Thanks so much for this really interesting piece. We know so little of those that sit in judgement on us.
When I was a very young child, there was a series on ITV in the afternoons (when afternoon tv was surprisingly high quality) called Crown Court. It portrayed the judges and barristers as arbiters of justice - well spoken, highly educated people. The ‘crème de la crème’ as Miss Jean Brodie would have said. No doubt, in reality, they had their foibles but one could hope they were better than the people in the dock.
But nowadays we have miscreants like the gentleman you describe Mat, sitting in judgement on English people. It really is an indictment on how far British society has fallen.
Afternoon tv in the 70s was of a far higher quality than much of prime time tv these days. The BBC went off air after the lunchtime news and resumed with Playschool about 4pm. But ITV kept going. They had drama like the exceptional Crown Court. A real standout was the interview show ‘Afternoon Plus’ hosted by Mavis Nicholson. She was a wonderful interviewer and really got the very best out of her guests. Here she is interviewing Bowie in 1979 - compare this to daytime tv now…how we have fallen… https://youtu.be/LwTFW4kfHl4?si=dvft7ZZaUjRleswB
Mavis was wonderful - I’m writing a piece about the demise of daytime tv.
Thanks so much for this really interesting piece. We know so little of those that sit in judgement on us.
When I was a very young child, there was a series on ITV in the afternoons (when afternoon tv was surprisingly high quality) called Crown Court. It portrayed the judges and barristers as arbiters of justice - well spoken, highly educated people. The ‘crème de la crème’ as Miss Jean Brodie would have said. No doubt, in reality, they had their foibles but one could hope they were better than the people in the dock.
But nowadays we have miscreants like the gentleman you describe Mat, sitting in judgement on English people. It really is an indictment on how far British society has fallen.
I was thinking about Crown Court just yesterday!
Afternoon tv in the 70s was of a far higher quality than much of prime time tv these days. The BBC went off air after the lunchtime news and resumed with Playschool about 4pm. But ITV kept going. They had drama like the exceptional Crown Court. A real standout was the interview show ‘Afternoon Plus’ hosted by Mavis Nicholson. She was a wonderful interviewer and really got the very best out of her guests. Here she is interviewing Bowie in 1979 - compare this to daytime tv now…how we have fallen… https://youtu.be/LwTFW4kfHl4?si=dvft7ZZaUjRleswB
Mavis was wonderful - I’m writing a piece about the demise of daytime tv.