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It would be nice to see it, to see it nice: MP wants Generation Game's return: COMMENT ON THIS STORY



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Published Date: 12 November 2008
By Staff Copy
SCARBOROUGH MP Robert Goodwill has called for TV game show The Generation Game to be brought back to the nation's screens.
Mr Goodwill says a new version of the programme, which ran for more than 20 years, with a new presenter would be a way of catering for family audiences.

He brought up the issue during Commons question time and made reference to the BBC's prank calls scandal involving presenters Jonathan Ross and Russell Brand.

He said: "Do you agree with me that it would be nice to see The Generation Game returned to our screens, albeit not presented by Mr Ross or Mr Brand?"

Speaking to the Evening News, Mr Goodwill revealed that a number of issues involving the BBC were brought up during culture, media and sport questions, including the salaries of top executives and presenters such as Jonathan Ross.

He said: "I've had letters from constituents about the licence fee and how it is spent.

"There was a lot of criticism about the amount of foul language on the BBC. I can understand why there might be some justification for some programmes to have bad language such as a play about life in a prison or life in an inner city gang.

"The other point was how the BBC should provide more programming for families to watch together. One suggestion was that maybe they should bring back The Generation Game in an up-to-date format with a new presenter.

"It's a format that would work at the moment and a way of catering for the requirements of mainstream TV viewers. They brought back Doctor Who, which was part of my childhood."

Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport Andy Burnham said it was "always tempting" for MPs to amplify their views to the nation on what kind of programmes they want to see.

He added: "Mainly we should resist that temptation to comment on editorial matters. Although the temptation is great in my case having seen the wonderful and talented Laura White very harshly voted off X Factor on Saturday."

When the Evening News asked Sir Jimmy Savile about the choice of TV content, he said: "It's probably the world's toughest job to work out 24 hours of TV to please 60 million people."

Robert Goodwill's favourite TV shows:

Have I Got News For You

Doctor Who

Coronation Street

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Against Bereaurcracy.,

12/11/2008 09:28:50
Are there no depths this man will not stoop to in order to get his name in the media?.

As for his TV preferences, who really cares? and as for his comment about complaints he has received from constituents regarding the licence fee, in all probability they were all complaining about his licence fee for his London residence being payed for by them, the tax payer.
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The.Voice,

12/11/2008 10:47:06
Is it April 1st, or is this really an attempt at news? I honestly didnt think reported news in Scarborough could get much more pointless this year following numerous Kath Duffy stories, the report about the guy who thought the postman put his mail on the porch 'too aggressively' and the pensioner with the parking ticket (for exceeding the time limit, but thats apparently not the point)

Theres a country supposedly heading towards an economic meltdown, with unemployment rising, people unable to meet rising utility prices and so on, yet these people discuss X Factor and The Generation Game. If I had the chance to leave this country today I'd be off like a shot and turn the lights off as I left.

And then, to top it all off, we get a list of his favourite TV shows as an added bonus!
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Clareds,

Scarborough 12/11/2008 10:51:13
If TV is a point for discussion in Parliament I would be grateful if Mr Goodwill would bring up the point of so-called background music in television programmes. The music, as they call it, is more often louder than the voices making any programme particularly difficult to follow, particularly in documentaries where I (and many others I have spoken to) feel that such "background noise" is not necessary at all and just distracts from the programme. When I was a child I was taught that it was extremely rude and ignorant to have music playing when people were speaking and here we have it all the time on television. I personally and many others like me get no pleasure out of watching television and if it wasn't for the fact that I am one of the over 75s who doesn't have to pay for a licence I would not have a television. In this day and age I would have thought that someone would devise a set where you could switch off the background noise and just listen to the speech but of course the simple answer would be for producers or whoever not to include it in the first place
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Ian from Manchester,

Middleton 12/11/2008 14:08:29
Re 2 The Voice. Did you mean the traffic lights?
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12/11/2008 14:45:21
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English like wot she is meant to be spoke,

12/11/2008 19:06:13
And he's on the telly tonight! Is he turning into Jimmy Saville?
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Amaroo,

Scarborough 12/11/2008 22:04:57
MP Goodwill is a very annoying little man. He seems to seek publicity be it in the House of Commons with stupid questions, with the back slapping 'Enterprise' gang, on the TV or in the newspapers.

Today he was advocating the allowing of the 2 wheeled stand-up electric scooters to be allowed on the highway. He has to be joking with that ridiculous comment.

He would have been better volunteering for the new "I'm a Celebrity get Me Out of Here".

I am none political but Lawrie Quinn left Mr. Goodwill at the starting post as an MP.
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Against Bereaurcracy.,

13/11/2008 08:57:30
Today he was advocating the allowing of the 2 wheeled stand-up electric scooters to be allowed on the highway.

I can probably understand where he is coming from on this one, these scooters do a lot less damage to his car when he runs them off the road in his very expensive, top of the range Jaguar, probably paid for by the Tax Payer.
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Against Bereaurcracy.,

13/11/2008 09:01:15
RE 7, Again,

"I'm a Celebrity get Me Out of Here".

Not actually a celebrity and certainly more notorios than famous, as for the get me out of here part, it would be a real pleasure.
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darkstairs,

bottom end 13/11/2008 10:27:42
Re#8,
I dont know about his Jaguar, but he does have a steam waggon that runs on coal. Bit of an embarrasment after telling Scarboros eco-campaigners (SEN 17th Sept)that targets for reducing carbon emmisions should be increased.
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