The Report, which was jointly commissioned by the ITC, BBC, BSkyB , Broadcasting Standards Council, ITV and Channel 4, found that the overall percentage of violence on TV, compared to the hours of broadcast time, remains very low, at 1.39%. The study also found that the ‘watersheds’ remains effective in limiting the levels of violence shown before them.
The ITC does feel, however, that there are areas identified by the research which need further investigation and discussion with various licensees. The effects of “bunching”, where a number of programmes with a violent content are screened consecutively, has caused particular concern with the ITC.
There is also to be further research into the level of violence found in children’s programmes. The Report found that the majority of violence in children’s programmes was from cartoons. The ITC wishes to discover whether these programmes contain types of violence which are of special concern to parents.
The ITC says it is committed to continued vigilance in regulating violent programme content and violence in television programming needs to be defensible in terms of its nature, duration, context and scheduling, otherwise it will offend and alienate viewers. The ITC expects commercial broadcasters to ensure that the right balance is struck.
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Contact: ITC, James Conway, 0171 306 7743
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