Eastenders uproar

[AB Asks]

It was a scene most people knew was going to happen � Tanya finally sought revenge on her cheating ex-husband Max by fulfilling his greatest fear - being buried alive. The show was aired on Friday and saw her and her lover bury Max in a coffin in the woods. The BBC received a large amount of complaints from angry viewers saying that this should not have been shown before the 9pm watershed. What do you think? Was it too much to show at 8pm in the evening?

[LoftyLottie]

Yes

[LoftyLottie]

p.s. I don't watch Eastenders but just happened to see the end of that particular episode and my thoughts were that it should not be shown before the watershed. It was horrific.

[Tichfield]

It's just a story - fiction - make believe.

It was no worse than Tom and Jerry.

A lot less horrific than many pictures of carnage shown on the News at 6 pm.

[LoftyLottie]

Only a story Tichfield - I agree, but children would find this quite horrific. Most children I know don't relate to cartoon characters such as Tom and Jerry as being like real life.

Yes we see awful things on the News but there is no over the top 'drama' attached to it.

[4getmenot]

No most people watching knew what they were letting themselves in for.

[Tichfield]

Children need to be taught that there is real life and there is make believe.

Wrapping them up in cotton wool is doing them no favours in the long run.

[LoftyLottie]

Except me! I hate Eastenders anyway - miserable programme.

[4getmenot]

and hey he survived didnt he so a happy ending. Better than being buried under the pub :-)

[redcrx]

8pm in eve was better than 2pm yesterday lol

it was hardly uproar though, 167 complaints were recorded and as already said, there was enough advertising about it all.

[Robinia]

LoftyLottie...if I had small children now I'd try my utmost to stop them watching Eastenders anymore. Not easy when they have their own tv's videos etc. I didn't wrap mine in cotton wool & I'm no fuddy duddy but it's all pretty grim.
Last night's story was the kind of thing that would have disturbed me when I was a young 'un.

[sense4all]

More inspired to pick up a shovel then , than after any gardening programme. lol.

[Tichfield]

Or under the patio.

Or even getting crucified before 9pm, as happened last Friday I believe.

[LoftyLottie]

Yes, Tichfield, I always let my children watch real life on the News - but I didn't expose them to horrific staff in television dramas whilst they were very young (if it could be helped). Being buried alive is a lot of people's worse nightmare.

[4getmenot]

I wonder what kind of people complain about these things. I read other day about someone complaining about a childrens programme being racist because it had a gypsy in it selling pegs

[LoftyLottie]

Robinia, thanks! I didn't wrap mine up in cotton wool either - far from it!!

[LoftyLottie]

Well, I will stick to my guns and, although I probably wouldn't be bothered to complain, I can totally understand those who did. It was drawn out and unnecessary - horrible.

[Tichfield]

It would have been far better if that awful character had died.

But that's just my opinion.

[Psychick]

I think children percieve these kind of things differently to adults. My 7 year old daughter watches Eastenders and she has watched the episodes with this storyline yet it hasnt bothered or upset her. She knows it is only acting and it hasnt really happened. What does worry her is hearing about little girls going missing on the news, she knows that is really happening.

[Octavius]

Claustrophobia and being trapped in a confined space is a very real fear that psychologically affects many people daily. If a pre-warning was aired then fine, at least you could avoid watching it. But I would not allow my children to watch this programme as a rule.

[4getmenot]

you mean she couldnt give two hoots about Lucy Beale !!! How very dare she