Re: The BBC needs you! - Did you take the pill in the 1960s?
Originally Posted by
dinahsmum
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But, whilst we have a 'tame television person' can I raise the subject of the dumbing down of serious television; of documentaries which treat the viewer as if they have the attention span of a fruit fly, repeating the same facts over and over again; of science programmes (e.g.Horizon) which seem incapable of serious science without visual effects and whizz-bangs; of programmes which concentrate on atypical extremes - freaks.
Oh DM how I agree with you, I wish we had Rep points on here,
I would award you a million It really infurates me the way these media people are so
patronising and see themselves as so high and mighty and the Gods of modern day society. Those programs about freaks are IMO aimed at the voyeurs in our society and should be banned
Only recently we had those muppets on Channel 4 planning a program about embarissing pets,
how on earth can you even think about making such a program, they really are scraping the barrel.
This one the BBC person is attempting to get volunteers for may well be better, the way she wrote the invitation seems to suggest that it will be responsible and might even appeal to some younger people. But I would tell her that
it's hardly new and
has been done several times before in different ways.