# UK TV Policy On Terrorist Attack **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [September 13, 2001, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-tv-policy-on-terrorist-attack/81447 "2001-09-13T21:14:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Chez\_Guevara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/aeb1de/32.png) [@Chez\_Guevara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chez_Guevara)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2001, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-tv-policy-on-terrorist-attack/81447/1 "2001-09-13T21:14:39Z")
Tonight, the BBC has cancelled its plans to show _Dropzone_, a movie featuring a plane hijack, and substituted another film in its stead. Is this policy followed by US channels, or does it vary from station to station? Or what? ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2001, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-tv-policy-on-terrorist-attack/81447/2 "2001-09-13T21:25:00Z")
I read on Ain’t it Cool News that one of the major US networks is cancelling its plans to show the movie Independence Day this Sunday… ---
**Author:** ![friedo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8edcca/32.png) [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2001, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-tv-policy-on-terrorist-attack/81447/3 "2001-09-13T21:33:55Z")
It’s up to each network, but most are looking very carefully at what they are airing. I know one station that was planning to air _Independence Day_ (in which the Empire State Building and White House are blown up by aliens) is airing a comedy instead (_Mrs. Doubtfire_, I think). Also FOX was going to show The X-Files movie (in which a federal building is destroyed by a bomb) but will be showing something else. The producers of the _Spider Man_ movie have pulled a trailer which features a scene involving the WTC. The sequence was made for the trailer but is not in the movie which will be released on schedule. Some unreleased movies, such as _Collateral Damage_ are being shelved for a while because they contain plots involving terrorism. All this info from the radio this morning.