Showing posts with label Television. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Television. Show all posts
The Passion
Sunday, January 27, 2008
Rob points out that:
The Passion, which wil be screened on BBC1 from Palm Sunday looks to be another good quality broadcast which could give opportunity for a lot of discussion and chat about Jesus.
For ides for how this could be used look on the Churches' Media Council website.
Leave Us Kids Alone
Thursday, October 25, 2007
Having had some time off this week I randomly came across Leave Us Kids Alone on BBC 3, and I have loved watching it. The gist of it is that 12 older teenagers are given three weeks to create and run their own school, from scratch. They are given a group of 12 year olds to look after. They have to look after the pupils, including feeding them, organising activities as well as creating a curriculum. In addition they had regular inspections from ex-OFSTED inspectors to ensure they kept up to scratch. To make it even more pressured the teenagers have to live together in the school - so the pressure is there all the time.
It was fantastic to watch their strengths and weaknesses, to see how they coped with the responsibility. The two most interesting things were watching who and how they coped with being head teacher; and how they revised the curriculum - at first it started off pretty much the same as a normal school but with the lessons being slightly more lively, after a while though they completely changed this and tried hosting themed days where all subjects were focussed on the same theme.
I think there is one more programme tomorrow night so keep a look out if you have BBC 3.
It was fantastic to watch their strengths and weaknesses, to see how they coped with the responsibility. The two most interesting things were watching who and how they coped with being head teacher; and how they revised the curriculum - at first it started off pretty much the same as a normal school but with the lessons being slightly more lively, after a while though they completely changed this and tried hosting themed days where all subjects were focussed on the same theme.
I think there is one more programme tomorrow night so keep a look out if you have BBC 3.
Football but not on a Saturday afternoon
Friday, October 05, 2007
Saturday 3:00pm has traditionally been football time in the United Kingdom. But this weekend, of all the premier league fixtures only Aston Villa v West Ham is a that traditional time. Manchester United v Wigan is on Saturday lunchtime, and the other eight games are on Sunday.
Some have suggested that it is linked to the role of television but Richard Scudamore, disagrees:
“Out of the 10 matches only three have been displaced ostensibly for television … The remaining six have been moved due to participation in the Uefa Cup, transport issues and a combination of the police and Uefa.”
But, and I think he is right, Malcolm Clarke, chair of the Football Supporters’ Federation, made the key point that UEFA Cup participants only play on Sundays because they are scheduled on a Thursday to avoid clashes with televised Champions League games.
Are we losing out on a good tradition by not having most of our games on Saturday at 3:00pm, with results in at around 4:45pm? What do you think?
Jeremy Kyle show is "a form of human bear-baiting"
Tuesday, September 25, 2007
A judge has branded The Jeremy Kyle Show "a form of human bear-baiting" at a court case in Manchester. The judge said the daytime telly was "trash" and existed to "titillate bored members of the public with nothing better to do".
He made the comments while sentencing one of the show's guests, who head-butted his love rival during filming earlier this year. The judge felt that the show's makers were partly to blame for the attack.
He went on to say "They pretend there is some kind of virtue in putting out a show like this ... I have had the misfortune, very recently, of watching The Jeremy Kyle Show. It seems to me that the purpose of this show is to effect a morbid and depressing display of dysfunctional people whose lives are in turmoil ... This type of incident is exactly what the producers want. These self-righteous individuals should be in the dock with you. They pretend there is some kind of virtue in putting out a show like this," said Judge Berg.
I have to agree with a lot of what the judge said. Ever since the showing of Jerry Springer in the UK we have seen various copy cat programmes all of which bring little if anything to our society. All they seem to do is make the crises that people are going through into national entertainment. Unsurprisingly, a spokeswoman for ITV disagreed, saying, "We do not recognise the district judge's description of our programme, or his opinion of the viewing public and the people who choose to take part in our programme in an effort to resolve their problems."
A guy called Dave
Saturday, September 22, 2007
My father-in-law, and boss, is called David, and I try to wind him up by calling him Dave or Big Dave. But following this news that TV channel UKTV G2, which shows random cult comedy and game shows aimed at young men, is to be rebranded Dave, he is quite proud of being Dave. Especially, the idea that he is the home of witty banter (he wishes!). The theory behind the change of name (for the TV channel, not Dave) is based on the idea that "everyone knows a bloke called Dave".Kid Nation - a dangerous experiment???
Wednesday, September 19, 2007
Kid Nation has it's first airing today and it certainly looks slightly off the wall. The concept of the experiment sounds really interesting, but the young people seem young, and the implication is that there isn't much supervision, but then again how much supervision is there in other reality style programmes that involve children. Is this just the company trying to gain more publicity by not releasing any comment - for all we know it could be really well supervised. Certainly one to watch and see the fuller picture.
West Wing
Wednesday, August 15, 2007
Britain's Got Talent
Sunday, June 17, 2007
The Apprentice
Wednesday, June 06, 2007
It was great watching The Apprentice tonight. The way the candidates were interviewed was very interesting, they spent a long time focusing with the girls on their role as a mother of their children. The questioning seemed to verge on the illegal with the way that it digged into their lives. But then you can understand that Sir Alan wanted the top level of commitment, which in the end Katy decided she couldn't give without thinking it through further. Surely, she must have realised if she got the job she would have to move from Exeter and would have thought the issue through before joining the show. Who knows, but certainly an interesting show.
Youth lingo
Thursday, May 31, 2007
Just been watching Big Brother, with Tracey telling Lesley what Phat means (good, top stuff, etc if you didn't know), and Lesley asking if there was a thin (no there isn't - at least that I'm aware of)! Quite a funny but painful moment. It is at this point that Big Brother does its job as a social experiment, in this case highlighting the differences in cultures.
Language changes so quickly it is often hard to stay up with it, but as a Children's and Youth Worker it is fairy important to at least have a clue what young people are saying so you understand what they are saying to you, and to their friends in the middle of groups.
Eurovision
Saturday, May 12, 2007
Hannah, my wife, is well into Eurovision, so tonight the family got together for a Eurovision night. The music and culture is shocking, the voting is all political, and I still can't quite work out why we watch it, but we do. Phil (Hannah's brother) and I thought Sweden were awesome, and I am sure the introductory bars are the start of another cheesy pop rock song from the last year or so but I can't think what; Hannah thought Ukraine were good. In the end Serbia won. The UK got 19 points which has got to be a fairly respectable score given the political bloc voting, and the song was quite good, sounded a bit like Steps . Ireland, however did really badly with only 5 points they will be sorely upset given they won it a few years ago.
Human Footprint
Channel 4 recently showed a documentary on the Human Footprint. As our telly wasn't properly sorted at that stage I didn't get to watch it, but it sounded fascinating. The website is really good, and something I may well use with young people. It takes your date of birth and calculates everything you have done from eggs eaten, times abroad, the amount of poo, to time watching TV. Certainly something to check out.
Disabled dancing
Wednesday, April 18, 2007
Hannah and I came in from our dance lessons last night to discover that there was a progamme on television about disabled dancing. It was really interesting watching how they adapt it, train up for competitions. The programme followed a group from Bristol and a group from Scotland as they competed at the national championships. Really interesting.
Comic Relief Fame Academy
Thursday, March 15, 2007
I can't believe that the final of Comic Relief Fame Academy is going to be between Tricia Penrose and Tara Palmer-Tomkinson. I have only heard a few snippets but every time I have heard Tara sing she sounds off, and yet there were others who could sing, especially Shaun Williamson.
Red Noses banned at Comic Relief Fame Academy
Tuesday, March 13, 2007
I have just seen this article on the BBC which states that Red noses have been banned from the set of the BBC's celebrity Fame Academy special - even though it is raising funds for Comic Relief. A spokeswoman for producers Endemol said the foam noses had been declared a fire risk to the filming venue. Comic Relief Does Fame Academy is being filmed at the Grade II-listed County Hall in central London. "We have to comply with health and safety rules - it's not a conventional TV studio," the spokeswoman said. I do understand the issue of health and safety but it is sad when you can't even have red noses in the studio of a major part of Comic Relief.
Top Gear
Sunday, February 25, 2007
I am thoroughly enjoying Top Gear tonight although it has become increasingly worthless. It was brave of the BBC to continue to show the section on level crossings following the rail accident on Saturday in Cumbria. I thought it was a good piece of video, although some of the stuff like the farming bit was over the top and a good waste of time but it is a highly entertaining show.
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