Taste and Decency survey results

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Taste and Decency survey results

Julie Walters and Alun Armstrong in Filth: the Mary Whitehouse Story

Over 4,500 of you responded to our Taste and Decency survey to show us how much public opinion has changed since Mary Whitehouse (left, played by Julie Walters) launched her Clean Up TV campaign more than 40 years ago. Here are the full results of the survey:

1. Do you think there's too much swearing on TV?
Yes 69%
No 31%

2. Do you think there's too much sex on TV?
Yes 52%
No 48%

3. Do you think there's too much nudity on TV?
Yes 40%
No 60%

4. Do you think there's too much violence on TV?
Yes 74%
No 26%

5. Which offends you most?
Swearing 32%
Sex 10%
Nudity 3%
Violence 45%
Other 10%

6. Do you think the 9:00pm watershed is…
Too early 32%
Too late 6%
About right 61%
Did not vote 1%

7. Do you think a watershed is necessary?
Yes 95%
No 5%

8. Is it ever acceptable to broadcast post-watershed material before the watershed?
Yes 15%
No 85%

9. Do you mainly watch TV…?
With an/other adult/s 57%
With children 9%
On your own 33%
Did not vote 1%

10. Does the language people use on TV accurately reflect real life?
Not at all 10%
Not very often 37%
More often than not 43%
Most of the time 10%

11. Do you think that the way people behave on TV accurately reflects real life?
Not at all 11%
Not very often 56%
More often than not 27%
Most of the time 5%
Did not vote 1%

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