>From: "Ant (Ed)" <mailbox@ptext.com> >To: Erik <Erik.Gander@stud.uni-hannover.de> >Date: Mon, 9 Jun 1997 03:15:31 +0000 > ... > >On to your other message, and with my Nickelodeon hat on.... > >>Will there ever be the Press Gang episode "The Last Word" on Nick? I >>think they are too chicken to show it! > >That episode was scheduled to be broadcast not so long ago during our >first run, but as it turned out, it would have been broadcast very >close to the anniversary of the tragic events in Dunblane the >previous year. For that reason, bearing in mind the sentitivities >involved there, it was decided to skip that episode at the time. >However, as by now you'll have seen that Nick has re-started Press >Gang from the first episode, by the time that the episode comes round >again, I'm sure it will be shown when its turn is due. > >Nick isn't afraid of showing 'controversial' episodes of shows as >long as the subject matter within them is handled sensitively and >with respect for the well-being of the kids who will be watching - >Press Gang has a fine history of handling difficult issues >sensitively and with care (I'm thinking particularly of the >double-episode "Something Terrible" here) and it's a credit to the >production team and cast involved. There's certainly no way that Nick >would not screen a certain episode of Press Gang, or indeed any >programme, without what it would believe to be a very good reason. > >Regards, > > >Ant > >------------------- >>From the desk of Ed. > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Erik.Gander@stud.uni-hannover.de | http://www.stud.uni-hannover.de/~gander/ -- | T H E P R E S S G A N G M A I L I N G L I S T | | | | By default, replies will go back to this list, not to | | the author of the message you're replying to. | | | | To unsubscribe from this list, mail the word | | "unsubscribe" to "pressgang-request@yoyo.org". | |