There's a nice little furore developing about the BBC's decision to show "Jerry Springer - the Opera" this coming weekend. Apparently the show contains numerous expletives with a dash of blasphemy thrown in for good measure, which appears to have wound up the usual bunch of god-botherers and self-appointed nannies...
The worst of these groups, MediawatchUK, have stated that "Licence fee payers do not expect the BBC to be pushing back boundaries of taste and decency in this way."
This is a bit odd, because I'm a licence fee payer, and I really can't recall being asked for my opinion. For the record, I have no issues with this programme being shown - I wasn't aware of it, but may well make a point of watching it just to get up the collective nose of the Mary Whitehouse-wannabes.
To those offended by the show I suggest either a: watch something else, or b: switch the box off altogether and get a life instead...