Recurrent bad language on More 4!

Chong

For the past few weeks since the launch of More 4, I have been watching "Jamie's Great Escape". The program sees Jamie Oliver travel to Italy to enhance his cooking repretoire, but the problem I have noticed in the show is the blatant disregard for swearing in a show broadcast at 4:50 on a Sunday afternoon. For example tonight he continued to say P!ssed, @rse, and what truely takes the biscuit was the use of the word b0ll0x.

Now last week we had Sir Alex Ferguson being reprimanded for the use of the word b0ll0x but the language in "Jamie Oliver's Great Escape" is recurrent each week surely these words are not supposed to be broadcast pre watershed , basically I just cant see how More 4 can continually broadcast this show pre-watershed.

Ulsterman 1690

Is that really the biggest problem in the world at this moment in time ?:rolleyes:

See that "off" button press it and see what happens !

Greenman

WDK wrote:

For the past few weeks since the launch of More 4, I have been watching "Jamie's Great Escape". The program sees Jamie Oliver travel to Italy to enhance his cooking repretoire, but the problem I have noticed in the show is the blatant disregard for swearing in a show broadcast at 4:50 on a Sunday afternoon. For example tonight he continued to say P!ssed, @rse, and what truely takes the biscuit was the use of the word b0ll0x.

Now last week we had Sir Alex Ferguson being reprimanded for the use of the word b0ll0x but the language in "Jamie Oliver's Great Escape" is recurrent each week surely these words are not supposed to be broadcast pre watershed , basically I just cant see how More 4 can continually broadcast this show pre-watershed.

Wrong forum try http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/forumdisplay.php?f=227

Chong

Thank you very much for useful post. :mad:

Its case of double standards is what I am trying to get across, Fergie last week was reprimanded for his outburst but the ppl behind more 4 can continue to broadcast a show which blatant defies the broadcasting standards set in the UK.

Chong

Greenman wrote:

Wrong forum try http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/forumdisplay.php?f=227

Well If I posted the thread in the wrong forum maybe one of the mods can move it to a more appropiate forum rather than having to create the thread again.

Ulsterman 1690

Your point about double standards is fair enough but when it comes to complaing about "bad" words on television are there still people out there who believe there was no sex in Ireland before television :rolleyes:

Mossy Monk

moved to television

Chong

Ya I was actually trying to explain the whole double standards situation.

ratboy

who cares?

aphex™

Back in Victorian times Bollox was a perfectly acceptable word to use.

BBC had tits on at 3.30pm during the summer, did you see me starting a thread about it?

Chong

FFS forget then. :mad:

Sangre

Because Fergie has that much of a bigger audience and the audience is much younger.

Mountjoy Mugger

WDK wrote:

FFS forget then. :mad:

Oi - Language!

daveirl

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BuffyBot

www.ofcom.co.uk tbh

Ulsterman 1690

Back in Victorian times Bollox was a perfectly acceptable word to use

Back in Victorian times sending your (female) children out to work as prostitutes was perfectly legal :eek: My point being that while balllix is a perfectly acceptable word to use the acceptability or unacceptability of it in Victorian times is hardly a basis for a good argument

Guy:Incognito

W anker was used in the simpsons, ooh the outrage.

John R

NYPD Blue were allowed one "bullsh1t" per episode for the last series, a first for US network TV.

Dinner

The Flintstones even managed to slip in "Bollix" at one stage. The Bill has a mention of bastard and the like every now and then. None of this bad language during the day bothers me in the slightest.

The General

Ulsterman 1690 wrote:

Is that really the biggest problem in the world at this moment in time ?:rolleyes:

See that "off" button press it and see what happens !

Well said, i hate when people complain about programs on TV, these days there are a hundred other channels you could be watching

BolBill

In fairness its hard to tell what Jamie says half the time.

iguana

More 4 has been billed as an adult entertainment channel. My guess would be that due to this they have no watershed and can air what they want, when they want.

BuffyBot

My guess would be that due to this they have no watershed and can air what they want, when they want.

Not really. They still have to follow OFCOM guidelines regarding the content being suitable for the time of day.