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dumbing down - a rant
Sep. 28th, 2004 09:55 amI am so heartily sick of everything being reduced to the lowest common denominator ... The latest victim appears to be the BBC's Panorama, a flagship current affairs programme.
no, it's not necessarily "easy" television. It tackles difficult subjects, and does it with an assumption that its audience has intelligence. It's been shuffled from pillar to post in recent years, ending up in the wasteland of Sunday nights, where it used to be on at prime time on a week night in days gone by.
now, we are informed by the Guardian that
there are so few programmes these days that require more than a single brain cell to appreciate. Horizon is but a shadow of its former self. We see very little good drama now. In these days of reality TV, D-list celebs, soap operas, etc., can't we have just the odd programme that requires more than a single brain cell to appreciate?
thank god for Radio 4, that's what I say.
no, it's not necessarily "easy" television. It tackles difficult subjects, and does it with an assumption that its audience has intelligence. It's been shuffled from pillar to post in recent years, ending up in the wasteland of Sunday nights, where it used to be on at prime time on a week night in days gone by.
now, we are informed by the Guardian that
Panorama, the world's longest-running TV current affairs programme, needs a "touchy-feely" overhaul because it has become "too distant, demanding, difficult and didactic", according to a briefing document prepared for the BBC executive in charge of the series.
there are so few programmes these days that require more than a single brain cell to appreciate. Horizon is but a shadow of its former self. We see very little good drama now. In these days of reality TV, D-list celebs, soap operas, etc., can't we have just the odd programme that requires more than a single brain cell to appreciate?
thank god for Radio 4, that's what I say.
