Here’s Mary Whitehouse in 1967 talking about her favourite programme. But what is it?
“Already there are some programmes serving a very real social purpose. Week after week that popular programme xxxx has brought to us the tragic side of life, but always with humour and drama and with a responsible objective in mind. It shows that the BBC can do it if it wants to.”
Andy L
May 29, 2008 at 9:13 am
Songs of Praise?
John Rivers
May 29, 2008 at 12:59 pm
Dixon of Dock Green?
Paul McQuillan
May 29, 2008 at 5:33 pm
Eurotrash?
CompleteIdiot
May 29, 2008 at 7:45 pm
Doctor Who?
Matthew Rudd
May 30, 2008 at 11:59 pm
Eurotrash has to be the funniest blog comment I’ve read all week…
Ian Jones
May 31, 2008 at 2:19 pm
John’s right: it was Dixon Of Dock Green.
RossMc
June 2, 2008 at 10:40 am
That’ll be the same ‘Dixon’ of Dock Green who endorsed ‘giving the wife a slap’ at one point quite late on in the series?
Source: A well-respected, excellent book on Saturday night TV.