radio 4 debate about children's tv

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is it really any wonder that that aren't enough programmes being made now that itv was banned from advertising so much?

no use moaning about it now

I am listening and not relating. My experience of kids TV is that there is a lot of good, UK, produced content. Maybe that will change as my kids get older.

Some of the points being made reflect mire on poor education than the origin of programmes. If your kids think US laws apply in the UK they need better education.

Surely the Americanisation of TV is seen more in programmes for late teens/young adults than in childrens tv. I bet much of the problem stems from teens watching Friends/90210/Glee etc. I think they are missing the point by saying it's a prob with childrens television.

my ds(8) is watching spongebob atm i think there is a real lack for teenagers now though, remember dramarama, tiswas, children's ward, magpie type programmes? they just don't exist anymore, the bbc should not have the monopoly only to make these shows.

The Beeb does Commission a lot of it's childrens profs from independent producers so they don't have the monopoly on production although they do commission most of it.

progs not profs

grange hill shocking? that was the reality for most children. we didn't all grow up with watch with mother.

lots of posters on here were not allowed to watch itv as youngsters. think alot of those types have caused the advertising ban in the first place - yet they don't watch the station.

I found Grange hill shocking as a child - it was soooooo not like my school at all or that of others in my area. I wondered at the time and still do, that it egged on behaviour made it seem acceptable in some way as its on the telly.

I like cbeebies mostly - cant stand dirtgirl world and Dd has been watching some Dora teh explorer but is now saying 'you guys' to me! I agree with the americianisation of tv is taking over.

Blue peter the other day annoyed me, one of the presenters egged the kids in his team to cheat - not what I expected of Blue peter.

I cant stand the amount of TV adverts and if DD is wathcing a commercial channel I'll turn it over when the ads come on, otherwise, she says I want that, buy that mummy, I want that at every advert.

when i think back to when ds(16) was small, he would watch mopotop, ripley and scuff and rosie and jim (that actually taught french ).

ds(8) now watches spongebob and pokemon, which are drowned out by awful soundtracks and repetitiveness.

the caller who said tv wasn't aimed at inner city kids was right. children need to relate to tv and it isn't done through letting them watch eastenders. imo