"Rob" wrote in message
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Hardly. More like: "This programme is one that used to include scenes
of a scientific nature."

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Yep, dumbing down is the first step on the road to oblivion. In fact on
that observation the BBC should have been obliterated long ago :-)


Good job you put the smiley. ;o)
Looking at the dire 'science' offerings now being shown by the
Discovery network and History channel, at least BBC science programs
do contain *some* science rather than 'rednecks' bidding on storage

Agreed - the Beeb has been making excellent programmes for many years and is
still doing so.

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'Ancient Aliens'.. All TV science is being dumbed down in every
Western nation for some reason. Worrying.

I remember Open University programmes on BBC2 being very grey and staid but
carrying real information and being fascinating. You know - really teaching
something. Latterly, though, they had become very colourful and musical but
were more like introductions to the subjects and didn't go in to any detail.
At that point I lost interest in them.

It seems there are others who feel the same.

James