Channel 4's Bringing Up Baby (again?)

[monkeybird]

Dear all

I hadn't joined MN when this series showed but was F*ing furious about the evil witch Verity on it. So much so I wrote to Channel 4 to complain and to the Guardian. Pointed out that in my field (university research) we'd never get away with such an experiment since our Ethics Committee wouldn't allow it.

Now I've just found out (sorry if I'm behind the times here! ) that there is a campaign to try to get parenting programmes scrutinised by an ethics committee and there's a petition at 10 Downing St to try and do this: petitions.pm.gov.uk/parentingshows/

If you haven't already, please sign!

And doncha know those HV's I keep moaning about started such a campaign before the series was even aired! www.socialbaby.com/shop/page.asp?id=CVcphva

I've signed.

Couldn't watch the series as I found it on a par with the Panorama type Romanian Orphanage/Dying Rooms programmes.

It was abhorent

all done

Should also add that petition has until end of January to be signed so spread the word!

done and bump

Have signed. Bump.

There was an item about this on Five Live tonight, just before the 6 o'clock news. So I thought I'd bump it again.

bumping again!

I've signed.

That maternity nurse was evil!

bump!