8 to 14 year olds

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bilky asko 7 February 2016 5:58pm

Children's educational programmes are hardly high culture. The sort of people who want their children to become cultured and intellectual aren't going to be sitting them in front of the TV in order to become that way.

You are thinking on a completely different wavelength.

If you actually took the time to read and comprehend my post, you'd understand that I was directly responding to you trying to insult most of the membership of this forum.

Riaz posted:

How many people on this forum are seriously interested in documentaries, educational programmes, and even highbrow arts[...]?

I am, and I still don't agree with you.

Riaz posted:

Larry the Loafer posted:

There are no programmes intended for 8 to 14 year olds on the main channels because they're on dedicated channels. You just said it yourself. If they were on the main channels during primetime, then adults wouldn't watch.

If people had actually read what I had written then it is clear that the programmes would be shown on a DEDICATED TV channel rather than an existing TV channel, so why on earth anybody needed to bring LWT and TV-AM into the discussion I don't know because it's a complete irrelevance.

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Like it's been said many times, this isn't how commercial television works.

I stated that it would be have been run by the predecessors of the DFE. It would not be a conventional commercial channel funded by advertising, so factors like advertising revenue and viewing ratings are immaterial.

Schools programming is a title that explains itself - programming for schools. Quite what would have been gained from your harebrained idea, other than unnecessary expense, is beyond me.

BK

bkman1990 7 February 2016 6:23pm

Kids by and large are not interested in strictly educational programming straight after coming home from school. The vast majority of kids want to watch shows catered for their age that have a bit more fun and excitement added in to the mix.

They also would be able to talk to their school classmates in conversations more often after watching a programme to be on the same wavelength as them. It's caters to make them feel more engaged with the outside world. It's also a good way to make friends with a peer at the end of that conversation.

It can't work when one kid says to another "Oh what did you think of that programme on how to make good use of the isosceles triangle? It was good wasn't it?", The other kids around you wouldn't know what to say around them at all. They would either look completely confused by trying to answer your question or could go into spontaneous laughter to counter react to the confusion. It can be an unfortunate sign that your peers would not be able to talk with you properly if you have a recurring trend of being completely boring to others around you nearly all the time. Hopefully it does not include yourself to be a victim of being bullied by other kids around you in later life as that can be an extremely hurtful experience for kids especially for those who regularly attend School today.

You can't have things go your way all of the time. Some people will agree with you. And some won't. That's life.

CW

Charlie Wells Moderator 7 February 2016 6:55pm

Well, I go away for the weekend and come back to find this thread has resurfaced with pages of posts. It seems to be descending into a combination of denial and arguing, instead of constructive debate. For the sake of the majority of member's sanity this thread is being locked.

(January 2016)