did anyone watch ?

[briggie]

Did anyone watch those sickening sights in Panaroma last night.
The way those poor people were treated in that care home was terrible.
I see on the news that after the programme, the police immediately arrested four of the bullies.

 

[R1cho]

yes m8 i saw it was awful those invovled deserve a good kicking

 

[96terrano]

Did I miss much. What channel was it on?

 

[lacroupade]

Did I miss much. What channel was it on?

You didn't miss anything mate. Its been in all the papers and new sites and thats sickening enough to read.

I don't understand why a TV company would broadcast this stuff TBH - apart from anything else (no offence) you need to be a bit insensitive to be able to sit through it....it should be handed straight to the police and authorities and then the telly company can report on the trial can't they.

 

[Liam]

It's just another flavour of reality tv. Cheap to produce and plays on peoples' voyeuristic tendencies. I think the tv comapanies do hand over the videos to the police in most of these cases, but I agree that it is unecessary to broadcast them in the first place.
Makes you wonder, though, that if the tv companies can do secret filming in these places, why not the police or local authorities? I am assuming that the tv companies only go in because of a tip off about what is going on, so surely a tip off to police could be acted on in the same manner?

 

[96terrano]

You didn't miss anything mate. Its been in all the papers and new sites and thats sickening enough to read.

I don't understand why a TV company would broadcast this stuff TBH - apart from anything else (no offence) you need to be a bit insensitive to be able to sit through it....it should be handed straight to the police and authorities and then the telly company can report on the trial can't they.

Insensitive? Well that's my buggered then:doh

 

[briggie]

im quite a fan of " factual " programmes , and i normally watch panorama etc , but i must admit that show made me feel sick, i freely admit i didnt watch all of it .

ive been in a residential rehabilitation home , where i was the youngest resident by at least 25 years , and the staff where fantastic .

trouble is a lot of people are now going to think all care homes are the same .... which is a shame because there are some very good and caring ones out there

 

[solarman216]

I agree with Lacroupade and Liam, this is not family viewing, I did watch some and was heartily sickened by it, then I started to get angry so had to turn it off, Rick

 

[4wheel]

I also started to watch it but like Solarman it upset and angered me so I walked out.I think it was over the top and should have been dealt with privately.

 

[lacroupade]

Lets just hope the culprits get their just desserts. One way or another. :augie

 

[briggie]

i couldnt watch all of it , i was sickened ........ surely you arent suggesting that they may fall down some steps , or walk into a door /wall :augie

 

[TONUP]

It's just another flavour of reality tv. Cheap to produce and plays on peoples' voyeuristic tendencies. I think the tv comapanies do hand over the videos to the police in most of these cases, but I agree that it is unecessary to broadcast them in the first place.

With respect I disagree with your position regarding this. In societies where there is no 'free press' these types of abuses continue unchecked for decades i.e chlidrens care homes in Ceaușescu's Romania. Voyeuristic it may be, but arguably they have done the patients a service by airing the documentary, and at least there wasn't an opportunity for any official body to silence it beforehand. It's not an ideal system, but it kind of works.

Don't forget the whistle was blown several times by a nurse, without any action being taken!

Alan

 

[Liam]

It's just another flavour of reality tv. Cheap to produce and plays on peoples' voyeuristic tendencies. I think the tv comapanies do hand over the videos to the police in most of these cases, but I agree that it is unecessary to broadcast them in the first place.

With respect I disagree with your position regarding this. In societies where there is no 'free press' these types of abuses continue unchecked for decades i.e chlidrens care homes in Ceaușescu's Romania. Voyeuristic it may be, but arguably they have done the patients a service by airing the documentary, and at least there wasn't an opportunity for any official body to silence it beforehand. It's not an ideal system, but it kind of works.

Don't forget the whistle was blown several times by a nurse, without any action being taken!

Alan

That's Ok

 

[Kamsin]

It's just another flavour of reality tv. Cheap to produce and plays on peoples' voyeuristic tendencies. I think the tv comapanies do hand over the videos to the police in most of these cases but I agree that it is unecessary to broadcast them in the first place.
Makes you wonder, though, that if the tv companies can do secret filming in these places, why not the police or local authorities? I am assuming that the tv companies only go in because of a tip off about what is going on, so surely a tip off to police could be acted on in the same manner?

But how long after filming do they hand them over? it should be as soon as they get the footage, not wait so its good TV.

And the police can only act after a crime is commited, not before. Its a shame i know, but its how it is.

(PS, Liam, this is not a dig at you mate, just my oppinion)

 

[Liam]

But how long after filming do they hand them over? it should be as soon as they get the footage, not wait so its good TV.

And the police can only act after a crime is commited, not before. Its a shame i know, but its how it is.

(PS, Liam, this is not a dig at you mate, just my oppinion)

In reality, it probably should be the police doing the filming and the investigation.

 

[sp00k]

To be honest it took alot for me to watch this as ive autistic kids myself as well as suffering with bipolor myself and a m8 has a 17yr old like some of these people in the program.But i have to say it turns my guts to bits and being from bristol myself i feel even worse.My wife worked in nursing homes for many yrs and has seen stuff like this and reported it and like the footage from that program the management did sod all.It got that bad in the end she had to leave but with not giving the women a good kicking(not that i like violence).Personally there to many care homes weather its for the old or people with disability's seem to make there rules up on this kind of stuff(But know of many that do a gr8 job).Also just found out that one of them in the footage lives in my area.God i hope i dont see him

 

[lacroupade]

Its a really difficult one in some ways though.

Irrespective of our opinions on the programme itself - and I still maintain a written media article with perhaps a few carefully chosen photos would have done just as good a job - the reality of working in this sector is very different as Spook clearly knows all too well.

A lot of the people who work in the care sector probably can't get jobs anywhere else, and as we've seen all too often, private enterprise is too worried about the bottom line to bother asking too many questions of people who are prepared to work for minimum wage. And thats NOT to detract from a lot of really great folks who DO do a fantastic and patient job of work.

Its also a stark contrast to what goes on in the public sector, especially the prison service, where 'duty of care' to the inmate has taken precedence. I don't know if any of you have been watching the Strangeways documentaries but I have a couple of friends in the PS and also one who works at Broadmoor (and numbers Peter Sutcliffe among his charges!) who tells me that he has to deal on a daily basis with far worse than we see on that programme.....and all with this 'duty of care' uppermost in their minds.

I mean it must be a soul-destroying job so I hope the actions of these arsewipes don't cloud the reputations of the real carers. :thumb2