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Oh dear, they're in trouble again..... from 'The Scotsman'...
Has someone got it in for this show or something?
Quote:
The BBC defended its children’s TV show Dick And Dom In Da Bungalow today after it was criticised in Parliament. Senior Tory MP Peter Luff condemned the programme for its “lavatorial” content during Commons question time. He asked Culture Secretary Tessa Jowell how the show, presented by Dominic Wood and Richard McCourt, enhanced the corporation’s public service remit. Mr Luff, a Tory assistant chief whip and MP for Mid Worcestershire, invited the Culture Secretary to see the programme’s website in his office.
He told the House of Commons on Monday: “You can join me in playing How Low Can You Bungalow, a test to see your response to grossly embarrassing personal situations, largely of a lavatorial nature; Pants Dancers in the Hall of Fame, photos of children with underwear on their heads; Make Dick Sick, a game which I think speaks for itself; and finally Bunged Up, in which you play a character in a sewerage system avoiding turtles’ poos coming from various lavatories.
“Is that really the stuff of public service broadcasting?”
Ms Jowell replied: “It is the Government’s job to develop a new charter for the BBC – it is then the BBC’s job to determine standards of taste, decency and appropriateness.” Today the BBC defended the show, saying it took its public service obligations seriously.
It said: “Dick And Dom In Da Bungalow remains one of the most popular shows, which transmits both on the CBBC channel and BBC1. “The show and presenters won children’s Baftas in 2004. It is pure fun and entertainment, aimed at 8 to 12-year-olds, so it is unsurprising that it doesn’t appeal to some adults.
“It gives children a chance to laugh and enjoy themselves at the start of the weekend and we have many letters and emails of appreciation for the show, from both children and their parents. “We do take our role as a public service broadcaster very seriously: any criticisms are always looked into, but have to be addressed in the context of the target audience for the show and its remit to entertain young children.”
Presenter Dominic Wood was rapped last year by media watchdog Ofcom for wearing a T-shirt with a sexual slogan on the show, which is broadcast on Saturday mornings on BBC1 and on Sundays on the CBBC channel. Dick And Dom In Da Bungalow features another game where the hosts and parents of viewers situate themselves in a quiet public place, such as a museum or restaurant, and take turns to shout “bogeys” at ever-increasing volumes.
The game continues until one of them is either laughing too much or too embarrassed to continue. In the tradition of “gunging“, made popular by 1970s ITV show Tiswas, children in the studio are regularly covered in “Creamy Muck Muck“.
He told the House of Commons on Monday: “You can join me in playing How Low Can You Bungalow, a test to see your response to grossly embarrassing personal situations, largely of a lavatorial nature; Pants Dancers in the Hall of Fame, photos of children with underwear on their heads; Make Dick Sick, a game which I think speaks for itself; and finally Bunged Up, in which you play a character in a sewerage system avoiding turtles’ poos coming from various lavatories.
“Is that really the stuff of public service broadcasting?”
Ms Jowell replied: “It is the Government’s job to develop a new charter for the BBC – it is then the BBC’s job to determine standards of taste, decency and appropriateness.” Today the BBC defended the show, saying it took its public service obligations seriously.
It said: “Dick And Dom In Da Bungalow remains one of the most popular shows, which transmits both on the CBBC channel and BBC1. “The show and presenters won children’s Baftas in 2004. It is pure fun and entertainment, aimed at 8 to 12-year-olds, so it is unsurprising that it doesn’t appeal to some adults.
“It gives children a chance to laugh and enjoy themselves at the start of the weekend and we have many letters and emails of appreciation for the show, from both children and their parents. “We do take our role as a public service broadcaster very seriously: any criticisms are always looked into, but have to be addressed in the context of the target audience for the show and its remit to entertain young children.”
Presenter Dominic Wood was rapped last year by media watchdog Ofcom for wearing a T-shirt with a sexual slogan on the show, which is broadcast on Saturday mornings on BBC1 and on Sundays on the CBBC channel. Dick And Dom In Da Bungalow features another game where the hosts and parents of viewers situate themselves in a quiet public place, such as a museum or restaurant, and take turns to shout “bogeys” at ever-increasing volumes.
The game continues until one of them is either laughing too much or too embarrassed to continue. In the tradition of “gunging“, made popular by 1970s ITV show Tiswas, children in the studio are regularly covered in “Creamy Muck Muck“.
Has someone got it in for this show or something?
