Repetition of television programs?

21/11/2011

I was wondering if you had received any other complaints about
daytime television provision?

 

My 86 year old mother (a bright and intelligent lady for her age), is housebound and her main pleasure is television, particularly the old films they tend to show. I'm very concerned that channels like film 4 in particular (but not exclusively)show the same films over and over again sometimes within days of each other. It seems to be a source of confusion for her.  I was wondering if you had received similar comments?  

 

Surely there must be hundreds of films they could show, but I suppose they would have to pay royalties. It's as though the intellectual needs of the elderly don't matter so you can stick anything on and they won't notice. I was wondering if this was an issue the Mature Times might explore?

 

 

Judith Belcher