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Mary Whitehouse CBE (13 June 1910 – 23 November 2001) was a British campaigner for of the values of morality and decency derived from her Christian religious beliefs. The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British Order of chivalry established on 4 June 1917 by King George V. Events 1525 - Martin Luther marries Katharina von Bora, against the Celibacy rule decreed by the Roman Catholic Church for Year 1910 ( MCMX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Events 800 - Charlemagne arrives at Rome to investigate the alleged crimes of Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located Activism, in a general sense can be described as intentional action to bring about social or political change Morality (from the Latin la moralitas "manner character proper behavior" has three principal meanings Christianity ( Greek Χριστιανισμός from the word Xριστός ( Christ)is a monotheistic Religion centered on the life and teachings Faith is a Belief in the trustworthiness of an Idea. Formal usage of the word "faith" is usually reserved for concepts of Religion, as in She focused her efforts on the broadcast media, which she regarded as highly influential, where she felt these values were particularly lacking. For the band see Broadcast (band Broadcasting is the distribution of audio and/or Video signals which transmit She also made notable interventions in theatrical productions of which she disapproved, becoming involved in litigation. She was the founder and first president of the National Viewers' and Listeners' Association. mediawatch-uk, formerly known as the National Viewers' and Listeners' Association (NVALA is a special interest Pressure group in the United Kingdom, which

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Early life

Born Constance Mary Hutcheson in Nuneaton, Warwickshire, England, Mary Whitehouse won a scholarship to the City and County School, Chester. Nuneaton is the largest town in the English county of Warwickshire, and the borough of Nuneaton and Bedworth. Geography Warwickshire is bounded to the northwest by the West Midlands Metropolitan county and Staffordshire, by Leicestershire to England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland Chester is the County town of Cheshire, England. Lying on the River Dee, close to the border with Wales, it is home to 77040 On leaving, she did two years of unpaid apprentice teaching at St John's School, Chester, and attended the Cheshire County Teacher Training College in Crewe, specialising in secondary school art teaching. Manchester Metropolitan University is a university based in the city of Manchester. Crewe is a town in Cheshire, England, the largest town in the borough of Crewe and Nantwich, in which it is the only Unparished area. Secondary school is a term used to describe an educational Institution where the final stage of compulsory schooling known as Secondary education, takes Art refers to a diverse range of Human activities creations and expressions that are appealing to the Senses or Emotions of a human individual In Education, a teacher is one who helps Students or pupils often in a School, as well as in a Family, religious or Miss Hutcheson was involved with the Student Christian Movement before qualifying in 1932. The World Student Christian Federation ( WSCF) is a federation of autonomous national Student Christian Movements (SCMs forming the youth and student arm of the global Year 1932 ( MCMXXXII) was a Leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. She became an art teacher at Lichfield Road School, Wednesfield, Staffordshire, where she stayed for eight years. Lichfield is a city and Civil parish in Staffordshire, England. Wednesfield (population about 35000 is a town in Wolverhampton, West Midlands. Staffordshire (abbreviated Staffs) is a landlocked county in the West Midlands region of England.

She joined the Oxford Group, later known as Moral Re-Armament (MRA), in the 1930s. The Oxford Group was a Christian organization founded by American Christian missionary Dr Moral Re-Armament ( MRA) was an international religious movement that in 1938 grew out of the Reverend Frank N The 1930s were described as an abrupt shift to more radical and conservative lifestyles as countries were struggling to find a solution to the Great Depression. At MRA meetings, she met Ernest Whitehouse; they married in 1940 and remained married until Ernest's death in 2000. Year 1940 ( MCMXL) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full 1940 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. 2000 ( MM) was a Leap year that started on Saturday of the Common Era, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. The couple had five sons, two of whom (twins) died in infancy. [1]

After raising her children and returning to teaching, she became responsible for sex education, at Madeley Modern School in Shropshire in the early 1960s. Madeley is a Town and Civil parish, now part of the New town of Telford in the borough of Telford and Wrekin and ceremonial county Shropshire (ˈʃrɒpʃɪə/ /-ʃə alternatively known as Salop or abbreviated in print only Shrops, is a county in the The 1960s decade refers to the years from the beginning of 1960 to the end of 1969 At this time, shocked at the response of her pupils to moral issues, she became concerned about what she and many others perceived as declining moral standards in the British media, especially in the BBC.

"Clean Up TV" campaigns

Mary Whitehouse began her campaigning in 1963. Among her first targets was Sir Hugh Greene, then director-general of the BBC, whom she claimed was "more than anybody else [. Sir Hugh Carleton Greene KCMG, OBE ( 15 November 1910 - 19 February 1987) was a British Journalist . . ] responsible for the moral collapse in this country". [2] Greene ignored her concerns and blocked her from participation in BBC programming. Over 2,000 people attended the 'Clean Up TV Campaign's first public meeting in April 1964, which was held in Birmingham. Birmingham ( ˈbɜːmɪŋəm Ber -ming-um The National Viewers' and Listeners' Association was formed in 1965; she obtained a total of 500,000 signatures on her 'Clean Up TV' petition to be sent to the Queen, then a record for the UK. mediawatch-uk, formerly known as the National Viewers' and Listeners' Association (NVALA is a special interest Pressure group in the United Kingdom, which

Through the letters she frequently sent to Harold Wilson, then Prime Minister, Whitehouse caused particular difficulties for civil servants at 10 Downing Street. James Harold Wilson Baron Wilson of Rievaulx, KG, OBE, FRS, PC (11 March 1916 &ndash 24 May 1995 was one of the most prominent British politicians [3] These letters expressed her belief that, through the Royal Charter, ultimate responsibility for BBC output lay with the Government, rather than with the BBC's governors whom she felt to be failing in their duties; the then BBC chairman did meet her. For some time Downing Street intentionally "lost" her letters to avoid having to respond to them. [3] When Greene left the BBC, in 1969, because of disagreements over the appointment of the Conservative Lord Hill as BBC chairman in 1967, Whitehouse was given some credit for his departure; other sources pointed more to a political struggle between the BBC and Wilson. Charles Hill Baron Hill of Luton ( 15 January 1904 &ndash 22 August 1989) was an English administrator, doctor

Opposition

Some of Whitehouse's opponents claimed that she had an ability to be offended by almost anything,[4] pointing to her complaints about the use of the word "bloody", her concerns about the TV character Alf Garnett, Doctor Who, and the violence in Tom and Jerry cartoons. Bloody is the adjectival form of Blood but may also be used as an expletive attributive (intensifier in Australia, Britain Alf Garnett is a Fictional character in the British sitcoms Till Death Us Do Part, Till Death Doctor Who is a British science fiction television programme produced by the BBC. Tom and Jerry is a series of theatrical Short subjects (cartoons created by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Of Four Weddings and a Funeral, she famously said "I haven't seen it, of course, but I've heard that the opening three minutes contains a stream of four-letter obscenities", after which there were claims that she tended to take any sexualised activity on television or in the theatre as an affront. Four Weddings and a Funeral is a 1994 British Romantic comedy film directed by Mike Newell. This was occasionally taken advantage of: the tabloids ambushed her, asking her what she thought of a new children's programme in which children were killed, a reference to Knightmare; she publicly professed her shock, but apologised once she had watched an episode. A tabloid is a Newspaper industry term which refers to a smaller newspaper format per spread to a weekly or semi-weekly alternative newspaper that focuses on local-interest Knightmare was an innovative and popular UK television programme for Children, produced by Broadsword Productions for Anglia Television

She became a target for mockery and caricature. During the episode of Till Death Us Do Part entitled "Alf's Dilemma" Alf Garnett is seen reading her book 'Clean up TV' and agreeing with every word. Till Death Us Do Part is a British sitcom that aired on BBC1 from 1965 to 1975 Alf Garnett is a Fictional character in the British sitcoms Till Death Us Do Part, Till Death One publisher of pornographic magazines named a magazine Whitehouse, in an apparent attempt to annoy her. Pornography or porn is the explicit depiction of Sexual subject matter with the sole intention of sexually exciting the viewer British "electronic" band Whitehouse also named themselves after her, in mocking tribute. Whitehouse are an English power electronics band formed in 1980 She is the inspiration of Deep Purple's 1973 song Mary Long and the Sensational Alex Harvey Band's Mrs Blackhouse, in which the eponymous Blackhouse is depicted as a demonic, unholy creature. Deep Purple are an English rock band formed in Hertfordshire in 1968 This article is about the Scottish rock singer Alex Harvey not to be confused with American songwriter Alex Harvey who wrote for Kenny Rogers, or Canadian The British punk band The Addicts wrote a song called "Mary Whitehouse", which includes the line "She don't like pornography when it's on the BBC" among others. The Adicts are an English Punk rock band from Ipswich, Suffolk, England. The current events satirical comedy programme Not the Nine O'Clock News talked in reverential tones of a "certain personage" who had deigned to watch the programme that night, by all indications referring to the Queen until it was revealed they meant Mary Whitehouse. Not the Nine O'Clock News is a Comedy Television programme shown on the BBC from 1979 to 1982 For the ship see RMS Queen Elizabeth 2 Elizabeth II (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary Context States headed by Elizabeth II She's also mentioned by name in the song "Pigs (Three Different Ones)" on the 1977 Pink Floyd album Animals, described as an uptight "house-proud town mouse" who is "trying to keep our feelings off the street" and mocked with the recurring phrase "ha-ha, charade you are". " Pigs (Three Different Ones " is a song from Pink Floyd 's 1977 album Animals. Pink Floyd are Animals is the debut album by Oxford band This Town Needs Guns. In the Monty Python's Flying Circus election-night satire, John Cleese says "Mary Whitehouse has taken Umbrage—no surprise there. Monty Python’s Flying Circus (also known as Flying Circus or during the final series just Monty Python) is a BBC Sketch comedy John Marwood Cleese (ˈkliːz born 27 October, 1939) is a British Actor, Comedian, Writer, Film producer "

Sometimes, if the cast and crew of a TV programme were congratulated by Mary Whitehouse for producing "wholesome entertainment", they took it as an insult, as was the case of The Goodies in 1970. This article discusses The Goodies comedy television series For information about the formation of The Goodies group and for information After the first season, the cast were worried that an endorsement from Whitehouse would harm their image. They made it their goal to get a complaint from her, and they introduced more smut into their show. Obscenity (in Latin obscenus, meaning "foul repulsive detestable" is a term that is most often used in a legal context to In a second series episode of The Goodies "Gender Education" (aka, "Sex and Violence"), a Mary Whitehouse-like character called Desiree Carthorse features, played by Beryl Reid is cited as the head of the "Keep Filth off Television Campaign", and spends the episode attempting to put a stop to anything even vaguely resembling perversion on BBC television. Cambridge University The three actors in The Goodies met as students at the University of Cambridge, where Tim Brooke-Taylor was studying Law, Graeme Gender Education is an episode of the British Comedy television series The Goodies. Beryl Elizabeth Reid OBE ( June 17 1919 – October 13 1996) was a British Actress of stage and screen ("What with ITV being so clean". ) She enlists the services of the Goodies to produce on her behalf a BBC sex education film which she entitles "How To Make Babies By Doing Dirty Things", and is offended by the production despite its being absurdly chaste and adhering to her own script. It gained no response. In the end, a sequence in the 1980 episode "Saturday Night Grease" of Tim Brooke-Taylor dancing in underpants with a carrot motif triggered a complaint. Timothy Julian Brooke-Taylor (born 17 July 1940) is an English comic Actor known in Britain and Australia as a member of The Goodies [5]

From 1986 to 1988, a character based on Whitehouse was featured in the controversial children's comic Oink!. Oink! was a British comic for children which was published from 3 May 1986-22 October 1988 'Mary Lighthouse' was the enemy of the comic's fictional 'editor', Uncle Pigg. [6]

The original Doctor Who novel "Time of Your Life" features a character clearly based on Mary Whitehouse going by the name of Miriam Walker. Ironically she and the sixth Doctor work together very well.

In 1990, Whitehouse claimed, on BBC radio, that Dennis Potter had been influenced by witnessing his mother engaged in adulterous sex. Dennis Christopher George Potter (17 May 1935&ndash7 June 1994 was a controversial English Dramatist, best known for The Singing Detective Potter's mother won substantial damages from the BBC and The Listener, who were reportedly unimpressed by Whitehouse's claim to have had a blackout on air and subsequently to have had no recollection of her words. See also New Zealand Listener and Listener (musician and The Listener (TV series The Listener was a weekly Amnesia (from Greek) is a condition in which Memory is disturbed [7] Her own favourite programmes were Dixon of Dock Green, Neighbours, and coverage of snooker. Dixon of Dock Green was a popular BBC television series, which ran from 1955 to 1976 and later a radio series Neighbours is a long-running multiple Logie Award -winning Australian Soap opera, which first aired in March 1985 Snooker is a Cue sport that is played on a large Baize -covered table with pockets in each of the four corners and in the middle of each of the long [5]

Private prosecutions

In addition to her campaigns regarding television, Whitehouse brought a number of notable legal actions, including a private prosecution for blasphemous libel against Gay News in 1977 (Whitehouse v. Lemon), the first such prosecution since 1922. See also Blasphemy Blasphemous libel was a Common law criminal offence in England and Wales. Gay News was a pioneering fortnightly newspaper in the United Kingdom founded in June 1972 in a collaboration between the Gay Liberation Front Whitehouse v Lemon was a 1976 court case involving the Blasphemy law in the United Kingdom. The private prosecution concerned a poem, The Love That Dares to Speak Its Name by James Kirkup, a fellow of the Royal Society of Literature. James Kirkup (born April 23, 1918) is a prolific English Poet, Translator and Travel writer. The Royal Society of Literature is the "senior literary organisation in Britain " It resulted in a nine-month suspended jail sentence for the editor of Gay News, Denis Lemon, who was told by the judge that he had come close to serving it. Appeals to the House of Lords and the European Court were rejected. The House of Lords is the second house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom and is also commonly referred to as "the Lords"

In 1982 she pursued a private prosecution against Michael Bogdanov, the director of a National Theatre production of Howard Brenton's The Romans in Britain, which had a scene of simulated anal rape, under the Sexual Offences Act 1956, s13, which described the offence of "procuring an act of gross indecency". Michael Bogdanov (born December 15, 1938) is an English Theatre director known for his work with new play and modern reinterpretations of Shakespeare Howard John Brenton is an English playwright He was born in Portsmouth, Hants on 13 December 1942, son of Donald Henry Brenton and his wife Rose Lilian The Romans in Britain is a stage play by Howard Brenton that comments upon Imperialism and the abuse of power Anal sex most often refers to the sex act involving insertion of the Penis into the Rectum. Rape, also referred to as Sexual assault, is an Assault by a person involving Sexual intercourse with or Sexual penetration of another person Because the Act was a general one, there was no defence, similar to that permitted in the Obscene Publications Act, for reasons of artistic merit. The defence argued that the Act did not apply to the theatre; the judge ruled that it did. Since Whitehouse had not herself seen the play, the prosecution evidence rested on the testimony of a single witness: Graham Ross-Cornes, her solicitor. It was established during cross-examination that Ross-Cornes had been sitting in the back row of the theatre, 90 feet from where the alleged offence took place. This meant that he was unable to repeat with the same authority that he had seen the actor's penis during the alleged offence. With the prosecution case in shreds, and after her leading barrister, Ian Kennedy QC, informed her that he was no longer able to pursue the case, Whitehouse withdrew from the prosecution and the proceedings were terminated by a nolle prosequi procedure on 18 March 1982. Queen's Counsel ( postnominal QC) &ndash known as King's Counsel ( KC) during the reign of a male sovereign  &ndash are Nolle prosequi is a Latin legal phrase meaning "do not pursue [8] The case was the subject of a radio play, Mark Lawson's The Third Soldier Holds His Thighs, on BBC Radio 4 in 2005. Mark Gerard Lawson (born April 11, 1962) is an English journalist broadcaster and author Whitehouse's account of the trial is recorded in A Most Dangerous Woman (ISBN 0-85648-540-3); she was of the opinion that a point had been made, and they had no wish to criminalise Bogdanov, the play's director.

Her supporters claimed that her efforts played a part in the passage of the Protection of Children Act 1978 and the Indecent Displays Act 1981, which concerned sex shops. The Protection of Children Act 1978 is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. In 1984, she mounted a decisive campaign in the UK about "video nasties", which led to the Video Recordings Act of that year. " Video nasty " was a term coined in the United Kingdom in the 1980s that originally applied to a number of Films distributed on Video cassette that The Video Recordings Act 1984 is a UK Act of Parliament that was passed into law in 1984. Additionally, her supporters claimed that the Whitehouse campaigns helped end Channel 4's "red triangle" series of films; claimed by Channel 4 to be intended to warn viewers of material liable to cause offence, the broadcasting of these films had also received criticism from non-supporters of Whitehouse. Channel 4 is a public-service Television and Radio broadcaster in the United Kingdom centred around a television channel of the same name which began The red triangle was She also had a role in the 1990 extension of the Broadcasting Act and the establishment of the Broadcasting Standards Council, which later became the Broadcasting Standards Commission (in 2004, this was subsumed into the Office of Communications). The Broadcasting Act 1990 is a law of the British parliament, often regarded by both its supporters and its critics as a quintessential example of Thatcherism The Office of Communications (Y Swyddfa Gyfathrebiadau or as it is more often known Ofcom is the independent regulator and competition authority for the Communication The Office of Communications (Y Swyddfa Gyfathrebiadau or as it is more often known Ofcom is the independent regulator and competition authority for the Communication

Support base

Her support came from conservatives, many Christians and those who held the view that television directly influenced antisocial behaviour. For much of the 1960s and 1970s, she had more than 250 speaking engagements every year. Among her staunchest allies was the (Catholic) Labour peer Lord Longford, a campaigner against pornography. Francis Aungier Pakenham 7th Earl of Longford, KG, PC ( 5 December 1905 &ndash 3 August 2001) was a She was a leading figure in the Nationwide Festival of Light of 1971, protesting against the commercial exploitation of sex and violence in Britain, and advocating the teaching of Christ as the key to recovering moral stability in the nation. The Nationwide Festival of Light was a Grassroots movement formed by British Christians concerned about the development of the Permissive society

During the 1980s, Mary Whitehouse found an ally in the Conservative government, particularly in Margaret Thatcher. The Conservative Party (officially the Conservative and Unionist Party) is a Political party in the United Kingdom. Margaret Hilda Thatcher Baroness Thatcher LG, OM, PC, FRS (born 13 October 1925 Senior television executives commented that at this time her views were not disregarded lightly, particularly if she had the ear of the Prime Minister. [9] It has been claimed though, that the market orientation of the Thatcher government actually prejudiced that government against Whitehouse in private. [10]

She was appointed CBE in 1980 for her public service. The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British Order of chivalry established on 4 June 1917 by King George V. Year 1980 ( MCMLXXX) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1980 Gregorian calendar)

Retirement

Whitehouse retired as president of the National Viewers' and Listeners' Association in 1994; the Association was re-named mediawatch-uk in 2001. mediawatch-uk, formerly known as the National Viewers' and Listeners' Association (NVALA is a special interest Pressure group in the United Kingdom, which The organisation had about 150,000 supporters through corporate memberships at its peak; members now number fewer than 40,000. In 1997, she damaged her spine in a fall, which severely curbed her campaigning activities.

Death

She died, aged 91, in a nursing home in Colchester, Essex on 23 November 2001. Colchester ( /ˈkəʊltʃɛstə/ is a town and the largest settlement within the borough of Colchester, in Essex, England. Essex is a county in the East of England. The County town is Chelmsford, and the highest point of the county is Chrishall Common Events 800 - Charlemagne arrives at Rome to investigate the alleged crimes of Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. Despite earlier clashes, Michael Grade said of her: "She was very witty, she was a great debater, she was very courageous and she had a very sincere view, but it was out of touch entirely with the real world. Michael Ian Grade CBE (born March 8, 1943) is a British Businessman and a distinguished figure in the field of Broadcasting "[9] The comedian Bernard Manning also commented, "She'll be sadly missed, I imagine, but not by me. Bernard John Manning (13 August 1930 &ndash 18 June 2007 was an English stand-up comedian. "[11]

Legacy

Writing in the Dictionary of National Biography, the philosopher Mary Warnock comments, "Even if her campaigning did not succeed in ‘cleaning up TV’, still less in making it more fit to watch in other ways, she was of serious intent, and was an influence for good at a crucial stage in the development both of the BBC and of ITV. The Dictionary of National Biography ( DNB) is a standard work of reference on notable figures from British history published from 1885 Helen Mary Warnock Baroness Warnock, DBE, FBA (born 14 April 1924) is a British Philosopher of morality, Television ( TV) is a widely used Telecommunication medium for sending ( Broadcasting) and receiving moving Images, either monochromatic Independent Television (generally known as ITV) is a public service network of British commercial television broadcasters set up under the Independent She was not, as the BBC seemed officially to proclaim, a mere figure of fun". [12]

"Mary Whitehouse" on television

There were two notable television comedy creations which may have been based on Whitehouse. Television comedy had a presence from the earliest days of broadcasting

Mrs Whitehouse and her contemporary fellow-campaigner the Dowager Lady Birdwood both wore "swept-up" spectacles, which made them look rather grim and humourless. Jane Birdwood Baroness Birdwood ( May 18 1913 - June 28 2000) was the wife of Lord Birdwood and a leading figure on the Far right Glasses, also called eyeglasses or spectacles, are frames bearing lenses worn in front of the Eyes normally for vision correction, This was seized upon by Barry Humphries for his popular alter ego Dame Edna Everage, to portray a fussy middle-aged woman with outspoken views who always seemed to know best, although Dame Edna's general appearance seemed to owe rather more to Elton John. John Barry Humphries, AO, CBE (born 17 February 1934, Kew, Melbourne, Victoria) is an Australian An alter ego ( Latin, "the other I" is a second self, a second Personality or Persona within a Person Dame Edna Everage is a character played by Australian Comedian Barry Humphries. Sir Elton Hercules John CBE (born Reginald Kenneth Dwight on 25 March 1947 is an English pop / rock Singer, Composer Though the character had long been in Humphries' repertoire during his career in Australia and later, after he had arrived at Private Eye magazine, this characterisation really took the public's fancy. Private Eye is a fortnightly British satirical Magazine, edited by Ian Hislop. Magazines, periodicals or serials are Publications generally published on a regular schedule containing a variety of articles, generally After the emergence of Dame Edna, Mrs Whitehouse rapidly dropped the swept-up spectacles and reverted to conventional frames.

Caroline Aherne came to prominence in her early twenties for her character "Mrs Merton", who was an elderly lady whose dress and the views she expressed were much in line with those attributed to Mary Whitehouse. Caroline Aherne (born 24 December 1963 in Ealing, London) is an English Comedian, Writer and Actress [13]

The Mary Whitehouse Experience was a comedy series which appeared on BBC television from 1990 to 1991. The Mary Whitehouse Experience was a British topical Sketch comedy show produced by the BBC in association with Spitting Image Productions Year 1990 ( MCMXC) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1990 Gregorian calendar) Year 1991 ( MCMXCI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar. The creators named it after Mrs Whitehouse, and at one point the BBC feared that Whitehouse would pursue legal action against the show for using her name. [14]

The clash with the BBC was dramatised in a 90-minute film Filth: The Mary Whitehouse Story, written by Amanda Coe, writer of As If, with Julie Walters portraying Whitehouse, Alun Armstrong her husband Ernest, and Hugh Bonneville playing Greene. As If was a British teen comedy/drama series broadcast on Channel 4 in its native UK Julie Walters, CBE (born 22 February 1950 is an Academy Award -nominated Golden Globe - and BAFTA -award winning English Alun Armstrong (born Alan J Armstrong on 17 July 1946) is an English Actor and Singer, perhaps best known for his role Hugh Bonneville (born 10 November 1963) is an English stage film and television Actor. The Wall to Wall production was screened. Wall to Wall, part of the Shed Media Group, is an independent television production company that produces event specials and drama factual entertainment science and history [15]on 28 May 2008 on BBC2. Events 585 BC - A Solar eclipse occurs as predicted by Greek philosopher and scientist Thales, while Alyattes is battling 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common This also showed a comic scene of dramatic license in which Whitehouse and others called the group 'Clean Up National TV' until her husband pointed out what the initials spelt out - they then changed it to 'Clean Up TV'. Artistic license (also known as dramatic license, poetic license, narrative license, licentia poetica, or simply license) is a colloquial This drama - in comparison to the widespread vilification of Whitehouse in preceding eras - painted a fairly sympathetic portrait of her, while Hugh Greene was portrayed in a rather more caricatured fashion. Two alternative reviews: Emma Cowing in The Scotsman [16] (28 May 2008) and AA. Events 585 BC - A Solar eclipse occurs as predicted by Greek philosopher and scientist Thales, while Alyattes is battling 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Gill in The Sunday Times (1 June 2008)[17]

References

  1. ^ Dictionary of National Biography
  2. ^ Dennis Barker "Mary Whitehouse: Self-appointed campaigner against the permissive society on television", The Guardian, Saturday 24 November, 2001. The Sunday Times is a Sunday Broadsheet Newspaper distributed in the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland. Events 193 - Roman Emperor Didius Julianus is Assassinated 987 - Hugh Capet is elected 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common The Dictionary of National Biography ( DNB) is a standard work of reference on notable figures from British history published from 1885
  3. ^ a b Alan Travis Bound and Gagged: A Secret History of Censorship in Britain, 2000, Profile Books, p231-2.
  4. ^ Radio Times TV Comedy Guide Mark Lewisohn, BBC Books, 8 Oct 1998
  5. ^ a b [1] Mary Whitehouse drama heads for BBC Ben Dowell Friday July 21, 2006
  6. ^ [2]
  7. ^ Watching the detective Mark Lawson, Friday October 31, 2003
  8. ^ BBC "On This Day", March 18th
  9. ^ a b Whitehouse "kept TV on its toes" BBC obituary Friday, 23 November, 2001
  10. ^ Bruce Anderson "A life spent trying in vain to preserve the suburban idyll", The Independent, 26 November 2001, as reproduced on the 'Find Aricles' wensite. Retrieved on 7 March 2008.
  11. ^ Campaigner Mary Whitehouse dies, aged 91 John Ezard, The Guardian, Saturday November 24, 2001
  12. ^ Article on Mary Whitehouse, Mary Warnock, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
  13. ^ Housewife superscourge: We did not deserve Mary Whitehouse. Leader, The Guardian, Saturday November 24, 2001
  14. ^ SOTCAA article on The Mary Whitehouse Experience
  15. ^ Oatts, Joanne (April 18 2007). BBC confirms 'Mary Whitehouse' drama. DigitalSpy. Retrieved on 2007-04-18. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1025 - Bolesław Chrobry is crowned in Gniezno, becoming the first King of Poland.
  16. ^ Emma Cowing, The Scotsman, 28/5/2008 "Maybe Mary Whitehouse was right all along?"
  17. ^ Mary Whitehouse is the real monster The Sunday Times 1 June 2008

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