Enough of Lazy TV Programmes (just boycott them!)
Nobody says you have to live in a stark white room and never watch TV again. Most of us like a repeat of the classics (Porridge etc) on a rainy afternoon. And some TV actually can be good!
BBC Natural History Unit occasionally produce beautiful programs (often shown once, then confined to the archives). Like Natural World Symphony, which was a work of genius. Also find good programs at BBC Earth.
Ads. When the TV ads come on, just go and make a cuppa. Although the Calm Act says they cannot be at higher volume, clever people sometimes master the audio, so they do appear louder, in order to try to hypnotise you into buying stuff you don’t need.
It’s always good to spend time outside or reading a book or doing other things. But most of us do sometimes just like to make a cup of tea, put our feet up and just watch something good or light-hearted now and then.
But just like building another lane on the motorway just creates more traffic, the mass of free-to-view TV channels now means it’s almost impossible to find anything to watch, when you decide to watch something on the box! Most TV these days is:
- Rolling news (depressing and could give you a breakdown)
- Teleshopping channels (useless tat that nobody wants or needs)
- Endless repeats of The Big Bang Theory (on every day, usually on two channels)
It can’t be lack of money, because it would be cheaper to re-run better quality programs of old, like popular comedy series and films, that are hardly ever shown on TV.
- Endless home programs, usually with people on massive budgets, so it does not really give the average person any ideas or inspiration.
- Same with antiques programs. Unless someone is having that antique valued or mended, it’s not that interesting to have these programs on every day, all day.
- Same with holiday homes in the sun, again only interesting mostly if you’re going there. There is only so many times we can listen to ‘I like the view, I like the colour of the tiles’.
- And finally – quiz shows!
As well as being boring, noisy and encouraging a materialistic society, some are now so dumb-downed, that people are making official complaints.
Recently on Mastermind, one general knowledge question seriously was ‘Which pet animal goes woof-woof?’)
The focus on ‘win money and your life will change’ also goes against Biblical beliefs that you should work for what you do, not just rely on luck. It’s not a healthy attitude, which is why Quakers won’t even take lottery money to mend church roofs, as they would win, but someone desperate likely now can’t pay their electricity bill, as they spend the money on the losing ticket.
Last week, I saw on more than one occasion a contestant being visibly upset, because another person lost to ‘the banker’. It’s a show, not life or death. Online review of a quiz show
How to (legally) cancel your TV licence
In many cases, if you don’t watch live TV (or BBC iPlayer), you can legally cancel your TV licence. The powers that be will try everything to make you keep it, but visit the site to find that many people don’t have to buy one. And considering how expensive it is, it pays to make sure you actually need one.
Nobody says you have to live in a stark white room and never watch TV again. Most of us like a repeat of the classics (Porridge etc) on a rainy afternoon. And some TV actually can be good!
