Censoring on Friends on E4 never seems to make that much sence. I have just been watching friends. They edit out the word porn. Is this a swaer word? Is this word used on the news? Is this a word that cannot be shown on digital TV at 8pm?
Then later they leave in the word arse. This seems quite absurd.... anyone know why they do it like this?
ROFL, if you think thats bad, go to the USA, on they allow Jerry Springer to say b*****d on daytime tv, yet the censors are concerned because Mariah Carey's dress is too revealing.
The worst editing I've seen by Channel 4 is an episode of Friends in Series 10 when it's Emma's birthday, and basically the word penís is said God knows how many times, the original 9pm showing on E4 and C4 were fine, but the T4 repeat was butchered....
"Oh My God there's a......."[CUT]
Channel 4 are also careful with
The One With Free Porn
episode of Friends, it has only been shown after 9pm and rarely gets shown, on DVD this episode has a 15 Rating.
'The Thin Blue Line' repeats on UKTV are definately edited. I noticed on one episode, a whole chunk was cut out.
But if you buy the DVD, you'll notice that the episodes on there are anywhere up to five minutes longer than the versions that originally went out on the BBC. So assuming UKTV are using the same copies, they'll have originally been edited for time.
'The Thin Blue Line' repeats on UKTV are definately edited. I noticed on one episode, a whole chunk was cut out.
But if you buy the DVD, you'll notice that the episodes on there are anywhere up to five minutes longer than the versions that originally went out on the BBC. So assuming UKTV are using the same copies, they'll have originally been edited for time.
Oh right, I thought the DVD versions were the ones broadcast.
The part I was referring to was when they were entering the night club (with the warrant card etc).
The part I was referring to was when they were entering the night club (with the warrant card etc).
That and some other stuff in this episode was chopped out on the original broadcast in 1996 to get it to fit a 30min timeslot. I believe the DVD is uncut (hence the title, "The Complete Thin Blue Line" - content wise not just episode wise) whereas the TV versions was cut for time. The DVDs of Home Improvement are exactly the same - the episodes are unedited on the DVDs but were edited for time and commercials.
This happens on quite a lot of Video/DVD releases of TV shows - it's usually no more expensive to get the original cut as opposed to a cut-for-time version and it makes it look better value to get extra scenes that you didn't see on TV.
Channel 4 are also careful with
The One With Free Porn
episode of Friends, it has only been shown after 9pm and rarely gets shown, on DVD this episode has a 15 Rating.
Why did it deserve a 15 rating when the BBFC website states that it only contains:
Language: Infrequent, mild
Sex/Nudity: Some comic references
Violence: None
Other: TV sit-com
