R4 play today (Tue 26) - The Deletion Committee

[TeenPlusTwenties]

Anyone else listen to this?

Interesting play covering 'I believe you' v innocent until proven guilty, freedom of speech (wrt 'transphobia'), power of accusation, whether to judge historical figures by todays standards etc.

I was only half listening to this, thinking it might be too much BBC wokery to pay a lot of attention to, despite the good cast. However, it became much more interesting than that and I might listen to it all again. I see it was by Mark Lawson who satirises / describes the world of micro-aggressions, calling out etc in his book 'The Allegations'. (He also left his job presenting 'Front Row' on R4 after bullying allegations which he denied.)

www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b09yh6mj

It does look interesting.

It was a good listen. In a way it was built around Niemöller's First they came ... prose poem.

Sometimes it's better to acknowledge and live with the fact that the world isn't perfect than to eradicate everything that a small unaccountable group declare as problematic.

It sounds interesting, I'll give it a listen later.

That does sound interesting.

That was an interesting play. Lots of relevant points highlighted in how the story unfolds. Thanks for sharing. :)

Just read on the thread that it was first broadcast 2018.

So it was - Friday 13 April 2018.