It is a source of constant irritation to me that TV viewers – some TV viewers that is – will apparently complain at the drop of a hat about a programme they’ve chosen to watch.

And given that pretty much every show on earth has a ‘blurb’ describing its content, both in print and online, and – for those who have digital TV – via the ‘Info’ button, there can surely be no excuse for watching something you’re likely to find upsetting?

Yet people continue to do so, then whine about it later.

The latest example of this being the fifty some viewers who complained about seeing bull calves being killed in a recent edition of Jimmy and the Giant Supermarket.

In the Channel 4 programme, presenter Jimmy Doherty revealed that thousands of bull calves are shot because, given that they are unable to produce milk and there’s next to no demand for their meat, rosé veal… Read more & comment »