Ok, this is about the blog entry regarding Torchwood and how it shows British culture and "low moral standing" when compared to Bush et all.

Torchwood isn't really a typical British show, it's shown after 9pm, it's a spin off from Doctor Who, made by the same people who brought us the other Doctor Who Spin off, Sarah Jane Adventures.

And that's a kid show by the way.

I mean, can you imagine if there was a threeway crossover?

JACK: Hello.
DOCTOR: Stop it, she's seriously under age.
JACK: I just said hello.
DOCTOR: I know where your going!

Innuendo is nothing new to British TV, the Carry On movies are the best example of that. But no, Torchwood is not typical of British TV right now, if only because we're as swamped with reality TV as everyone else is.

But if you think we're liberated, bear in mind, the rest of Europe thinks we prudes. I mean, have you heard what goes on in Amsterdam? From what I've heard it makes Las Vegas look like a high school library.

INT. A COFFEE SHOP
COSMIC WEASEL, WOLFMAN, BLUE WIZARD DEVOUR are sitting at a table, the room is smoky, VERY smoky, if you know what I mean.

COSMIC WEASLE
Daaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaamnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn.

Camera turns 90% to his left

WOLFMAN
Took the words right out of my mouth

Camera turns 90% to his left

BLUE WIZARD
Did drew say we need to check the red light district and avoid the blue? Or was it the other way around?

Camera turns 90% to his left

DEVOUR
(snigers like Muttley)

Camera turns 90% to his left

COSMIC WEASEL
He's got NO tolerance for this stuff.

Camera turns 90% to his left

WOLFMAN
Well it is good coffee.
(a beat)
They do other "stuff" here too.

Camera turns 90% to his left

BLUE WIZARD
So, red or blue?

Camera turns 90% to his right

WOLFMAN
Well, Willard went to the Bluelight area...

EXT. BLUE LIGHT DISTRICT

NIGHTFLYER is surrounded by transvestites.

NIGHTFLYER
I should have brought my sailor suit.

EXT. A BACKSTREET

QUASAR is walking down the street when he hears a tapping on a window. He looks to see a semi naked large black woman smiling at him and pointed at him then at a dildo she's holding. Quasar smiles then walks away. More tapping, Quasar looks at a different window with an asian woman, also smiling and holding a chain of... rather large beads. More tapping, different women of all different races, including an Orion Slave Girl are all smiling at him and holding various sex toys. Quasar quickens his pace.

QUASAR
Ivy, now I understand you even more.

INT. THE COFFEE SHIP.
FANBOY walks out of the rest room. He looks white.

WOLFMAN
Gary?

FANBOY
You.... do NOT... want to know what I've just seen those two guys doing in there.

The others all look at each other in surprise.

EXT. PARIS RED LIGHT DISTRICT

CHARLGEMANGE (O.C.)
DYAM! Drew wasn't kidding 'bout the French girls! Even Thad ain't that hairy!

PROFESSOR (O.C.)
You should see the view I have from this end.

CHUNK (O.C.)
I'll say. Could someone pass the...? Thanks.

INT. NORWAY
ULTRAWOMAN and CAPEMAN look bored.

CAPEMAN
Now I understand the suicide rate here.

EXT. PARIS
BLACK PUMA (O.C.)
DAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAMN! Where all the non hairy white wimmin at?

DREW (O.C.)
They don't have any of those in this country.
ULTRAWOMAN
JOE!

CAPEMAN
There's nothing to do round here. There's like three hours of daylight, everyone's depressed. There's no entertainment other then the occasional ship coming in.
(a beat)
We should have gone to Amsterdam.

ULTRAWOMAN
No, we shouldn't have.

CAPEMAN
You let them take Jack.

ULTRAWOMAN
He needs an education.

CAPEMAN
He's getting a damn good one. Drew told me the strip shows there have to be seen to be believed. Not to mention the coffee shops.

A long silence.

ULTRAWOMAN
Coffee.... shops?
(a beat)
Bastards... they've done it to me again.

CAPEMAN
Can I do it to you again?

David wrote:

Torchwood isn't really a typical British show, it's shown after 9pm

But that's still far more liberal than here in America, where after 9pm you can get away with the occasional ass shot (NYPD Blue) or the edgy curse word (I heard them say douchebag once on Boston Legal), but you can't really get away with saying shit and fuck the way Torchwood can.

And speaking o Doctor Who folk, what's the deal with Billie Piper's show "Confessions of a Call Girl"? Tell me that's not on regular TV. Cable, right?

David wrote:

made by the same people who brought us the other Doctor Who Spin off, Sarah Jane Adventures. And that's a kid show by the way.

A kid's show that blows away any shows made here that are aimed at young adults, especially in terms of content that US producers would shy away from.

PS. Given Jack's freewheeling proclivities, he'd sooner go after Mr. Jackson than Maria.


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I was just picturing the Doctor as pullings Jacks leg. Though your right about Jacks choices!

Actually, Miss Piper's new show is shown on ITV 1, which is a regular TV channel, but it's on after the 9pm watershed where we do get a lot of more graphic violence and swearing. They still need to conform to the rules of the ITC though.

Now that I think about it more, another regular TV channel, Channel 4 was incredibly risque, pretty much sex sex sex sex when it first came on. During the day time tough it was, and still is, rather dull. Remember the "CUNTFLAPS" youtube vid? That's from C4's flagship daytime gameshow, "countdown", the host Richard whitely died a few years ago.

Here's an examples of C4's late night flagship show

http://imdb.com/title/tt0238781/

But we're still seen as the prudes of Europe, the most repressed people Europe has to offer. That said, where I live, Newcastle, we've got the best night life in the country.
Apparently.