Overly sensitive?

[NorthernDave]

Doc Martin, just started on ITV, was preceded by a warning that this episode "contains a surgical procedure"...

Who'd have thought it?

 

[Slick]

Anyone remember the red triangle in the corner of the screen when Channel 4 started? It was supposed to act as a warning of impending sex and violence, but instead acted as an indicator to any curious 13 year old that there was something good on telly.

I was that soldier, happy days.

 

[Slick]

Doc Martin, just started on ITV, was preceded by a warning that this episode "contains a surgical procedure"...

Who'd have thought it?

To be fair, that finger looked horrendous.

 

[Threevok]

I remember watching Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy in 1979, with a message at the start warning of "Mild Beryl"

 

[Pro Tour Punditry]

Doc Martin, just started on ITV, was preceded by a warning that this episode "contains a surgical procedure"...

Who'd have thought it?

Given that "Doc Martin" has an aversion to blood then it was probably a good idea...

 

[PeteXXX]

The television companies are probably worried that they'll get sued by people that, allegedly, got traumatised by a fictitious event on a fictional story line.


I once thought that the Aussie chap in Skippy the kangaroo could actually understand what Skippy was saying. It's worried me ever since

Maybe I have a potential claim.. No win, no fee

 

[classic33]

The television companies are probably worried that they'll get sued by people that, allegedly, got traumatised by a fictitious event on a fictional story line.

I once thought that the Aussie chap in Skippy the kangaroo could actually understand what Skippy was saying. It's worried me ever since

Maybe I have a potential claim.. No win, no fee

Skippy was female!

The clicking sounds made by Skippy are vocal sound effects, rather than the natural vocalisations of a kangaroo, with chocolate, chewing gum or grass and in some cases, an elastic band around the lower jaw, used to make Skippy move her mouth.

 

[Joey Shabadoo]

Fun facts - Skippy was banned in Sweden because the authorities felt it was unhealthy for a young boy to spend so much time with an animal.

For the close up shots of Skippy's paws, souvenier kangaroo bottle openers were used.

There were nine kangaroos used. Because the film set was next to a main road, most of the kangaroos ended up being killed by traffic when they wandered off.

 

[Milzy]

Growing up in rough Northern factories sometimes you’d get some serious stick. It’s classed as affectionate abuse around here.

 

[Gary E]

On the other hand, the warnings can be quite useful (although not for soap operas, they're just wrong!). If I'm about to watch a film and it doesn't have at least a couple of warnings about violence and adult content I know it's not going to be worth watching

 

[Gary E]

There were nine kangaroos used. Because the film set was next to a main road, most of the kangaroos ended up being killed by traffic when they wandered off.

Skippy the mushed Kangaroo?

 

[Welsh wheels]

Doc Martin, just started on ITV, was preceded by a warning that this episode "contains a surgical procedure"...

Who'd have thought it?

I wouldn't want Doc Martin as my doctor, his bedside manner is horrendous.

 

[Deleted member 1258]

Growing up in rough Northern factories sometimes you’d get some serious stick. It’s classed as affectionate abuse around here.

Some of the banter that went on in Coventry's factories over the years would get you sacked these days.

 

[glasgowcyclist]

Not shoes then?

That would be a different spelling.

 

[Deleted member 1258]

We watch the Yorkshire Vet, thats often preceded by warnings of surgical procedures and pictures of injuries, its a program about a vets practise what else do people expect