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Points of View

1961–2009 · 25 seasons

A gentle, chatty digest of viewer letters that ambles along pleasantly, easy to half-watch while it airs complaints and praise about the week's television.

Genres
Comedy, Animation, Documentary
Starring
Anne Robinson, Terry Wogan, Eamonn Holmes
Overview
Points of View is a long-running British television series broadcast on BBC One. It started in 1961 and features the letters of viewers offering praise, criticism and purportedly witty observations on the television of recent weeks.

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Genres
Comedy, Animation, Documentary
Starring
Anne Robinson, Terry Wogan, Eamonn Holmes
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How it feels

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Tone
  • lightstrength 2 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 1 of 3
  • warmstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
background-friendly, 1 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • media
  • celebrity
Places
None
Era
contemporary
Audience
family
Form
  • anthology
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex none
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action0
Horror0
Humour3
Realism9
Romance0
Tension1
Darkness1
Complexity2
Emotional weight1

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Details

Genres
comedy, animation, documentary, action & adventure
Starring
Anne Robinson, Terry Wogan, Eamonn Holmes, Barry Took, Phil Collinson
Length
25 seasons, 777 episodes, 15 min each
Network
BBC One
Languages
English

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