Forum Buzz

Posted: 14-01-08

Every day thousands of viewers chat about every imaginable topic in the Channel 4 forums. Here are a few discussions that caught our eye recently. Let us know if you agree with the sentiments, by adding your comments below.
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Check out December's Forum Buzz.

Intensively farmed chickens - do you care?
First post 17-12-07; Replies 584; Views 37,088

One week in, Channel 4’s Big Food Fight has been a massive talking point in the C4 forums. See these debates in: Food Forum; Hugh F-W's Forum; and Discuss 4.
Food was also the main debate on this month's The TV Show. If you missed it, you can catch it on 4oD.
Also check out what the commissioning editors of Hugh's and Jamie's shows had to say here.
Do you think programmes like Hugh’s Chicken Run and Jamie's Fowl Dinners make a difference?

Headline discussions in the News Forum

Chicken and eggs was also on the menu in the Channel 4 News forums, but politics and religion were the most popular discussions:

Paul's Biography
First post 04-01-08; Replies 27; Views 497

Have you read the biography or are you waiting for Paul to publish his own?

Protest!
First post 04-01-08; Replies 35; Views 429

This is one of several discussions in the Desperate Housewives Forum showing viewers' eagerness to know when the next series is on.
The Viewers' Editor gives an update on how the US writers' strike is affecting DH and other shows here.
Let us know, if you'd like us to find the details on any other shows.

Big Brother forums

With Big Brother: Celebrity Hijack on E4, the BB forums are in full swing and discussions come and go rapidly. However some people think the forums are not that busy this year.
We've spotted dozens of different debates and polls on whether BBCH is the best or worst ever; and plenty of polls on favourite housemates.
Also check out this interesting debate on boxing.
Don't miss the BB debate on this month's The TV Show (Sat Jan 12th). If you missed the show, you can catch it on 4oD.
Did you know that C4 received more complaints about Celebrity Big Brother in 2007 than any other show? See Cheers & Grumbles 2007.

Two documentaries that caused some excitement in the BB forums earlier this month were:

1983: The Brink of Apocalypse
First post 05-01-08; Replies 16; Views 254

Slightly ahead of peoples concerns about the brush with the third world war, was the narrator's pronunciation of the word nuclear.
Viewers also sent objections into Viewer Enquiries and made comments of The TV Show site. See the response from the Viewers' Editor here.
Can the way a narrator speaks put you off a programme?

Is Skins a bad influence?
First post 02-01-08; Replies 5; Views 419

A researcher asks if you think the Channel 4 series Skins sets a bad example to teenagers.
Give your opinion below.

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