0:00:12 > 0:00:14Good afternoon, and welcome to the programme
0:00:14 > 0:00:17that hands air time over to you, the viewer,
0:00:17 > 0:00:20to have your say on what you have been watching on the BBC.
0:00:20 > 0:00:23This week, we start with criticism of EastEnders.
0:00:23 > 0:00:26We have been contacted by a lot of people
0:00:26 > 0:00:29who are angry about the way a current story dealing with a kidney
0:00:29 > 0:00:33transplant is being handled, and here is some of what they had to say.
0:00:36 > 0:00:39The recent storyline has made me angry.
0:00:39 > 0:00:43Having myself donated a kidney to my husband 18 months ago,
0:00:43 > 0:00:46I am appalled by the way EastEnders are handling this storyline.
0:00:46 > 0:00:50I think the storyline could have been much more informative,
0:00:50 > 0:00:52positive and encouraging.
0:00:52 > 0:00:56It's completely misled anyone who is in the dark about this subject.
0:00:56 > 0:01:01Visit a specialist and bam! She hit me with it.
0:01:03 > 0:01:06Your kidneys are shot. I need transplant.
0:01:06 > 0:01:09I'm Joe. I am a 24-year-old viewer of EastEnders.
0:01:09 > 0:01:13I have had kidney problems for many years
0:01:13 > 0:01:17and earlier this year I had to have a failed kidney removed,
0:01:17 > 0:01:21which was, quite frankly, one of the most emotional
0:01:21 > 0:01:24and frightening situations I've ever had to face.
0:01:24 > 0:01:30This is a major operation and it has risks.
0:01:30 > 0:01:35What about later on in life and you become ill and you need the kidney?
0:01:35 > 0:01:38Throughout the storyline, Dexter has various conversations
0:01:38 > 0:01:41with other characters on organ donation
0:01:41 > 0:01:45and it's generally portrayed as a highly negative thing to do.
0:01:45 > 0:01:48Many potential recipients express guilt at putting their
0:01:48 > 0:01:50loved ones through the trauma of major surgery.
0:01:50 > 0:01:52The transplant storyline
0:01:52 > 0:01:54will not have helped them overcome this emotion.
0:01:54 > 0:01:57I've been tested and it might just be a can help.
0:01:57 > 0:02:00Dexter was told he was a match for his dad.
0:02:00 > 0:02:04Two weeks later he was undergoing an operation. No wonder he freaked out.
0:02:04 > 0:02:06He's going to need a transplant.
0:02:07 > 0:02:09Urgently.
0:02:10 > 0:02:15As a living donor myself, the build-up to donating takes
0:02:15 > 0:02:20a number of months, several health checks, mental health assessment.
0:02:21 > 0:02:24Dexter's seemed to take two to three weeks.
0:02:24 > 0:02:27His lungs are filling with fluid and his kidneys are failing.
0:02:27 > 0:02:30The doctors want to move the operation. They want it to be sooner.
0:02:30 > 0:02:33Dexter's dad would have been rushed into hospital
0:02:33 > 0:02:37and given emergency dialysis, not told he was going to die.
0:02:37 > 0:02:39Also, Dexter would not have been expected
0:02:39 > 0:02:41to give a kidney straightaway.
0:02:41 > 0:02:46What really annoyed me was after his operation had gone
0:02:46 > 0:02:50fantastically well, he was up and talking to this mum,
0:02:50 > 0:02:53she turned away for a minute and I was horrified to see that he
0:02:53 > 0:02:57had passed out with a blood-stained hospital gown.
0:02:57 > 0:02:59Dexter!
0:02:59 > 0:03:04Help! Dexter! Dexter! What's happening? Dexter!
0:03:04 > 0:03:06His blood pressure is very low.
0:03:06 > 0:03:08I sincerely hope that,
0:03:08 > 0:03:13coming from someone that may need a kidney themselves in the future,
0:03:13 > 0:03:17that whoever the donor is, isn't an EastEnders viewer.
0:03:18 > 0:03:21Thank you to all who so eloquently put the case for clearer
0:03:21 > 0:03:25representation of the kidney transplant story in EastEnders.
0:03:25 > 0:03:28So we asked for an equally eloquent response from the bosses
0:03:28 > 0:03:31on the soap and they gave us this statement.
0:04:05 > 0:04:08By the way, the people at Albert Square do have a blog
0:04:08 > 0:04:12where expert advisers give greater detail on this whole issue,
0:04:12 > 0:04:14so if you want to see it, the addresses on the screen now
0:04:14 > 0:04:18and we will put it on our own programme page as well.
0:04:18 > 0:04:22Now, stand-by to be amazed and I do mean amazed.
0:04:27 > 0:04:32Amazing ingredients. Amazing with roast lamb. Amazing Caesar dressing.
0:04:32 > 0:04:36Amazing curry sauce. Amazing crispy crackling. Amazing pork belly.
0:04:36 > 0:04:41Amazing local fish. Amazing sticky toffee pudding. Amazing.
0:04:41 > 0:04:45It's amazing. It's amazing. They look amazing. It smells amazing.
0:04:45 > 0:04:49It smells amazing. It smells amazing. Listen, what an amazing place.
0:04:49 > 0:04:51Amazing.
0:05:02 > 0:05:05Terence, we need to correct you there because last Monday
0:05:05 > 0:05:11we heard Chef Kerridge use his favourite word not 15 but 17 times in total.
0:05:11 > 0:05:13But we've also been counting up the comments on this series
0:05:13 > 0:05:17and it seems most of you are pretty impressed by what's been on the menu.
0:05:50 > 0:05:53Next up, Watchdog and judging by some of the comments you've made
0:05:53 > 0:05:57to us, the consumer show should steer clear of politics.
0:05:58 > 0:06:01The appearance by the Labour leader to discuss his party's plan
0:06:01 > 0:06:06to cap energy bills if they get elected drew a lot of flak.
0:06:06 > 0:06:10The Labour leader is here now. Welcome to watchdog. Great to be here.
0:06:33 > 0:06:35As a rule, I enjoyed watchdog.
0:06:35 > 0:06:38I am, however, finding Anne Robinson increasingly annoying.
0:06:38 > 0:06:39In the current episode,
0:06:39 > 0:06:42she demonstrated hypocrisy beyond belief.
0:06:42 > 0:06:44When she was interviewing the gentleman about airlines,
0:06:44 > 0:06:46she continually interrupted him
0:06:46 > 0:06:48and rarely let him give a complete answer.
0:06:48 > 0:06:50In the same programme when Ed Miliband was on,
0:06:50 > 0:06:54my goodness what a different story. She was politeness personified.
0:06:54 > 0:06:57The BBC is meant to provide an unbiased service
0:06:57 > 0:07:00and I really am looking forward to the day when one of your guests
0:07:00 > 0:07:03simply unclips the mic and tells the interviewer where to go.
0:07:03 > 0:07:06So should our consumer shows be absent of all politics?
0:07:06 > 0:07:09Was Anne Robinson too soft on the Labour leader?
0:07:09 > 0:07:11We asked the Watchdog team.
0:07:42 > 0:07:47From modern politics on consumer shows to period costumes in modern drama.
0:07:47 > 0:07:49It's been a confusing week.
0:07:49 > 0:07:52Next up we have the daytime series, Doctors.
0:07:52 > 0:07:56Lizzie.
0:07:56 > 0:07:58As part of the BBC's Jane Austen season
0:07:58 > 0:08:01to mark the 200th anniversary of 'Pride and Prejudice',
0:08:01 > 0:08:04doctors and patients donned corsets and cravats this week.
0:08:08 > 0:08:10It's not the first time the daytime series
0:08:10 > 0:08:14has strayed into the fantastic, but it would seem the visit
0:08:14 > 0:08:16to Austenland was a step too far for some of you.
0:08:45 > 0:08:47Moving on, and it wasn't the costume changes
0:08:47 > 0:08:51but the set changes which prompted one viewer to get in touch.
0:08:51 > 0:08:56Citizen Khan's world has undergone some major renovations for series two
0:08:56 > 0:09:00and it seems they thought the audience wouldn't notice.
0:09:00 > 0:09:02Big mistake. Have a look at this.
0:09:04 > 0:09:08First up, the office in the mosque. This was it in series one.
0:09:08 > 0:09:11Note the three windows and the two arch bookcases.
0:09:11 > 0:09:13Now, this is the same office in series two.
0:09:13 > 0:09:17One of the windows has gone and what has happened to those bookcases?
0:09:17 > 0:09:19And it's not just the office.
0:09:19 > 0:09:22Here is the Khan family living room in series one.
0:09:22 > 0:09:25Pay special attention to the door and the big dresser in the background.
0:09:25 > 0:09:27They have moved in series two.
0:09:28 > 0:09:31And don't even get us started on the kitchen.
0:09:31 > 0:09:34Thank you L Thomas for bringing all this to our attention.
0:09:34 > 0:09:38Clearly, it requires an explanation and who better than
0:09:38 > 0:09:40Sparkhill's number one community leader to explain.
0:09:40 > 0:09:45I'm going to just dial his number now. It's ringing.
0:09:45 > 0:09:47Mr Khan? As-salam alaykum, Jeremy.
0:09:47 > 0:09:50It's a great honour to be with you. I'm a big fan.
0:09:50 > 0:09:55I love you on Newsnight and I notice you are growing a beard like me.
0:09:55 > 0:10:00Becoming Muslim, eh? Well, yes, OK. About the house.
0:10:00 > 0:10:03The doors and windows seemed to have moved. What's going on?
0:10:03 > 0:10:06Are you from the council? I got all planning permissions, thank you.
0:10:06 > 0:10:09No, we're not Birmingham City Council.
0:10:09 > 0:10:11Did you think no-one would notice?
0:10:11 > 0:10:16Look, Jeremy, maybe if the BBC put my show on all year round,
0:10:16 > 0:10:19the lovely BBC One viewers would have seen how Mrs Khan
0:10:19 > 0:10:22made me do all those home improvements.
0:10:22 > 0:10:24It cost me a bloomin' fortune!
0:10:24 > 0:10:27Well, thank you for the show, Mr Khan, community leader.
0:10:27 > 0:10:29And thanks for being on Points of View. Goodbye.
0:10:40 > 0:10:43Peaky Blinders, the epic drama set in the lawless streets
0:10:43 > 0:10:47of 1919 Birmingham came to an end this week.
0:10:47 > 0:10:49Get your weapons out, boys, and load them up.
0:10:52 > 0:10:56After a shaky start with - do you remember? - criticisms over the local accent,
0:10:56 > 0:10:59it seems this one has won over many loyal fans.
0:11:23 > 0:11:27Well, Tony, no decision has been made as yet about a second series
0:11:27 > 0:11:31but as soon as we do hear, we will let you know.
0:11:31 > 0:11:34As one drama finished, a new one started.
0:11:38 > 0:11:41BBC One's Truckers follows the lives of a group of lorry drivers
0:11:41 > 0:11:44in the Midlands, but it would seem for some,
0:11:44 > 0:11:46it was all too unbelievable.
0:12:04 > 0:12:07So Truckers does not get your praise this week,
0:12:07 > 0:12:10which seems to have gone instead, appropriately, to Songs of Praise.
0:12:10 > 0:12:14Last week we aired your criticisms of the programme's switch
0:12:14 > 0:12:18from its regular format to host the Gospel Choir Of The Year.
0:12:18 > 0:12:24The 2013 Songs of Praise Gospel Choir Of The Year is...
0:12:26 > 0:12:29The Town Hall Gospel Choir, Birmingham.
0:12:30 > 0:12:33This week, we have been inundated by people on the other
0:12:33 > 0:12:36side of the fence, delighted with the choir competition.
0:12:56 > 0:13:00Proving, as if we needed to, that there is always more than one point of view here.
0:13:00 > 0:13:03Songs of Praise returns as normal straight after this show
0:13:03 > 0:13:05and that is about all from us this week.
0:13:05 > 0:13:09But please continue to keep telling us your thoughts on what you are watching
0:13:09 > 0:13:13and, of course, you can do so in a whole plethora of ways.
0:13:13 > 0:13:14By post.
0:13:19 > 0:13:21By phone, and the number is charged
0:13:21 > 0:13:23as a local rate call from any landline.
0:13:26 > 0:13:29Or you can join the message boarders. Always lively.
0:13:32 > 0:13:34There is good old-fashioned e-mail.
0:13:36 > 0:13:39And don't forget, we're on Twitter too.
0:13:41 > 0:13:45Many thanks if you contacted us this week. Keep them coming.
0:13:45 > 0:13:47Until next week, goodbye.
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