Statistics say that one in four of us will experience a mental health problem each year, which in turn will affect our loved ones. If you think about it in terms of your family or mates lounging around the sitting room à la Jim and Barbara and their clan on The Royale Family, that’s at least one person on the sofa. Then think about this: according to Broadcaster Audience Research Board’s latest figures, 88 per cent of the TV watched in the UK is linear –or scheduled–and that number gets higher with older viewers. So despite the rise in on-demand television, people still often watch the same programmes at the same time. This, I think, is good news. We know that TV helps start conversations when people are watching the same programmes. And few conversations are as important as talking about mental health.
[For more of this story, written by Sally Newall, go to http://www.independent.co.uk/a...-is-so-a6855391.html]
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