Author: |Posted: 5:59 pm on 25/02/09
Category: Blog
Earlier this month, Channel 4 courted controversy with the broadcast of Boys and Girls Alone, a four-part documentary series that saw ten boys and ten girls, all aged between eight and eleven, living away from their parents for two weeks. Living in their own separate “villages”, the children were given the freedom to decide everything about the way that they lived. read more
Author: |Posted: 11:08 am on 24/02/09
Category: Blog
As regular visitors to The TV Show website may have noticed, Aaqil Ahmed’s blog post, Christianity: A History, has generated an unprecedented level of feedback in recent weeks. As the series has progressed, so has the online debate, with over 200 comments now published. read more
Author: |Posted: 12:37 pm on 17/02/09
Category: Rated-Slated
The conflict in Gaza was a subject on many viewers’ minds last month. A Dispatches special, Unseen Gaza, attracted the most appreciative comments of any programme in January, while Channel 4’s decision to broadcast the DEC Gaza appeal was also widely appreciated. Meanwhile, Celebrity Big Brother generated the highest number of complaints for the month. read more
Author: |Posted: 2:30 pm on 11/02/09
Category: Viewer Videos
The TV Show’s Big 4 made its way to Swindon in January to find out what people there had to say about Channel 4 and its programmes. read more
(3 votes)Author: |Posted: 2:19 pm on 09/02/09
Category: Blog
Unusually, January’s edition of The TV Show dedicated both debates to one subject – the way in which television has treated the recent conflict in Gaza. Joined by a number of high profile guests, Krishnan and an audience of C4 viewers discussed both the controversial DEC appeal, and the way in which Channel 4 News had covered events. read more
Author: |Posted: 6:29 pm on 06/02/09
Category: Blog
There is a distinct rhythm to my role as viewers’ editor, which is largely dictated by the enormous amount of comments that Big Brother and Celebrity Big Brother attract when either show is on air. As our Rated/Slated blog posts show, it consistently attracts the biggest electronic postbag, heading the charts for both compliments and complaints. In the calmer waters of February, I have been following up on two of the issues raised by viewers during the most recent series of Celebrity Big Brother: surprise and disbelief at the identity of the final winner and a continuing desire for a live stream to be broadcast during the time the show is on air. read more
