No trail for a post-Watershed programme should be scheduled next to a programme specifically targeted at children. Particular care needs to be taken when editing pictures for news bulletins and factual programmes likely to be seen by vulnerable groups such as children. Care is also needed in deciding the frequency of scenes of violence in news bulletins on mainstream channels, particularly during the daytime when children could be watching.
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Producers Handbook More. Summary of Rules Children should be protected from unsuitable material by appropriate scheduling see below. The watershed is 9pm. Nothing unsuitable for children should, in general, be shown before 9pm or after 5. There should be a gradual transition to more adult material from the watershed, not an abrupt change. Broadcasters should clearly 'flag-up' or warn audiences when programmes before the watershed contain material that might distress some children, for example the killing of animals or surgical procedures.
Note, however, that this is not a substitute for appropriate scheduling. Appropriate Scheduling The Code acknowledges that there are a number of factors which determine whether a programme is appropriately scheduled or not. These factors include: the nature of the content, for example whether it is frightening, distressing, gory, sexually explicit, or contains strong language; the nature of the particular programme.
For example it might well be appropriate to schedule a futuristic, science-fiction series containing comic book violence at a time when large numbers of young children are watching, but not to schedule a soap opera containing domestic violence, which is more realistic and 'close to home', at a similar time; the likely number and age range of children watching, taking into account school time, weekends and holidays.
For example a discussion about sexual matters might be inappropriate in a breakfast or teatime show, when large numbers of young children are likely to be watching, however this may be defensible during term-time, in a mid-morning or mid-afternoon discussion programme, when most children are at school; the start and finish time of the programme.
For example, a movie scheduled to start at 8pm and end at 9. Although this scene would not transmit until after the watershed, because the film started well before, it would be likely to have attracted a significant number of younger viewers, including children, who would stay with the film until its conclusion; and the likely expectations of the audience for a channel at a particular time on a particular day, for example to schedule a drama about teenage sexuality in a slot normally reserved for cartoons aimed at very young children, may surprise and upset audiences.
Gradual Transition Broadcasters should take particular care to ensure that material scheduled to start before and continue past the 9pm watershed does not abruptly become unsuitable. To coin a well-used phrase: "9pm is a watershed, not a waterfall". Programmes Starting at 9pm Particular care needs to be taken with pre-title sequences immediately after 9pm because, in spite of any warning which may be given, limited context can be provided to viewers and they may be more likely to come across material by chance.
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