Archive - Sunday 9th January 2005
Aside from the victory for free speech, I'm pleased the broadcast went ahead as I found it pretty enjoyable. It seemed a little unfocussed thematically but it made good use of recurring musical themes and the case gave some great performances. A couple of moments seemed to reference the musical Chicago (of which I only know what I saw on Musicality) and the tap-dancing Ku Klux Klan members at
It appears that the BBC has been so overwhelmed by the number of emails about Jerry Springer - The Opera that they have resorted to a standard response to all of them, as if all of them were complaints. This may well mean the total number of "complaints" includes emails backing the transmission. I received one of these replies to my email - for an example of its contents, see Doctorvee and Nick
The Sunday Times reports that New Labour drawing up plans for an extra bank holiday as part of a manifesto strategy to help improve the work-life balance. They believe that the best time for the new holiday would be in the autumn to break the “slog” between the end of summer and Christmas when there are 117 days between the last August bank holiday and the festive break. Dates that would imbue it with a historical significance would be Trafalgar Day on October 21 and Armistice Day on November 11. If this is the case then Labour actually
I have to admit that I did not watch Jerry Springer - The Opera last night. That is not because I disapproved (I didn't - I was indifferent!) but rather because I exercised my right to choose and went to the cinema to see The Aviator instead. It does seem to me that this was the right response of anybody who might have objected to the content of the show. I have said before on this blog "The other side of religious freedom..... is freedom of speech. If people have the right to worship without persecution or restriction, as
Have you just watched Jerry Springer the Opera on BBC2? Did you enjoy it? Why not tell the BBC, and also Ofcom (you can contact them now that the show has been aired). If you loved the show, or would like to try and count the swear words and work out if the BBC estimate of 300 was correct, or if it was more like the 8000 the Daily Mail were claiming, then you can buy the soundtrack from Amazon.
