Beyer makes a tit of himself (again)

November 9th, 2007 by Monitor

According to the Daily Mail, ITV has been “bombarded” with complaints about Trinny and Susannah’s Undress The Nation.

The show was about breasts, and it featured many of them. All before the 9 o’clock watershed! When impressionable youngster might be watching!

Smut campaigner “Massah” John Beyer of Mediawatch-UK was wheeled out say something, and say something he did:

I have had a lot of calls from people who were surprised by the level of nudity in the programme.

The number of topless women in a programme is likely to be very offensive to a lot of people. Ofcom has a duty to protect young people from this kind of thing.

But it looks like the Whitehouse-wannabe may have misjudged his constituency this time. At the time of writing, over 50 commenters have contributed to Daily Mail website – and the overwhelming majority are of the what’s-all-the-fuss-about variety.

They make heartening reading, especially as they come from the middle-England demographic which is Mediawatch-UK’s natural recruiting ground. Here is a selection:

I thoroughly enjoyed it, it was done in good taste, it is the human body afterall get over it you prudes and get a life.
– Lizzy, Wigan

When women’s breasts cause such outrage, it shows what a backwards nation we are and always will be. Grow up!
– Freddie, Dorset, England

For goodness’ sake, it’s only some boobs! Same old fuddy-duddies whinging about natural parts of our anatomy. I watched it with my two eldest daughters (aged 10 and 12), and didn’t have a hard time explaining they’re just parts of our body, like arms and legs. Fancy getting so wound up over some breasts, ladies – we’ve all got them, time to get used to the fact I think!
– Lisa Akrigg, West Yorkshire, UK

So much violence and vile behaviour on TV and people worry about a few breasts! How might nudity harm a child?
– Jane, Oxford

When is the repeat showing?
– Denis, Glasgow


3 Responses to “Beyer makes a tit of himself (again)”

  1. Ian Charles says:
    09/Nov/2007 at 5:10 pm

    Funny how hes playing the “sexual content” card, yet non-sexual nudity is okay in context before the watershed.

  2. marc says:
    09/Nov/2007 at 5:13 pm

    I’m with Denis of Glasgow!

    Seriously, what’s with the Mail? They’re not one to publish comments that go against their ideas (which are frequently daft).

  3. Paul Tavener says:
    12/Nov/2007 at 1:14 pm

    This kind of material is being targeted at ever younger children. In years gone by it would have been 18 rated, then the age limit was reduced to 15 year olds, then 12 year olds but now it appears that restrictions have been abandoned entirely and its even OK to show these sort of things to babes in arms! No wait… I’ve got that wrong.