You're right in the genesis of Torchwood that it shifted up the channels. But to be honest, I think it was always a tricky beast. As it was a spin-off from a very popular show amongst children, and one that airs at teatime (6-7pm) for family viewing, there was always an awareness that a sister programme would have a strong appeal amongst those younger viewers who wouldn't want to miss the show. Yet Russell T Davies wanted to address different issues including Captain Jack's sexuality.
So I'd never use that show as an example of how far the BBC would or wouldn't go. It's true that a consideration for it's BBC1 outings probably was necessary. But there were differences between Starz and BBC versions of Miracle Day. And that would mainly be down to the different networks wanting slightly different things from the series. I must admit that I was very surprised last year when BBC1 co-produced Hunted with Cinemax, since the other Cinemax shows I'd seen (Strikeback co-produced with Sky One, and Banshee) have a "more relaxed" approach to sex and nudity. Adam On Sat, Jul 6, 2013 at 12:35 AM, M-D November <[email protected]> wrote: > IIRC, Torchwood started life on BBC3, migrated to BBC2 for the second > series, and then over to BBC1 for Children of Earth and Miracle Day. > Presumably the differing standards (and proximity to the watershed) govern > what they could get away with in each series, but remember that it was > Children of Earth that gave us John Barrowman's bare bottom for several > seconds, not series 1. So Starz wouldn't have had anything to do with > toning things down from series 1 to series 2. > > -- > -- > TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "TV or Not TV" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > -- -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
