Trust the British to get hot under the collar about what the French would probably just describe as a romance.
The multi-million euro French period drama Versailles, which depicts King Louise XIV's life as he builds the Versailles Palace has aroused passions in the UK, but not of the kind the series had hoped for.
The ten-part series hasn't even hit British screens yet, but has already met with backlash from Conservative MPs, family rights activists in the UK and of course the country's right-wing tabloid The Daily Mail.
Norman Wells, director of the Family Education Trust told The Local: "Public service broadcasting is meant to be for the public benefit, but it is very difficult to see whose benefit is being served by showing such highly graphic and explicit scenes on TV.
"Amid mounting concern about the damaging consequences of pornography for individuals and their relationships, there is no justification for bringing such sexually explicit material into people's living rooms," said Wells. Full story...
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The multi-million euro French period drama Versailles, which depicts King Louise XIV's life as he builds the Versailles Palace has aroused passions in the UK, but not of the kind the series had hoped for.
The ten-part series hasn't even hit British screens yet, but has already met with backlash from Conservative MPs, family rights activists in the UK and of course the country's right-wing tabloid The Daily Mail.
Norman Wells, director of the Family Education Trust told The Local: "Public service broadcasting is meant to be for the public benefit, but it is very difficult to see whose benefit is being served by showing such highly graphic and explicit scenes on TV.
"Amid mounting concern about the damaging consequences of pornography for individuals and their relationships, there is no justification for bringing such sexually explicit material into people's living rooms," said Wells. Full story...
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