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Title: Should we have male and female tv?
Post by: loulou on May 08, 2007, 11:44:26 pm
British TV standards are deteriorating because the BBC is "run by women", astronomer Sir Patrick Moore has said.

The Sky at Night host also described female newsreaders as "jokey" and called for separate channels to cater for the needs of the different sexes.

Title: Should we have male and female tv?
Post by: smurfboy on May 09, 2007, 12:13:26 am
Don't we have it already with channels like Living TV and Men and Motors?
Title: Should we have male and female tv?
Post by: wjp666 on May 09, 2007, 05:46:22 am
come on, own up... who watches 'Most Haunted' on living?
Title: Should we have male and female tv?
Post by: oldspice on May 09, 2007, 07:48:32 am
Patrick Moore is an old fart (although a rather sweet old fart). When men ran the BBC we had dramas that showed wife-beating as normal and accetable (Z cars) and comedies endemic with sexism and racism (On The Buses, Love Thy Neighbour, Mind Your Language and countless other examples).
 

I agree with him in some ways, TV is more trivial and obsessed with cebebrity but it's little to do with who runs it and more to do with who watches it.
Title: Should we have male and female tv?
Post by: loulou on May 09, 2007, 09:20:35 am
Quote from: wjp666
come on, own up... who watches 'Most Haunted' on living?

Not me. I'm too frightened I won't be able to sleep.
Title: Should we have male and female tv?
Post by: goldencup on May 09, 2007, 09:29:16 am
Patrick Moore (the sweet old fart) once came to do a concert (for an enormous fee) with an orchestra I play in and FORGOT his xylophone!
Title: Should we have male and female tv?
Post by: loulou on May 09, 2007, 09:31:39 am
so what did he tinker with?
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Post by: oldspice on May 09, 2007, 06:47:57 pm
His horn of course! oldspice2007-05-09 17:48:23
Title: Should we have male and female tv?
Post by: on May 09, 2007, 07:13:54 pm

Patrick Moore is unfortunately from a bygone era.

Title: Should we have male and female tv?
Post by: loulou on May 09, 2007, 08:07:23 pm
Quote from: oldspice
His horn of course!

Not his digeridoo or his double bass then.Wink
Title: Should we have male and female tv?
Post by: Scarlet Passion on May 10, 2007, 06:01:59 pm
Quote from: wjp666
come on, own up... who watches 'Most Haunted' on living?

 

Is this a trick question?

 

OK, I own up. I watch Most Haunted, and have just spent three very happy nights watching Most Haunted Live.

 

I love it when Yvette says "If theres anyone there hit someone or throw something at someone. Not me but anyone else would do."

And it's nearly always her poor hubby who cops for it.  Poor Carl. LOL

 

I love it.