Lesbian sex on TV
Posted by cabalamat on 2007-Sep-30
BBC4 are putting out an adaptation of the novel Fanny Hill:
Fanny Hill, one of the most notorious novels of all time, which was banned in the UK in 1749 and in the USA in 1821 has been adapted for a new two part TV adaptation on BBC4 by Andrew Davies, the BAFTA award winning dramatist of Bleak House and Pride and Prejudice.
The Daily Telegraph describe what sounds like a very “interesting” program:
Within the opening 10 minutes, the 15-year-old Fanny, played by the 22-year-old unknown Rebecca Night, is being seduced by a woman in a brothel.
In other scenes Fanny is shown naked, losing her virginity and fighting off a rapist. Fanny and several of the other female characters appear topless during the drama and scenes of orgies that follow.
But not everyone’s impressed:
However, John Beyer, the director of Mediawatch-UK, the viewers’ watchdog, last night accused the BBC of investing in sleaze so it could raise the profile of BBC4, the digital channel on which the programme will be screened.
And what’s wrong with sleaze on TV, if that’s what people want to watch? BBC stands for British Broadcasting Corporation, and if a particular program gets high ratings, it’s because that’s what British people like to watch. If Beyer doesn’t approve of the tastes of British people, he’s welcome to fuck off out of our country. Personally I think it’s absolutely disgusting the amount of filth, depravity and lesbian sex on TV; there’s nowhere near enough.
MediaWatch-UK — motto “Spoiling everyone’s fun since 1965″ — can’t be found at http://www.mediawatch.org.uk/
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Bishop Brennan said
I agree with your last two points.
But I still think the BBC should lose licence-fee funding – there’s no need for a ‘public service’ broadcaster any more. Like everything else they do, this would be produced commercially, if there’s an audience for it. Of which I will probably be one! :-) Provided my wife isn’t at home :-(
cabalamat said
Bishop Brennan: But I still think the BBC should lose licence-fee funding – there’s no need for a ‘public service’ broadcaster any more. Like everything else they do, this would be produced commercially, if there’s an audience for it.
There are problems with the idea of content being produced commercially: i.e. due to p2p filesharing, people can get it without paying, so why would they pay? And if they don’t pay, such goods might end up being underproduced, reducing total utility.
One solution for this, which could also replace the BBC license fee, would be my proposed broadband tax.