Points of View

title	Publication	date
B.B.C. Study Finds U.S. Fare Twice as Violent as British TV	The New York Times	1972-01-27
Violence every half hour	The Guardian	1972-01-27
BBC Study Claims TV Violence Needed	Associated Press Albuquerque Journal	1972-01-27
TV violence 'discounted'	The Guardian	1972-01-27
Great sponsor of the violence campaign	The Times	1972-01-27
News violence 'necessary'	Press Association The Irish Times	1972-01-27
Points of View	The Times	1972-01-27
BBC get new code on TV violence	London Evening Standard	1972-01-27
Who is the world's most gentle doctor?	Daily Express	1972-01-29
Violence is not really Dr Who's cup of tea	The Times	1972-01-29
Children of the violent box	London Evening Standard	1972-02-02
The BBC's study on violence BBC makes important contribution	The Stage and Television Today	1972-02-03

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• Publication: The Times
• Date: 1972-01-27
• Author: PHS
• Page: 16
• Language: English

That it takes all sorts to make a world is never shown more clearly than in the analysis of public opinion polls. The enormous (and inconclusive) report Violence On Television published today by the BBC includes 45 full-page tables at the back, analysing viewers' evaluations of a series of programmes. Statistically insignificant though it may be. it is a salutary fact that when asked to categorize the Morecambe and Wise show as " very violent, quite violent, neither, quite non-violent, or very non-violent " 1 per cent chose " very violent ".

Given the same "very" and "quite" qualifications on a predictable/unpredictable scale, 8 per cent reckoned Doctor at Large was "very unpredictable"—and the same film scored highest with 64 per cent under the "very suitable for family viewing" rating—knickers and all—while 3 per cent thought Dr Who "very unsuitable". Star Trek was judged "very believable" by 18 per cent (and "very phoney" by 8 per cent) and 1 per cent felt that Coronation Street was "very out of the ordinary", with 2 per cent claiming it was "quite difficult to understand" and 6 per cent believing it was "very significant".

Who are the 3 per cent who feel that This Week is either very stupid or quite stupid? Is Yorkshire Television surprised at coming highest with 18 per cent in the very bored" category with The Ten Commandments? Are the Bernsteins as surprised as I am to discover that 1 per cent were "very disgusted" with Coronation Street?

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