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Mark Kelly is fed up with the soaps treating the Irish as one-dimensional characters, in particular the Musgroves in BROOKSIDE. Reply from Phil Redmond (Exec prod. Brookside). Alison Brunning wants to know shy sci-fi is treated so badly on Channel 4? The scheduling of BABYLON 5 has been erratic and inappropriate. The scheduling of the final five episodes produced hundreds of complaints. Comment from John Ainsworth (Science Fiction Journalist). Andrew Weston-Webb is annoyed by the lack of respect for the credits at the end of programmes, particularly on children's television. Why do they do it? Reply Joe Godwin (Editor, Children's Presentation, BBC) and Nigel Pickard (Controller of Children's Programmes, ITV). Filmed intv Lady Howe (Chairman, BSC) regarding the BSC's findings on sex on television announced earlier this week. Gill Lee comments on the relaunched new programmes, CHANNEL FOUR NEWS and NEWSNIGHT. Does changing the decor boost the ratings? reply Jim Gray (Editor, Channel 4 News). Followed by a studio discussion with Stewart Purvis (Chief Executive, ITN), Richard Clemmow (Head of News Programmes, BBC) and GL.