Page 1 of Spooks draws record complaints

From the BBC website, 17/7/03

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An episode of BBC drama Spooks drew the most complaints from viewers during the last year, the Broadcasting Standards Commission (BSC) has said in its annual report.
A scene where a woman was tortured by having her head plunged into a vat of boiling oil drew 154 complaints for Spooks, a series based around a trio of MI5 agents fighting terrorism in the UK.

For God`s sake, why don`t people GET A F***ING LIFE! If people don`t want to watch stuff like that, then they shouldn`t bloody turn it on in the first place. They often warn about `violence and disturbing scenes` etc. before the program starts, so why don`t these namby pamby do-gooders take their own advice and TURN IT OFF!!!

Spooks is one of the best programmes to come from the BBC in a lot of years...

Sorry.. rant off... and to say I normally only lurk... :)


Shaun P

Have to agree with you on the first point, that people could just change the channel...
however i think, having only watched a couple of episodes that it is complete tonk!

Sorry but that is my opinion... >:(

"I`m going to live forever, or die trying"...

This item was edited on Thursday, 17th July 2003, 12:36

Good job these same people aren`t watching 24 then. :o

Editor
DVD REVIEWER

"They often warn about `violence and disturbing scenes` etc. before the program starts, so why don`t these namby pamby do-gooders take their own advice and TURN IT OFF!!!"

When this episode was screened, wasn`t it before, or at least perilously close to the watershed? Regardless, I`m not exactly sure what your point is, does the fact that people can change the channel mean they are not permitted to express a fairly causally inert opinion about what can and cannot be screened on publically funded broadcasting? If you have problem with people complaining about the poor standards in television (violence here, but it`s usually sex and swearing), perhaps you aid in redressing the balance by sending a notice of support.

--Mike

Mike

Interesting point... but the problem is that people who complain aren`t just expressing a `causally inert` opinion - they tend to be self-appointed moral guardians who think they can tell Joe Public what to watch, and that`s what hacks me off. I have a strong dislike of any kind of religious programme, but I don`t complain about them trying to convert me to Christianity - I just don`t watch them. Everyone is entitled to their own opinion, but I dont` see why anyone has the right to try and impose their opinion about anything - be it sex, religion, violence or bunny rabbits - on the rest of us.

The episode in question was screened at 9pm, but the scene in question was around 10 minutes from the end, so it was well after the watershed.

Shaun

"The episode in question was screened at 9pm, but the scene in question was around 10 minutes from the end, so it was well after the watershed."

My mistake, although it reinforces what I was saying about such complaints tending to be causally inert. I had originally thought that it was this sequence, and complaints about it, that moved `Spooks` to 9pm slot it has now, but now that has been shown to be false, and the programme`s content and scheduling has not changed, that such complaints, despite their frequency, make little difference.

Also, I don`t think it is fair to say that a publically funded broadcasting body should not be effected by the opinions of those who perpetuate its existence, whether they are pious moral guardians, anarchistic amoralists, Liberals, or whoever else. I appreciate the desire for a liberal standard of broadcasting, without unnecessary censorship, but I really don`t understand how a system could ever exist that wasn`t governed by some person or group posing their opinions on viewers.

--Mike