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No no and no again. There's no excuse ever for dumbing down for the sake of ratings. There's a hundred Sky channels stuffed to bursting with crap for the great unwashed to watch, but very little higher-brow programming left.
I don't think there are any excuses for the BBC to "dumb down" its current affairs. Given that it is not a 'commericial' channel, it shouldn't need to worry about chasing ratings.
ITV are equally capable of producing high-quality current affairs programmes if they pull their fingers out; I think "Widdy Handbags the Hoodies" pair of documentaries for Tonight demonstrate what ITV can do if they want to
nodnirG kraM posted:
623058 posted:
in this day an age, is it better to have a move tone down version so more people are interested i watching?
No no and no again. There's no excuse ever for dumbing down for the sake of ratings. There's a hundred Sky channels stuffed to bursting with crap for the great unwashed to watch, but very little higher-brow programming left.
I don't think there are any excuses for the BBC to "dumb down" its current affairs. Given that it is not a 'commericial' channel, it shouldn't need to worry about chasing ratings.
ITV are equally capable of producing high-quality current affairs programmes if they pull their fingers out; I think "Widdy Handbags the Hoodies" pair of documentaries for Tonight demonstrate what ITV can do if they want to