To My Enemies Who Blame Arts & Entertainment for Human Depravity


Lizzie-Borden-9219858-1-402"A female Detective Constable:

You show violence on TV, it promotes violence.

Dr. Tony Hill (clinical psychologist and police consultant):

Oh, yeah? What shows did Jack the Ripper watch?  Did Christie have cable?  No.  The desire to act the way these killers do is already in there.  We breed them – society, not television.  And if it wasn't television in this case it would be something else – brown hair, blue eyes…"

                     Wire in the Blood, Season 3, episode 3: Nothing But the Night

                   Written by Alan Whiting (based on novels by Val McDermid)