The BBC programme Crisis Command – Could You Run The Country? has just been aired on BBC 1 and another show is currently being aired BBC 4. The show presents a hypothetical scenario to three contestants who have been given the role of managing the country.
According to the BBC they are bringing us:
cutting edge scenarios worth considering in the 21st century.
While it makes interesting viewing, in light of recent events, I feel that their chosen ‘what if situation’; a hurricane, torrential rain, 30ft waves and tidal surges; was in bad taste.
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Mich says
I agree. Given that many people living here will have family going through this ‘for real’ and that we are seeing events as it happens on the news channels I think that the timing of the program was wrong and it should have been aired at a later date.
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Mshairi says
Would they have re-scheduled the programme if the majority of the people affected were of a certain colour?