Zoe B Good's Review of Bonekickers
23rd Jul 2008
Overall Rating
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Good storyline that took risks and challenged the audience's assumptions.
Bad Points
It could do with more humour. Where there was humour it worked well but a more tongue in cheek approach might work better.
General Comments
I'm all for risks and issues like racism need tackling and it is appropriate for the BBC to challenge racist attitudes. But tackling racism head on in the first two episodes is inviting hostility from the crazies and also likely to make moderate people feel uncomfortable. First win the trust of your viewers and then make them feel uncomfortable. I think the first episode may have turned people off. I missed it, by the way but I've heard nothing else but "It was about some Christian who decapitated a Muslim and that's political correctness gone mad blah blah blah." I feel this series may have alienated a lot of viewers before it's got into its stride.
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Members' Comments onZoe B Good's Review
john
on 23rd Jul 2008caliandris
on 23rd Jul 2008I disagree with this review because...I saw nothing good about the programme - it was ludicrous tosh
Who Invented the Television
Interesting, I didn't miss the first episode and i thought it was beyond ridiculous and as a result, missed the second! It wasn't the issues i was uncomfortable with, it was how bad the epidsode from start to finish. In retrospect, maybe they tried so hard setting the scene and introducing different characters and subplots that it lost any qualities the following episodes have! But after the first half hour i was convinced it was a comedy!