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**denisovich321** · January 29th, 2011, 02:55 PM

I watched the first episode of Charlie Brooker's 'How TV Ruined Your Life' this morning on the BBC's iPlayer facility

It was titled 'Fear' and describes how TV scaremongering often generates and fuels unnecessary fears and concerns in the minds of viewers. It starts with the old 70s public information films (you know the ones: a paternalistic stentorian voice upbraiding us plebs about the dangers of climbing a stepladder while wearing rollerskates, that kind of thing), moving onto stuff like 'Crimewatch' and post-apocalyptic Cold War stuff like 'Threads' before looking at contemporary programming and films in which voyeuristic horror is masked as 'educational entertainment'

Made me glad I don't watch much of the damn thing! Apart from the odd programme which I watch on demand on the net, and the occasional DVD, the TV in my home is hardly ever on. Maybe a couple of times a week

January 29th, 2011, 02:55 PM	#16
denisovich321 Vintage Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 536 Thanks: 3,505 Thanked 7,431 Times in 531 Posts	I watched the first episode of Charlie Brooker's 'How TV Ruined Your Life' this morning on the BBC's iPlayer facility It was titled 'Fear' and describes how TV scaremongering often generates and fuels unnecessary fears and concerns in the minds of viewers. It starts with the old 70s public information films (you know the ones: a paternalistic stentorian voice upbraiding us plebs about the dangers of climbing a stepladder while wearing rollerskates, that kind of thing), moving onto stuff like 'Crimewatch' and post-apocalyptic Cold War stuff like 'Threads' before looking at contemporary programming and films in which voyeuristic horror is masked as 'educational entertainment' Made me glad I don't watch much of the damn thing! Apart from the odd programme which I watch on demand on the net, and the occasional DVD, the TV in my home is hardly ever on. Maybe a couple of times a week