I was somewhat aghast last night whilst watching the BAFTA awards on TV.
The first shock was to see that One Born Every Minute was a nomination in the Factual Series category. The second and most awful shock was that the programme actually won.
The team, upon receiving their award, proudly expressed their joy and delight. One of the main reasons being that they didn't use commentary as they did not want to lead the viewer.
What they did do through careful editing, was to lead the viewer to believe that ALL birth is dangerous; that the woman needs to be saved; all birth support (men) are a total waste of space and that the midwives seemed reluctant or unable to demonstrate the support skills necessary to promote normal, spontaneous births.
Oops...I forgot, there was a 3 minute segment of a waterbirth and let's not forget the wonderful work of midwife Lorraine, who managed at least, to get one woman off her back to have her baby.
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