Channel 4 are doing the right thing.

When Diana& #39;s funeral was shown in 1997, they broadcast cartoons so that children had something to watch. Every other channel showed the funeral.

Channel 4 EXISTS to be an alternative channel. Therefore, it HAS to provide an ALTERNATIVE.

During lockdown, a time of acute mental health crisis nationwide, do you THINK everyone in the UK wants to watch wall-to-wall coverage of a dead bloke, regardless of his caste status?

There& #39;s a difference between & #39;showing respect& #39; and actually arbitrarily derailing daily life.

Channel 4, today, is fulfilling an important social need. I& #39;m sure we can appreciate that more than ever right now.

After George VI passed away, social researchers from Mass-Observation recorded one 60-year-old woman who asked: "Don& #39;t they think of old folk, sick people, invalids? It& #39;s been terrible for them, all this gloom."

They& #39;re the ones who are most likely to be watching daytime TV.

So it& #39;s IMPORTANT that they& #39;re catered for. Big up C4 for their response to today& #39;s news.