Originally Posted by claire2281:
“Children hear and see worse from their own peers and family than they do from this show. If parents disagree with what is on the show it is up to them to stop their children from watching it not the BBC to censor it. Since the show is shown before the watershed and the BBC have not aired any apologies as they would have been made to had complaints been upheld by Ofcom so there appears to be not general exception to the content.”
The BBC is ruled by a charter which expects standards to be upheld, subsequently, they are responsible for the level of content broadcast at certain times of the day. Live television is and always will be a dodgy area. However that said, those people involved in live broadcasts are normally savvy enough to realise that comments and actions cannot be edited out to save face. The BBC has been inundated with complaints about the conduct of the judges, which they are playing down as it is all the sake of charity. Children in Need is about Children, that is why it is scheduled at the time it is, it is supposed to be family viewing. Its alll very well saying stop your children from watching it, the show as I have said is live, you don't expect that sort of thing to come out - talk about shutting stable door after the horse has bolted. Maybe the best solution is to put in the audio time delay like they have done for Big Brother so there is a chance for a bleep to be inserted or even sound lost temporarily. (These things are possible - I should know, I'm married to the Head of Broadcast Engineering)
Wrists will be slapped, maybe behind closed doors and nothing more said in orer to save face, however I expect something will be tossed casually into the conversation.
Last edited by dancingdog : 03-11-2006 at 20:10