Not watching the Coronation? What are your plans?

Hannah_Alumni

It's been announced but I haven't seen an airdate yet.

rebel11

Hannah_Scope said:

I think there are boundaries people won't take and it's entirely up to choice. I had friends at university who studied forensics and seeing an autopsy was part of one of the additional modules. One of my friends didn't but some of them did. I studied forensics before university and did an anthropology module, but I had classmates who couldn't bring themselves to do that. 

There are somethings that shouldn't be shown, this is one of them.
Things like 'death' are kind of sacred. 

rebel11

No doubt 'executions' from the States will be next. 

Hannah_Alumni

I can see that point of view, I can also see the side of bodily curiosity and education.

I think the person who is wanting to donate themselves to this has that choice, it's their body. Although I can't imagine any mortician not having respect for someone, I know in the world there probably is some who don't care. I think Channel 4 will do a respectful job and abide the wishes of the person. 

I don't think we'd see that, I think it would class as "profiting" from the crime. 

Cartini

Just jumping in on the autopsy theme; this isn`t the first time there`s been one on tv.  There was one about 2001 / 2002 on Channel 4 and it was conducted by a German Anatomist.  The cadaver had been pickled (for want of an expression) and there were no close up shots.  I stayed up until midnight to watch it, but it wasn`t worth the late night. 

https://www.theguardian.com/media/2002/nov/21/broadcasting.channel4 

Channel 4 also did one last year called "My dead body" (could this be the one you are discussing?), about a young mum who died of cancer.  The big difference between the two is that the one last year was a personal story of her life, including her name and her "journey" with cancer.

https://www.channel4.com/programmes/my-dead-body/on-demand/72879-001

There are scenes of close up dissection in this one.

rebel11

For me it's distasteful. I wonder how the relatives feel, I bet they will be glued. 
I take it they will wait for the participant to die, they have a schedule to keep to, will they hire a hitman or something. 

TV these days is 'junk', we've adopted it from the US. 

Cartini

rebel11 said:

For me it's distasteful. I wonder how the relatives feel, I bet they will be glued. 
I take it they will wait for the participant to die, they have a schedule to keep to, will they hire a hitman or something. 

TV these days is 'junk', we've adopted it from the US. 

I agree entirely with you over junk TV.  We haven`t just adopted junk TV from the yanks, our MPs are acting unprofessionally as the yanks do.

The lady in the documentary donated her body, and her approval, to the world of medicine to do as they wish.

L_Volunteer

I had a lazy morning followed by volunteering and a night watching Netflix 

JessieJ

I look forward to the next autopsy programme, I also watched the controversial one in 2002 & 'My Dead Body'. Both were extremely interesting & very well done.

As was a recent show on the History Channel, 'Royal Autopsy'. That used modern science to do autopsies on Elizabeth I & Charles II. Using prosthetic bodies, historical evidence with modern medical expertise. I hope they do more.

As for the Coronation, I didn't watch any of it. I went out for some fresh air & got some bits of shopping.

Cartini

JessieJ said:

I look forward to the next autopsy programme, I also watched the controversial one in 2002 & 'My Dead Body'. Both were extremely interesting & very well done.

As was a recent show on the History Channel, 'Royal Autopsy'. That used modern science to do autopsies on Elizabeth I & Charles II. Using prosthetic bodies, historical evidence with modern medical expertise. I hope they do more.

As for the Coronation, I didn't watch any of it. I went out for some fresh air & got some bits of shopping.

I watched Royal Autopsy last night - King Charles the 2nd.  It was interesting and I enjoyed the dissection scenes.

pinklady45

I was watching my box set  the bill on UK TV  I dont support the monarchy and thete are better ways to spend 10 million pound