04 wrote: »

You do realise this is not a film about a 3 year old girl's abduction?

It's a family comedy that happens to have the same name as Madeline.

Doh!! I had to watch it many times with my girls. That and Annie.

gkmacca · 02/05/08 - 17:34

I hope no one mentions Proust over the weekend or the angry complaints will blow out the phone lines!

performingmonk · 02/05/08 - 17:41

Look, the BBC tow the line with the government. They could well have been told to put this film on to generate more attention.

Ambassador · 02/05/08 - 17:42

performingmonk wrote: »

Look, the BBC tow the line with the government. They could well have been told to put this film on to generate more attention.

Oh thats funny, the Govt have slightly more things to worry about at this moment in time instead putting a film on to gauge interest in a neglected abducted child

gkmacca · 02/05/08 - 17:42

performingmonk wrote: »

Look, the BBC tow the line with the government. They could well have been told to put this film on to generate more attention.

Ha ha ha.:D

gonnaenodaethat · 02/05/08 - 17:43

gkmacca wrote: »

I hope no one mentions Proust over the weekend or the angry complaints will blow out the phone lines!

Me and my horrormoans are lost on this one.

Mood Indigo · 02/05/08 - 17:47

Ambassador wrote: »

Or perhaps they are showing it because its a good family film for a Bank Holiday weekend

Plus, its spelt differently, but thats irrelevant

I feel your being OTT, way OTT

I hate this sensitised grief culture that Diana's death brought in.

Absolutely.

Sorry OP perhaps I'm a hard faced cow, but guess what, I think you'll find the majority of the country and the BBC do not have the McCanns and their missing child ( as sad as it is) at the forefront of their minds. Until I read this post I would not have, even for a nano second, thought about the McCanns and this film in the same sentence.

[Deleted User] · 02/05/08 - 17:49

I think we should ring sky and stop the first episode of 'lost' sunday..........

Ambassador · 02/05/08 - 17:49

thebigfinbar wrote: »

I think we should ring sky and stop the first episode of 'lost' sunday..........

:D:D

[Deleted User] · 02/05/08 - 17:50

The spelling is totally different - its Madeleine McCann not Madeline.

I don't think the BBC will pull it.

gonnaenodaethat · 02/05/08 - 17:51

thebigfinbar wrote: »

I think we should ring sky and stop the first episode of 'lost' sunday..........

:eek:

gkmacca · 02/05/08 - 17:56

gonnaenodaethat wrote: »

Me and my horrormoans are lost on this one.

You could always do a quick google.

crake · 02/05/08 - 17:58

Reading this thread has lowered my IQ by 12 points. My brain hurts.

grimtales1 · 02/05/08 - 18:08

Good grief - the film the BBC are showing is a family comedy based on some children's stories/a cartoon, I think some people are being oversensitive! :rolleyes:
The film just happens to be called Madeline, but It is spelt differently and has nothing to do with the Maddie case!

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