Does the general public want to watch programmes about Transwomen?

You probably don't need a large audience for such a programme to be deemed successful.

Most people don't care one way or another. MN users are obsessed with this but if you asked random people in the street I doubt 25% would care one way or the other.

@toastedteddy do you honestly believe that stripping women of our rights, language and spaces will help women or harm them?
Is it easier to promote surrogacy and all its harms when there's no words for women and we're just gestational carriers or birthing parents rather than exploited women and mothers?
If we cant define women as a separate sex class to all.men regardless of how they identify we cant protect our rights including abortion rights. That's why fighting the trans madness that has taken over all our institutions and reclaiming our language is the most important thing we can do

Thank you. I’m a bit sick of it all to be honest. The “boat people” (0.6% of immigrants), the “trans issue”, what’s next? Going full evangelical America and starting on unmarried women and abortions? I wish people would open their eyes to the actual issues at play.

I'd hazard a guess that its less than 0.1% of the viewing audience who wants to see this crap.
Neither of my dc or their friends (all target audiences for this crap) want to watch this shit as their sick and tired of it being rammed down their throats at school, online, in books and on tv.
The BBC are the worst offenders when it comes to pushing this shit probably because the lgbtq+ are massively over representated in their workforce

Excellent post @toastedteddy, I completely agree.

BBC don't issue viewing numbers unfortunately. And even when they do for specific programmes, it's based on a "panel" of viewers and not actual viewers. You would assume with modern technology they count count actual viewings. I think they can with iPlayer, but not live terrestrial.

I have often wondered "who watches this shit" too!

I find it incredibly tiresome that every programme now features a trans, or a drag, particularly game shows and lifestyle entertainment shows. Things like sewing bee, pottery throwdown, bake off, are like bingo cards.

I’m tired of the entire thing to be honest. Is there an issue with how society treats women? Yes. Is there a trans issue? Potentially.

But this issue is being used to direct our attention away from much larger ills in society. The rich are getting richer while the rest of us are left languishing. We’re getting to a point where minimum wage workers and even those on “decent” salaries 20 years ago are unable to afford housing and food. Our NHS has been stripped for parts and is awaiting sale to the highest bidder. Children’s teeth are rotting in their heads because you can’t get to see a dentist, or their parents just don’t care. None of that is being addressed, issues like this are frothed up to try and distract from the actual issues in society.

I think media are confusing abroad acceptance of trans in the younger age group, to assuming to get a younger audience they need to have trans everywhere.

Also programme makers know that if they dont have trans representation in their shows, its going to be noticed, so best stick one in.