I need to have a rant, so please bear with me on this one.

I was a little stunned to see that ITV have moved Dancing on Ice to a Sunday instead of it’s usual prime time slot on a Saturday.  A great programme, something for all the family to watch and brilliant skating. In other words, completely harmless entertainment.

To find out they’ve replaced it at 7.00 on a Saturday night with Primeval is madness.  Why?

First of all we did watch the last series of Primeval and we thought it quite good, so were intrigued  to see how the new series faired.  However, after watching the first episode I won’t be allowing it on again.  Not at the time they’ve said.

I would like to ask this.  Whatever happened to censoring of programmes and what has happened to the 9.00 pm watershed?

A Saturday evening has, for me, always been about family viewing.  It’s a family night for us and ususally the only time we all sit and watch television.  The children love You’ve Been Framed and Harry Hill’s programme following it is light entertainment.

Primeval does not fit that bill.  The first episode was full of anomalies, continuity problems, questionable storyline and quite frankly more gore than should be on at that time of night. 

It showed a man having had his neck slashed by a dinosaur, another one being dragged back into a room, a baby dinosaur being eaten and a dinosaur having it’s head ripped off.  Is this suitable for early evening?  Not in my opinion.

What has happened to the sensibilities of people controlling what ‘they think we want to watch’ and more importantly ‘family’ morals when choosing the timing of programmes.

Primeval should NOT be on at 7.00 pm.

I know the answer to this is don’t watch the programme and trust me we won’t.  But shouldn’t some responsiblity lead back to the network?