04-04-2024, 10:01 AM
This may not be a uniquely ITV thing.
Over the weekend TVNZ aired Mr Bates vs The Post Office over two evenings in post-watershed timeslots. Without giving anything away, the show portrayed self-harm. (at least by NZ standards)
Historically TVNZ would handle this by signposting it before the start of the program and then again before the next program started. On this occasion we got two announcements at the start and end of every break, one containing a helpline number, and then a second one prompting viewers to call emergency services if there was immediate danger to life, which I have never seen aired before.
In recent years, there's certainly been more of a focus put on mental health, maybe the additional signposting is attributable to that
Over the weekend TVNZ aired Mr Bates vs The Post Office over two evenings in post-watershed timeslots. Without giving anything away, the show portrayed self-harm. (at least by NZ standards)
Historically TVNZ would handle this by signposting it before the start of the program and then again before the next program started. On this occasion we got two announcements at the start and end of every break, one containing a helpline number, and then a second one prompting viewers to call emergency services if there was immediate danger to life, which I have never seen aired before.
In recent years, there's certainly been more of a focus put on mental health, maybe the additional signposting is attributable to that
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