Have you read about Mary Whitehouse — when the lads aired, the UK had three TV channels and she loomed large on all their horizons. She made some real improvements to the UK TV landscape (not least of which was curbing their sense of impunity — she was at heart a consumer champion), but she also had some very conservative views and in the end the public outgrew her.
You can't really explain the superstar status of shows like Pros to a Netflix generation, but everyone you met had seen the show the night before. Given Brian Clemens nature, I think the powers that be just decided to focus on the teenage adulation (and in those more closeted times, they would have assumed that meant the girls all wanted to date the lads, the boys to drive their cars) rather than navel gazing about ethical policing. Pretty much much the way Hollywood has gone with its young adult rated blockbuster franchises.
I think the lads suffered a far better fate than Starsky and Hutch, after their first series they spent the rest of their time helping out girlfriends !
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Date: 2021-04-27 08:43 am (UTC)Have you read about Mary Whitehouse — when the lads aired, the UK had three TV channels and she loomed large on all their horizons. She made some real improvements to the UK TV landscape (not least of which was curbing their sense of impunity — she was at heart a consumer champion), but she also had some very conservative views and in the end the public outgrew her.
You can't really explain the superstar status of shows like Pros to a Netflix generation, but everyone you met had seen the show the night before. Given Brian Clemens nature, I think the powers that be just decided to focus on the teenage adulation (and in those more closeted times, they would have assumed that meant the girls all wanted to date the lads, the boys to drive their cars) rather than navel gazing about ethical policing. Pretty much much the way Hollywood has gone with its young adult rated blockbuster franchises.
I think the lads suffered a far better fate than Starsky and Hutch, after their first series they spent the rest of their time helping out girlfriends !