I'm not too upset about the block more bummed as I enjoyed reading about pres from outside my own sphere.

Just sucks that there was no warning given before the block and when given a reason after the fact it seemed very "PR", but hey it's their forum and they owe no one an explanation for blocks ...

cdd wrote: Fri 01 Aug, 2025 03.56

Tardisrotor wrote: Thu 31 Jul, 2025 15.13I do fear that our little hobby will soon go the way of the dodo

It probably will / has, but that's more to do with television dying as a medium than forum "changes and politics". TBH I only look at the historical threads on Pres Cafe.

Times change and so must we...damn shame though.

Agree 100 percent. I'm autistic (sorry if I've mentioned it before) and TVF etc have been a source of great comfort to me. The changes and "politics" are heartbreaking. I do fear that our little hobby will soon go the way of the dodo

Don't know if this is suitable but there is an Australian forum called "Media Spy" which is naturally Austro-centric but it does have a British sub-section

https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/british-television/667

Newspapers.

I'm thinking of another word starting with B....

Kim Kardashian as the lead on the ten? Who on earth thought that would be a good idea

There are one or two people on there who do nothing but big up Channel 5 and it really winds me up. I don't understand how anyone can act so fanatically over a not-very-good TV channel.


I'll grant you that Channel 5 has its hits and misses but so does every station. To me its come on in ...

By all means identify as a man or woman but accept the fact that in the eyes of the law your biology can't be changed


Trans people would disagree with that statement. They're given hormone therapy which gives them for example the ability to grow beards as trans men for example.

That doesn ...

i think many people are getting het up about this. No-one is saying that trans-people are less than male and female its a necessary clarification over a person's biological gender.

By all means identify as a man or woman but accept the fact that in the eyes of the law your biology can't be changed

Damn, I wish people would respect the "sex-based rights" of my cis lesbian friends who keep getting aggro in women's toilets for not looking sufficiently feminine enough which often leaves them having to brave the gents with shewees. I would love it if people would utilise their right to mind ...