Inappropriate tv at Inlaws

[Zippyette]

Whilst I was at in laws on Sunday a dead body was on the TV screen whilst my FIL watched beregerac. I said at the time it wasnt appropriate for my 3 yo daughter but FIL just responded by saying 'she doesn't look very well' to his granddaughter. I was fuming so we left soon after.
I've said to my husband that we should say something to his parents before we visit next time such as ' can you make sure you're not watching an adult programme next time we visit?' (Or something similar -ideas?!) But he thinks we should ask them to turn the telly off or over if it happens again as he doesn't want to upset them. I'm saying I'm being proactive as they're still going to get upset and feel he's putting his parents feelings before our need to protect our child. He disagrees.

So now I gave two choices - either phone them up and say something - potentially upsetting them (which I've already done when I turned the telly over to cbbc bedtime when we were visiting over the summer as it was near bedtime and I wanted something calming) or go along with my husband.
What would you do?

This sometimes shames them into turning it off, but not always.

You terrible snob!

Thanks for the laugh OP, I'm full of a cold and it's raining here but this thread has cheered me up.

I love the grandma who recorded Trainspotting for her train mad DC.

Op in ten years time she will be watching all kinds of crap on YouTube, you need to relax a bit, your poor in laws probably think you're bonkers.

Let's hope the poor little mite never gets exposed to Midsomer Murders.

God this is funny. It is pretty horrifying that the in laws were watching Bergerac though. I now have that Little Britain sketch in my head where David Walliams is Dennis Waterman (write the theme tune/sing the theme tune) being offered a role in Bergerac. "I'm a policeman living in Jerseeey....do do do do...I have a complicated relationship with my ex wife. ..do do do dooo."

Bowiefan "She has no right to boss around other people or police what they're watching. If she doesn't like what they're watching, she can leave.*"
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She's not bossing people around, she's asking her PARENTS to consider the safety and wellbeing other young child.

You'd think it's acceptable if it were a request to stay out of the casino/games arcade or a rowdy pub, or to feed more than cake and crisps at a dinner? Sometimes people need gently reminding and it's the ops child not the grandparents.

Of course the grandparents have the right o refuse but they can't expect unrestricted visits if they insist on plonking the little girl in front of unsuitable viewings. Obviously the mother would have to either be present or remove the child, which sort of defeats the purpose of the visit I would imagine.

I don't know what Bergerac is ....is it something like Columbo?

I don't know what Bergerac is

Think Midsomer Murders.......but with the added glamour of being on Jersey.

I see, so hardly The Walking Dead then

Pity Mary Whitehouse is dead. We need her..

Wow must've been a far more interesting episode of Bergerac than any I remember!
The less fuss you make about these things OP the less negative impact on your DD.
When we're in the car I often have to change to CD mode when the news starts as it always mentions a rape or other violent assaults and updates.

Now, if your FIL had killed sY, the milkman and had the corpse sitting there in a chair in the living room, surrounded by a pool of blood and with a knife sticking out of his chest, then fair enough to be perturbed for your DDs delicate psyche

My dd has a thing for midsomer murders!

Farmmummy You do realise you're traumatising her for life?

And the same bloke as midsommer but older! Always involves his family in the plot lines too. In Bergerac his ex fil was ususKly mixed up in the plot just like Cully in Mid.

Aware I need a life. What's cullys re bloody name?

Defiantly Bodie and while we back there for me Starsky!

What was the series with the antiques dealer who I thought was quite ugly but he had a huge fan base of middle aged women?

Jee I sure am glad i have more to worry about than "protecting" my child form the "adult" nature of bloody Bergerac.

YABU and precious and PFB.

We don't watch TV when we have visitors but if family visit and someone wants to watch TV that's ok.
I doubt seeing a body on Bergerac would traumatise a 3 year old. I doubt they would know it was a dead body anyway,..unless it was showing it hacked up or in a gory way? I don't think they show bodies like that on Bergerac.
Was your DD watching it and following the plot?

I loved Bergerac. His flirtation with the diamond thief was extremely racy television, I remember feeling very grown up being allowed to watch that.

Pretty sure no-one in the history of forever has regarded it as inappropriate viewing though.

It's not quite the walking dead is it, now that's inappropriate

Is anyone old enough to remember Shoestring?

Only just, Miss