Jo Hallas hosted an excellent table topics session focussing on how television affects our lives.
Sanjay was asked whether the Jonathan Ross/Russell Brand scandal was handled well by the BBC. He thought that everyone should be free to speak and give their views without fear of reprisal.
Joselyn’s table topic revolved around the popular TV program the X factor. He was asked which song he would perform if he was a contestant. Music is not the most important thing in his life. In fact, he said that he could actually live without music but if he had to choose a song to sing on the X factor it would be something he could really pour his emotions into.
Rod thought that there should be a cap on how many programmes from US that are shown on British TV as he considered that their outlook was very different from that of the UK.
Ruth spoke about the vast number of channels we have access to these days. She remembered the days when there were only 3 channels and thought that TV productions were of a greater quality in those days.
Kamlesh recalled aspects of advertising which antagonised him. He didn’t like the sponsorship of the Simpsons by Dominos Pizza.
Lorna also thought that there were too many ads on British TV. Our TV is becoming more like that of the US where sometimes it can take over 3 hours to see an average length film.
Michael was asked who he liked to be entertained by on TV that he wouldn’t have in his home. His answer was to this was the actor and presenter Stephen Fry because he is so intelligent!
Angela thought that TV trivialised world events such as the war in Iraq. Wars become more like a TV show or advertisement.
Alan provided us with an enlightened us as to why the Telly Tubbies song is helping us to become a global village!
We also two excellent speeches from Amit and Indra. Amit’s Icebreaker speech was entitled “Celebrity Maker”. It was a pleasure to hear about his life and there was some good use of humour.
Indra’s speech entitled “Peace in Our Time” spoke about wars throughout history, world events can shape our own lives, the concept of peace and why war may not be totally a bad thing.
Thanks to everyone for some enlightening and perceptive speeches this evening! See you soon.
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