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<blockquote data-quote="Mel O&#039;Drama" data-source="post: 90853" data-attributes="member: 23"><p>Absolutely spot on.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I didn't see it, so don't know how intense it was, but from what you describe it sounds quite similar to Ernie Bishop's shooting almost four decades ago. Of course, there were complaints about that too...</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Yes - there are definite double standards in place. Viewers enjoy all the affairs and lies and racy scenes. But put a same-sex couple on the screen and those same viewers are suddenly very concerned about the moral welfare of the nation.</p><p></p><p>It reminds me of the movie version of <em>Number 96 </em>from the Seventies. It opened with a gang rape and featured gratuitous full frontal female nudity. But a brief consensual kiss between two men was cut without any hesitation.</p><p></p><p>Why do people get so hung up on the bloody watershed? I appreciate things need to be age appropriate, but it's common sense that something shown at 8 or 8:30pm is going to be aimed at viewers with a more mature outlook than something shown at 4pm. Not that a couple kissing is something that a younger audience needs protection from, for goodness' sake. Anyway, the idea of a watershed seems quite antiquated now in an age when streaming and catch up TV means people watch episodes at any time of day.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Oh yes. And somehow I'm sure Percy would have been a proud Brexiteer. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /> It would have been interesting for the show to have explored some of the pros and cons through its characters. But I expect it would have led to even more complaints that they were influencing viewers to vote a certain way.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>That's great. From rewatches of the DVD sets I remember feeling very nostalgic seeing the old sweet wrappers in the Kabin and Corner Shop. Even the old-style cereal boxes or people drinking cans of Coke with the old tab. It's like a little piece of British history.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Mel O'Drama, post: 90853, member: 23"] Absolutely spot on. I didn't see it, so don't know how intense it was, but from what you describe it sounds quite similar to Ernie Bishop's shooting almost four decades ago. Of course, there were complaints about that too... Yes - there are definite double standards in place. Viewers enjoy all the affairs and lies and racy scenes. But put a same-sex couple on the screen and those same viewers are suddenly very concerned about the moral welfare of the nation. It reminds me of the movie version of [I]Number 96 [/I]from the Seventies. It opened with a gang rape and featured gratuitous full frontal female nudity. But a brief consensual kiss between two men was cut without any hesitation. Why do people get so hung up on the bloody watershed? I appreciate things need to be age appropriate, but it's common sense that something shown at 8 or 8:30pm is going to be aimed at viewers with a more mature outlook than something shown at 4pm. Not that a couple kissing is something that a younger audience needs protection from, for goodness' sake. Anyway, the idea of a watershed seems quite antiquated now in an age when streaming and catch up TV means people watch episodes at any time of day. Oh yes. And somehow I'm sure Percy would have been a proud Brexiteer. ;) It would have been interesting for the show to have explored some of the pros and cons through its characters. But I expect it would have led to even more complaints that they were influencing viewers to vote a certain way. That's great. From rewatches of the DVD sets I remember feeling very nostalgic seeing the old sweet wrappers in the Kabin and Corner Shop. Even the old-style cereal boxes or people drinking cans of Coke with the old tab. It's like a little piece of British history. [/QUOTE]
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