From: daniel47@nomail.afraid.org   
      
   On 9/12/2025 8:34 am, Your Name wrote:   
   > On 2025-12-08 11:24:32 +0000, Daniel70 said:   
   >   
   >> On 8/12/2025 12:05 am, Blueshirt wrote:   
   >>> Daniel70 wrote:   
   >>>> On 7/12/2025 12:00 am, Blueshirt wrote:   
   >>>>> Daniel70 wrote:   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>> Sorry!! "the moron in charge" didn't want kids   
   >>>>>> watching Torchwood!! Really??   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> "Torchwood" was aimed at adults/teenagers and broadcast   
   >>>>> at/after 9pm, which is considered the 'watershed' for UK   
   >>>>> television... i.e. programmes unsuitable for kids have to   
   >>>>> be shown after 9pm.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> Can't recall when Torchwood was broadcast here but I'm   
   >>>> guessing it was 7:30p.m. Sunday Evening.   
   >>>   
   >>> If Torchwood was on that early, it was possibly broadcast   
   >>> with edits. (Like Doctor Who was during the classic era of   
   >>> the show.)   
   >>>   
   >>> Or maybe Australia has different rules for television programmes   
   >>> that contain some adult content like swearing... or whatever.   
   >>>   
   >>> ? ?   
   >>>   
   >> Rules!! We don't need no stinking Rules!!   
   >   
   > In New Zealand ...   
   >   
   >     M (Mature Audiences) content can only be played during the   
   >     day on weekdays when children are at school, and after   
   >     7.30pm. M content cannot be shown during the day on   
   >     weekends, or school or public holidays. We refer to 8.30pm   
   >     as the 'watershed', after which programmes rated 16 can be   
   >     screened.   
   >   
   >   
   > It's similar in Australia ...   
   >   
   >     On Australian television, programmes are restricted to   
   >     certain times based on their rating. As of December 2015,   
   >     PG-rated programmes can be now shown at any time of day,   
   >     M-rated programmes can be shown from 19:30, and MA15+   
   >     programmes from 20:30. As well as this, M-rated programmes   
   >     can also be shown from 12:00 to 15:00 on school days. With   
   >     the exception of subscription narrowcast channels,   
   >     anything rated R18+ must not be shown on Australian   
   >     television at any time, and must be edited to fit within   
   >     MA15+ or AV15+ guidelines.   
   >   
   >   
   So, here in Australia, on a School Day evening an 'M' rated program can   
   be shown after 7:30 but an MA15+ rated program can only be shown after   
   8:30p.m.   
      
   So 'M' as in 'Mature' can be show before 'MA15+' as in 'Mature Adult 15   
   years and older'!! Really??   
   --   
   Daniel70   
      
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