Not sure how you can think this was 'amazing' tv - impossible to buy into the narrative in any meaningful way.

Quite clear that it would never happen, so the whole show fails - which can't be said for sci-fi or fantasy where the 'story world' is built so you can buy into the impossible (time travel or super powers).

A PM f

king a pig on national tv in current UK society is not plausible.

The only point that was arguably implausible was the demand itself. People have been kidnapped in the past, and will be kidnapped again in the future. If that was the condition for release, can you see the PM not doing it? Putting his own dignity before someone else's life? Its morally completely unjustifiable.

Ceding to demands of terrorists/kidnappers/blackmailers is unjustifiable.

But, the point is that the premise marred an otherwise interesting examination of media, social media, politics and popularity .etc.

It would have been more interesting examination of society had the PM been expected to perform a homosexual act - the reaction to THAT request would have been more telling of society, the viewer etc than the implausible pig f

king.

I actually thought the choice of pig was reference to certain religious views on open-hoofed-eat-anything animals. Therefore, it led the viewer down the wrong path of possible kidnapers.

Where as a 'homosexual' encounter would leave pretty much all religious options open.

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This thread just popped up and I clicked on it wondering what it was about. Then I started freaking out due to the fact that I started it and had no recollection of it whatsoever. eek