Subject: Re: UK apparently censoring Maddie's murder scend
From: awb@uk.ac.ed.aipna (Alan W Black)
Date: 1991-04-30, 09:50
Newsgroups: alt.tv.twin-peaks

In article <1991Apr30.000801.5003@ingres.Ingres.COM> daveb@Ingres.COM (Dave Brower) writes:

> >   An article I read in the SF Chronicle sometime in the last few days said
> >   that the Beeb had decided that the scene was completely over the line
> >   and would not be shown.  Sorry I don't have the article or the exact
> >   wording here.  Did anyone else see this?  What will they do, cut out the
> >   stuff they don't like or axe the whole episode?  Killing the episode
> >   would cause some continuity problems...
> >
> >   -dB
> >
> >   -- 
> >   "If it were easy to understand, we wouldn't call it 'code'"
> >   David Brower: {amdahl, cpsc6a, mtxinu, sun}!rtech!daveb daveb@ingres.com


Yes there have been complaints about that episode but note that the
episode has already been shown uncut, and it was viewers complaining
about what they saw.  Apparently the complaint has been "upheld"
by the Broadcasting Standards Authority (or some such body).  It
is unclear what the consequences of this is.  The only clear
one is that they have to publish the fact in a certain TV Guide
(Radio Times).  I suspect that nothing will really happen but if
(when) the series is repeated that scene will be shortened.

(I think I saw a posting here about this a week ago).

Alan

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