From: daniel47@nomail.afraid.org   
      
   On 10/12/2025 7:35 am, Your Name wrote:   
   > On 2025-12-09 09:45:03 +0000, Daniel70 said:   
   >> 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??   
   >   
   > I think you're confusing the order of the ratings - in Australia, rating   
   > "M" is lower than "M15+".   
      
   No, that is what I typed, above, 'M' before 'MA15+'.   
      
   > M = "not *recommended* for people under 15 years old",   
   >     but they can watch it under parental guidance.   
   >   
   > MA15+ = "people under 15 *cannot* watch it" at all.   
      
   Yeah!! RIGHT! "people under 15 *ARE NOT SUPPOSED TO* watch it" at all,   
   maybe.   
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   Daniel70   
      
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