Has RTE Ever Heard of a Watershed?

Radio Mad.

I'm no prude but RTE's transmission of Midsomer Murders at lunchtime today was a bit much. One of the scene's entailed a woman wearing small knickers/g-string and bra lying face down on a bed. A man was standing over her slapping her arse with a large branch of a tree. He then opened his trousers and began to drop them at the same time saying what he was going to do to her.

Maybe I'm getting old, but I just think broadcasting scenes like this so early in the day when young kids maybe watching is not right.

smashey

Turn it off?

Mossy Monk

LOL. I for one am not bothered about that sort of thing being shown in the daytime but can see where the concern is.

Jimbo

It got me watching.
Kids shouldn't be watching Midsomer Murders anyway.

WindSock

Haha. yeah I don't think kids would be watching it, but if they were I'm sure they would laugh at the womans bum being hit by a branch, then they would run off to find the nearest tree, tear a branch off then hit other people bums with it. Ahhh, kids

MOD(galway)

guys belive it or not but mid summer murder is 18 sooo...

Ciaran500

MOD(galway) wrote: »

guys belive it or not but mid summer murder is 18 sooo...

It got a 12 rating in the UK...

MOD(galway)

yes but i should have said 18 in ammerica sorry

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar

you know the way the Op said he wasn't a prude?

I think he may have been lying

mike65

To answer the OP RTE don't check the material they show, they assume a lot ie Midsummer light ITV detective drama therefore its okay for midday, RTE screened a
TV movie with unfortunate results. it was made for cable and chock full of unsuitable language and behaviour. They pulled it after about an hour.

Mike.

Creamy Goodness

MOD(galway) wrote: »

yes but i should have said 18 in ammerica sorry

yes but also in america you can't say Ass or Happy Christmas without someone being offended.

Mossy Monk

MOD(galway) wrote: »

yes but i should have said 18 in ammerica sorry

I would not use the American rating system as a guide. If this program was given a 12's rating in the UK then I don't see a problem with a lunch time showing.

Beelzebub

As a matter of interest, which episode was that?

JIZZLORD

jaysis, dont you know daytime tv is for the old, infirm and students. kids are too buzy watching colourful blobs on network 2

Zaph

Whatever about kids watching it, my folks watch that show and if that's what it's like all the time I'm a bit concerned about my old man's heart.

Jimbo

The showed the uncensored version of Titanic during the day during Christmas, Kate Winslet boobies and all. Not much of a fuss about that afterwards

po0k

Kids don't watch detective dramas.

OP: Was the man expressing violent intentions towards the woman or was it a bit of slap 'n tickle?

What about hair, shampoo, womens' cosmetic ads?

Creamy Goodness

jimbo78 wrote: »

The showed the uncensored version of Titanic during the day during Christmas, Kate Winslet boobies and all. Not much of a fuss about that afterwards

dear god, boobies, are you for real.

i don't get why anyone should be or could be offended by boobs?

daveirl

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MoominPapa

Ah Midsomer Murders. A gloriously entertaining crock of ****e no matter what time of the day its shown

Jimbo

Cremo wrote: »

dear god, boobies, are you for real.

i don't get why anyone should be or could be offended by boobs?

Don't get me wrong, Im all for de boobies. Im just surprised they got away with it

Toto Wolfcastle

Cremo wrote: »

dear god, boobies, are you for real.

i don't get why anyone should be or could be offended by boobs?

I just keep thinking of these girls whose parents shield them from every sight of boobs. What's going to happen when they reach puberty and suddenly they have them? They'll probably think they're dying!

Reminds me of the time some parents complained to a radio show about Baby Wee Wee....'But it's got a.........PENIS!' You weren't complaining that males have one when you were making the child, were you? Seriously, who even cares?

Personally I think that if any kids were watching they'd just get embarrassed because their parents were watching too and run off.

Wheels

mike65 wrote: »

To answer the OP RTE don't check the material they show, they assume a lot ie Midsummer light ITV detective drama therefore its okay for midday, RTE screened a
TV movie with unfortunate results. it was made for cable and chock full of unsuitable language and behaviour. They pulled it after about an hour.

Mike.

What movie was this?

mike65

It was something on years back - it was a comedy set in a country club or had a golf theme I think. Loads of swearing and suggestive behaviour at about 4 pm on a Wednesday.

Mike.

Mossy Monk

Caddyshack?

kevmy

Thats one then about RTE that I find pretty good. They take a relaxed view of this whole cenorship thing. I hate this bullsh1t about PG films with warnings like 'contains mild peril' - come on.

RTE should be commended and not condemned for this. Anyway once they put something on RTE2 they can pretty much get away with anything. They never do anything that stupid like Pulp Fiction at 4pm.

Mossy Monk

kevmy wrote: »

They never do anything that stupid like Pulp Fiction at 4pm.

They should try to see if they can get away with it.

mike65

Nope not a Caddyshack flick.

Mike.

humanji

mike65 wrote: »

It was something on years back - it was a comedy set in a country club or had a golf theme I think. Loads of swearing and suggestive behaviour at about 4 pm on a Wednesday.

Mike.

I remember that. It was hilarious. Me and my brother couldn't believe it was on. It was an Australian film. I remeber I actually enjoyed it, so I wish I could remember what it was.

What I find funny is how the OP (who isn't a prude, by the way) takes issue with a very tame sex scene (well sex related, there was no sex in it), yet has no problem with all the horrific murders that appear in the show.

Kur4mA

RTE have been doing this pretty consistently for a good few years now. I reckon the kiddies are well used to it.

kevmy

Mossy Monk wrote: »

They should try to see if they can get away with it.

Well I'd watch it but I can see how it would be out of bounds.

Basically 4 rules here people: No proper sex scenes, no gory violence, no excessive swearing (sh1t, fcuk, c u next tuesday) and no graphic drug taking scenes before 9 everything else fair game. And rightly so.

Mossy Monk

**** can be heard in movies shown at about 6pm all the time. That's not just of RTÉ though.

Cabaal

Gets a 12 DVD rasting for the UK so can't see any issues with it being showen, in fairness these are guides and its upto parents to decided if they want there kids to watch such stuff.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0118401/

dodgyme

Radio Mad. wrote: »

I'm no prude but RTE's transmission of Midsomer Murders at lunchtime today was a bit much. One of the scene's entailed a woman wearing small knickers/g-string and bra lying face down on a bed. A man was standing over her slapping her arse with a large branch of a tree. He then opened his trousers and began to drop them at the same time saying what he was going to do to her.

Maybe I'm getting old, but I just think broadcasting scenes like this so early in the day when young kids maybe watching is not right.

yea you should ring them an complain. too early for that kinda stuff

kevmy

Mossy Monk wrote: »

**** can be heard in movies shown at about 6pm all the time. That's not just of RTÉ though.

Obviously exceptions to the rule. I think there is some crap about two F's being allowed as long as they're not used in a certain way blah blah blah. And you can still get a 12's or whatever. I don't really care as my language is pretty filthy and has been from a young age but I know some people take offence

odyssey06

While Midsomer Murders is originally broadcast in an 8 or 9 pm slot by ITV, I know they have been repeating it recently on weekday afternoons along with shows like Poirot and Marple. I wonder if this episode was included in that broadcast, and if so if the scene was cut... The UK enforcement of the 'watershed' is a lot stricter.

Odyssey06- formerly a child who watched detective dramas

ScruffySlayer

RTE DO cut stuff though. I remember an the season 2 finale of Alias having the key fight scene completely removed when they used to show it on Fridays at 7. So it does happen, I just think they're that vigilant all the time.

Pigman II

Radio Mad. wrote: »

One of the scene's entailed a woman wearing small knickers/g-string and bra lying face down on a bed. A man was standing over her slapping her arse with a large branch of a tree. He then opened his trousers and began to drop them at the same time saying what he was going to do to her.

Note to self : Start recording this show.

Elmo

TV3 are funny in with their censorship. I was watching War of the Buttons over christmas on TV3. I don't often watch either.

They beeped out the word BASTARD! yet they had no problem with Arse, ****e, Feck and bitch.

They did the same with another show, what is wrong with the word bastard?

As for the OP, RTE are right not to edit out such scenes but should put it on later at night. Midsummers is a fairly easy going dective drama but it insists on trying to be a hard hitting drama by using scene like the one mentioned. It's only another version of Murder She Wrote.

Legend_DIT

jimbo78 wrote: »

Don't get me wrong, Im all for de boobies. Im just surprised they got away with it

I think the reason why Titanic can be shown during the day with this scene is because of the context of the scene. It's a nude portrait which is obviously artistic and not supposed to be a direct prelude to sex. That's my theory anyway.

Although, if my theory was correct -it leads me to wonder, would a film set in a nudist colony be shown pre-watershed?

I do know that BBC1 have also shown Titanic in the afternoon before.

DeVore

Pigman II wrote: »

Note to self : Start recording this show.

I'm glad I wasnt the only one thinking that hahahah...

DeV.

Toto Wolfcastle

DeVore wrote: »

I'm glad I wasnt the only one thinking that hahahah...

DeV.

Nah, don't bother, watched it this weekend and it was rubbish!

DeVore

It always struck me as weird that RTE (and TV in general) censors sexual content severely but is perfectly ok with violent content and also gambling content (The races, every saturday afternoon on RTE 2 as I recall from my youth!).

Which is healthier for a teenager?

DeV.

mike65

Another example coming up on Saturday - RTE 1 screening The Big Red One in the afternoon

Its a fine film esp the restored version but NOT for the kids.

Mike.