Children’s TV legend Baroness Floella Benjamin has said that the death of dedicated programming for youngsters is pushing them to adult material on YouTube ‘detrimental to their wellbeing’
Guest editing the Radio 4 Today programme this morning she said “Children’s programmes, as we know them, are in crisis.” adding that she believes not enough is being done to make children’s television ‘for now’.
Interviewed on the same programme
Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy said she written to video sharing platforms like YouTube about children’s TV.
Nandy says she wants to ensure children ‘see and find high quality content’ on the internet while Baroness Kidron – crossbench peer and founder of 5Rights Foundation said that ‘not enough’ is being done to create spaces that support ‘childhood development’.
Benjamin warned that the rise of social media and the decline of children’s TV are “detrimental” to the future of British young people
“Where now is Grange Hill, where now is Byker Grove, where now is Tracy Beaker? Where are all those shows that used to happen?”
