what is pre-watershed version

[artisticforge .]

hello

i find it humorous that the programme in question is a history
documentary titled:

Harlots, Housewives and Heroines: A 17th Century History for Girls
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b01j2fcq/harlots-housewives-and-heroines-a-17th-century-history-for-girls-1-act-one-at-court

On Wed, May 24, 2017 at 12:23 PM, Nic Siddle <nicsiddle at gmail.com> wrote:
> Inconsistent and illogical perhaps, but not insane, at least in intention. I
> believe that the 'watershed' and its accompanyning rules are laid down in
> statute, and therefore the rules are not down to the BBC. I, for one, would
> want to protect children from unmoderated content, whilst acknowledging that
> in today's world, this is in reality impossible. And yes - I do believe that
> there is a difference between factual reporting of upsetting incidents and
> pure drama which may contain violence/ sex etc. (though quite how EastEnders
> qualifies as pre-watershed, I have never understood.
>
> Nic
>
>
>
> On 24/05/2017 16:21, David Woodhouse wrote:
>>
>> On Wed, 2017-05-24 at 10:18 -0500, artisticforge . wrote:
>>>
>>> hello
>>>
>>> that is insane. any child may watch the news, read a newspaper, listen
>>> to the radio is exposed to the horror of Manchester, Paris, Syria,
>>> etc.
>>
>> Yes. You're also permitted to have sex at 16 but you're not allowed to
>> watch *other* people do so until you're 18. This stuff isn't expected
>> to make sense.
>>
>> (The law fails to specify anything about the use of mirrored ceilings.)
>>
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