Does 24 Hours in Police Custody need to show this?

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Just watching an episode about a serial rapist who videoed it all via cameras set up around his house. Over the programme they show blurred out portions of the videos and pictures. But in some of them you could see quite a lot of the body of the victims despite the blurring. Have they asked the victims if they were ok with these being shown? Or is this another trauma for someone who has already had their body violated?
If they have freely consented then perhaps it is fair enough - although I do think we could get the jist of what was happening without some of the pictures and videos being shown in the programme.

YANBU, that sounds awful. Might be worth a complaint to Ofcom.

I don’t think they should show these programmes at all. People have the right to privacy. Showing blurred images is still showing what happened.

I watched this and thought the same, surely they have to get permission from the victim.

This is an intersting point - a colleague's dh works in media do I will ask her if he knows the guidance. I would guess the company follow the letter of the law, not the spirit - tv stations are all about shock factor for viewing figures, not care of their subjects, it's all about the money and the numbers.

We couldn't watch this episide, DD had had an incident in the past, (luckily) nothing on the severity or scale of this episode but the loss of control and abuse and being used really upset her.

There are do many eomen who have suffered abuse which is not known about or dealt with, it is appalling.

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I was of the understanding that they did seek consent, I’m sure Bedfordshire police have confirmed this on their social media pages when talking about the programme.

YANBU. I was shocked at how much they showed. It was gratuitous. Some of his victims were interviewed on camera so I'm hoping they asked permission.

Also, when victims are interviewed but asked not to be identified they always show too much: their eyes, the back of the head, hands etc. Several of them had very distinctive hairstyles/colour and distinctive jewellery so if you even vaguely knew them you'd recognise them.

I don't know the specific episode but it does say on their website that victims give consent to be included

Of course they've obtained their consent - victims of sexual offences have the legal right to anonymity; if they are identifiable from the footage them they have to waive that right before it can be lawfully used.

I thought this too, you could piece together quite a lot of how the person looked from all the different angles shown.

It wasn't that they were identifiable from the images I originally posted about. But that quite a lot of their naked body was shown on national tv. I wonder if they were specifically asked whether they were ok with that being shown. Some mild blurring over the breasts didnt make it so we couldn't see them, just that we couldn't see nipples, essentially. Same with the video footage, no identifying features, but quite a lot was shown.
Hopefully the company do check everything with the victims, otherwise this could be adding extra trauma onto those who have already experienced horrific trauma and loss of bodily autonomy

I know which episode you mean. When he dragged the poor girl out of the hot tub it was so so shocking!!

I do find 24 hours in police custody interesting though!

That being said, the girls gave permission and were talking on the show to highlight dangers. Ofcom won't do anything about that!

@FlowersFawb I love the programme generally, this one just felt a bit uncomfortable in terms of how much was shown. Perhaps they were shown the clips and gave permission, in which case fair enough, and fair play to them for going on and raising awareness!

They gave consent. Maybe you should stick to Gilmore Girls.

There's a blast from the past! I know they have given consent to be on the programme, Im wondering if they were shown the actual footage that would be included as well as their interviews. It's one thing speaking about it, it's another thing having a slightly blurred out picture of your breasts, or of your pelvic area that leaves very little to the imagination.

I would imagine consent was sought from the victims. At the end of the day it's a TV show and the producers are going to want to show sensational/gritty stuff for the ratings.