Naked Education hit with over 900 Ofcom complaints as adults pose nude

[Davin]

Channel 4 show Naked Education, fronted by Anna Richardson, Love Island star Dr Alex George and Yinka Bokinni, has been hit with nearly 1000 Ofcom complaints after it made its debut

https://www.irishmirror.ie/tv/naked-education-hit-over-900-29689830

[nudeM]

Personally, being a nudist, I believe this should not be allowed in our schools. Education is one thing, but using actual models in the classroom is "iffy" at best. My question would be, were the parents given a heads up or was this done without notifying the parents? If the parents were notified, then I don't see a problem. The parents (who objected) would be able to pull their kid out of the classroom before hand, or the kids (of objecting parents) could have been given access to another room during the "showing". On the other hand, if they weren't notified and the school decided to do this, this is NOT proper education. This is exactly what we are fighting about here in our Country.

[nudeyooper]

Channel 4 is a TV network in the UK. Naked Education is a TV program, or should I write programme. The children in question must have had their parents' permission to be in the studio when recording the show. If not Channel 4 is living dangerously, at least by American standards. There was not a group of naked adults in a school classroom as I read the story. Since nudity in the UK is legal, any child will have the opportunity to see naked adults. Furthermore, most kids would be upset with their parents if denied the opportunity to be in the audience, especially the teens. Ban a book and sales go up, have a wardrobe malfunction and the rewinds reach an astronomical number, rate a movie as adult and the kids will find a way to sneak into the theater.
If nudity is to be normalized, attempts to normalize it have to be made. It was once mandatory that beach goers were clothed from ankle to neck and shoulder to wrist. Not so anymore, and that is just one example of somebody pushing the envelope and having that push eventually become conservative.

[EltonJ]

If nudity is to be normalized, attempts to normalize it have to be made. It was once mandatory that beach goers were clothed from ankle to neck and shoulder to wrist. Not so anymore, and that is just one example of somebody pushing the envelope and having that push eventually become conservative.

Nudeyooper is correct. If we want to normalize nudity, then such attempts have to be made.

[boston_naturist]

Channel 4 is a publicly owned, but not publicly funded broadcast (OTA- Over the Air) TV channel in the UK. It relies on advertising for its funding.

Outside of the UK, its programming isn't available online, because they reserve the right to sell that programming to other entities (like PBS or its related stations in the U.S., and they do sell some of it). There also was a programme on there a few years back called "My Daughter the Teenage Nudist"... I did manage to see it because someone managed to put it on a video service, but it later was pulled.

But my premise, as usual, is that there's a more-than-sufficient volume of nudity, nudism, etc. on the Internet.

A lot, you get for free. Some, like the videos this board purveys, you have to pay for. But it's there for you if you want to see it.

[ranul]

Personally, being a nudist, I believe this should not be allowed in our schools. Education is one thing, but using actual models in the classroom is "iffy" at best. My question would be, were the parents given a heads up or was this done without notifying the parents? If the parents were notified, then I don't see a problem. The parents (who objected) would be able to pull their kid out of the classroom before hand, or the kids (of objecting parents) could have been given access to another room during the "showing". On the other hand, if they weren't notified and the school decided to do this, this is NOT proper education. This is exactly what we are fighting about here in our Country.

There is also a difference between being notified by it being on the front page as clearly as can be and being a line somewhere in the middle of a pamphlet is given to the Parent

[nudeyooper]

Read it again. Nake Education is a TV program. The kids were not in a classroom, but a studio and to have gotten there, it is likely that the parents took them.

[nudeM]

Read it again. Nake Education is a TV program. The kids were not in a classroom, but a studio and to have gotten there, it is likely that the parents took them.

If that's the case, then why the complaints? Something doesn't add up. If it was in a studio and the kids were driven there by their parents, then I don't see any reason for complaints, unless the information was given under false pretenses as to what was going to be shown. Could be there, was just enough information given out to lure them without going into specifics. Interesting

[nudeyooper]

My interpretation is that it hit the fan when the show was broadcast, and viewers saw kids with naked adults in their view.

There are three episodes of the show available on You Tube. Search Naked Education. I have not watched a full episode yet, but I think the one in question is Episode 1.

[nudeyooper]

I just watched all of episode 1 and parts of 2 and 3. There should be an organized protest against the protesters. Their campaign seems to be to keep ignorance the rule of society.
The "children" are in their mid-teens and the same five appear in every episode.
All have admitted to watching pornography, but for most this was the first time seeing a naked person in their presence.
Education is the premise of the program and there is a huge focus on negative body image.
They are not in a classroom but on a set made to resemble one that has been created in the corner of a former factory or warehouse.
I agree that if a school wanted to use this in a sex education class, a parent should give permission with the disclaimer that videos and images of naked adults will be presented.
Given the opportunity to have such a frank discussion with professional support, I would have used it with my children.