{"id":1426,"date":"2009-04-01T13:42:18","date_gmt":"2009-04-01T12:42:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brennigjones.com\/blog\/?p=1426"},"modified":"2012-04-29T08:06:00","modified_gmt":"2012-04-29T07:06:00","slug":"bbc-switch-%e2%80%93-it%e2%80%99s-all-a-load-of-shit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brennigjones.com\/blog\/?p=1426","title":{"rendered":"BBC Switch? It&#8217;s all a load of shit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>BBC Switch is the brand for BBC content aimed at UK teenagers. The brand launched on Saturday 20 October 2007 on BBC Two. It includes a block of television programmes on BBC Two, an online portal, and programming on the BBC&#8217;s youth radio station, BBC Radio 1<\/em><\/p>\n<p>It has come to my attention that the BBC Switch Guest List has twice sent out\u00a0emails in the last few weeks, both emails include\u00a0this message:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>SOUND<\/strong><br \/>\n&#8211; Do you love music?<br \/>\n&#8211; Do you like annoying your mum and dad?<br \/>\n&#8211; Do you want to get on TV?<\/p>\n<p>Then get involved in our brand new Grimshaw Files challenge &#8211; &#8216;songs to annoy your parents with&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s what we want you to do&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>All you need is a video camera, a bedroom, a banging track, and a parent (or guardian):<\/p>\n<p>1: Shut your bedroom door<br \/>\n2: Turn on your video camera<br \/>\n3: Say the name of the song and artist into the camera<br \/>\n4: Stick that track on really really loud<br \/>\n5: Wait for your mum or dad<br \/>\n[6: And video the ensuing argument between you and your parents]*<\/p>\n<p>Please apply now to take part or for more information.<\/p>\n<p>Get sending them in now for your chance to win a prize.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>* I added number six because although the action is implied it isn&#8217;t clearly stated, even though\u00a0the <em>intent<\/em> is implicit. So let me ask you folks a couple of quick questions.<\/p>\n<p>1.\u00c2\u00a0Is the BBC being a responsible family broadcaster in inciting\u00a0domestic disputes between parents and their offspring?<\/p>\n<p>2. Or have the BBC &#8216;Youf&#8217; programmers\/editors\/managers completely and utterly lost the plot?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BBC Switch is the brand for BBC content aimed at UK teenagers. The brand launched on Saturday 20 October 2007 on BBC Two. It includes<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1426","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-stuff","two-columns"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brennigjones.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1426","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brennigjones.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brennigjones.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brennigjones.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brennigjones.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1426"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/brennigjones.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1426\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brennigjones.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1426"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brennigjones.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1426"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brennigjones.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1426"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}