Babestation
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Babestation is a British
soft porn
TV programme aired since 2002. The first and most well-known show of its kind in the UK, it allows viewers to communicate live with female presenters via a premium-rate telephone number
or text messaging
. It is broadcast daily, and since 2006 has had a dedicated channel on Sky.
two-hour programme (11pm-1am) on computer game channel Game Network UK
. Babestation featured two women taking calls (unheard by the TV audience) whilst the rest of the screen was filled by viewers' text messages and one presenter, who improvised and reacted to the messages. The presenter might alternate between the three women throughout the show.
The programme proved profitable to the channel and Babestations makers. In time, Babestation was given bigger time-slots, becoming a three- and then four-hour-long show (11pm-3am), increasing the number of presenters to four or five per night, and improving the technology (the director
could now put women on 'full-screen', having only been able to show them on one-sixth of it before, and hand-held cameras
were introduced, replacing the poorer-quality static remote-controlled ones used originally). Babestation was also sometimes broadcast on Italian
feed of Game Network.
This, along with Game Network's waning commitment to 'video gaming' programmes (as Psychic Interactive was also given a large amount of airtime), caused Game Network to cease to exist in the UK; on 20 February 2006, the channel's name changed to 'Babestation', and on 28 February this channel was moved by Sky to the new "Adult" section of channels, it is also available on Freeview under the Adult Section.
.
These programmes all differ slightly in format and explicitness – Babestation does not show genitals
or sex toy
s, or contain very strong language; since 2004 camera phone
technology has been used to allow viewers to send in pictures of themselves; and the show has always featured adverts for similar services in its commercial breaks
. But the idea is the same – live, unscripted
conversation, advertising a premium rate
number to phone the girls, which makes it a profitable business.
Charlie Brooker
in The Guardian
newspaper accused both presenters and viewers of being "thick" and referred to viewers "begging them to blow kisses and jiggle about a bit".
in a seven-day week, and, for various reasons, they don't often remain in this line of employment in the long term.
Babestation cast includes:
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The full list of current models include:
Former models include:
British television
Public television broadcasting started in the United Kingdom in 1936, and now has a collection of free and subscription services over a variety of distribution media, through which there are over 480 channelsTaking the base Sky EPG TV Channels. A breakdown is impossible due to a) the number of...
soft porn
Softcore
Softcore pornography is a form of filmic or photographic pornography or erotica that is less sexually explicit than hardcore pornography. It is intended to tickle and arouse men and women. Softcore pornography depicts nude and semi-nude performers engaging in casual social nudity or non-graphic...
TV programme aired since 2002. The first and most well-known show of its kind in the UK, it allows viewers to communicate live with female presenters via a premium-rate telephone number
Premium-rate telephone number
Premium-rate telephone numbers are telephone numbers for telephone calls during which certain services are provided, and for which prices higher than normal are charged. Unlike a normal call, part of the call charge is paid to the service provider, thus enabling businesses to be funded via the calls...
or text messaging
Short message service
Short Message Service is a text messaging service component of phone, web, or mobile communication systems, using standardized communications protocols that allow the exchange of short text messages between fixed line or mobile phone devices...
. It is broadcast daily, and since 2006 has had a dedicated channel on Sky.
History
Babestation began in late 2002, as a post-watershedWatershed (television)
In television, the term watershed denotes the time period in a television schedule during which programs with adult content can air....
two-hour programme (11pm-1am) on computer game channel Game Network UK
Game Network
Game Network was a European online game and television network company. It was initially owned by Digital Bros. group, but was later sold to Cellcast...
. Babestation featured two women taking calls (unheard by the TV audience) whilst the rest of the screen was filled by viewers' text messages and one presenter, who improvised and reacted to the messages. The presenter might alternate between the three women throughout the show.
The programme proved profitable to the channel and Babestations makers. In time, Babestation was given bigger time-slots, becoming a three- and then four-hour-long show (11pm-3am), increasing the number of presenters to four or five per night, and improving the technology (the director
Television director
A television director directs the activities involved in making a television program and is part of a television crew.-Duties:The duties of a television director vary depending on whether the production is live or recorded to video tape or video server .In both types of productions, the...
could now put women on 'full-screen', having only been able to show them on one-sixth of it before, and hand-held cameras
Professional video camera
A professional video camera is a high-end device for creating electronic moving images...
were introduced, replacing the poorer-quality static remote-controlled ones used originally). Babestation was also sometimes broadcast on Italian
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
feed of Game Network.
This, along with Game Network's waning commitment to 'video gaming' programmes (as Psychic Interactive was also given a large amount of airtime), caused Game Network to cease to exist in the UK; on 20 February 2006, the channel's name changed to 'Babestation', and on 28 February this channel was moved by Sky to the new "Adult" section of channels, it is also available on Freeview under the Adult Section.
A new type of show
Babestation was a unique style of TV programme in Britain. Despite not being popular, and having low production values, Babestation produced many clones that can all be seen as originating from its format; see televised sex lineTelevised sex line
The televised sex line is a style of pornographic television programming that has developed in Europe since 2001. Broadcast live from a studio, the shows usually feature female presenters advertising a phone sex line at a premium rate, through which callers can also see the woman they are talking...
.
These programmes all differ slightly in format and explicitness – Babestation does not show genitals
Sex organ
A sex organ, or primary sexual characteristic, as narrowly defined, is any of the anatomical parts of the body which are involved in sexual reproduction and constitute the reproductive system in a complex organism; flowers are the reproductive organs of flowering plants, cones are the reproductive...
or sex toy
Sex toy
A sex toy is an object or device that is primarily used to facilitate human sexual pleasure. The most popular sex toys are designed to resemble human genitals and may be vibrating or non-vibrating...
s, or contain very strong language; since 2004 camera phone
Camera phone
A camera phone is a mobile phone which is able to capture still photographs . Since early in the 21st century the majority of mobile phones in use are camera phones....
technology has been used to allow viewers to send in pictures of themselves; and the show has always featured adverts for similar services in its commercial breaks
Television advertisement
A television advertisement or television commercial, often just commercial, advert, ad, or ad-film – is a span of television programming produced and paid for by an organization that conveys a message, typically one intended to market a product...
. But the idea is the same – live, unscripted
Improvisation
Improvisation is the practice of acting, singing, talking and reacting, of making and creating, in the moment and in response to the stimulus of one's immediate environment and inner feelings. This can result in the invention of new thought patterns, new practices, new structures or symbols, and/or...
conversation, advertising a premium rate
Premium-rate telephone number
Premium-rate telephone numbers are telephone numbers for telephone calls during which certain services are provided, and for which prices higher than normal are charged. Unlike a normal call, part of the call charge is paid to the service provider, thus enabling businesses to be funded via the calls...
number to phone the girls, which makes it a profitable business.
Charlie Brooker
Charlie Brooker
Charlton "Charlie" Brooker is a British journalist, comic writer and broadcaster. His style of humour is savage and profane, with surreal elements and a consistent satirical pessimism...
in The Guardian
The Guardian
The Guardian, formerly known as The Manchester Guardian , is a British national daily newspaper in the Berliner format...
newspaper accused both presenters and viewers of being "thick" and referred to viewers "begging them to blow kisses and jiggle about a bit".
Cast
The women have almost complete freedom to say what they want. Presenters rotate nightly, often doing between one and four shiftsShift work
Shift work is an employment practice designed to make use of the 24 hours of the clock. The term "shift work" includes both long-term night shifts and work schedules in which employees change or rotate shifts....
in a seven-day week, and, for various reasons, they don't often remain in this line of employment in the long term.
Babestation cast includes:
- Alexa Heart
- Allanah
- Amanda Rendall
- Amber James
- Anastasia Harris
- Antoinette
- Anya
- Ava Blue
- Camilla Jane
- Carmen Scott
- Charlie C
- Cherri
- Chrissy
- Dani O'Neal
- Danni King
- Daryl Morgan
- Ella Jolie
- Georgie Darby
- Geri
- Gracie Lewis
- Hannah Claydon
- Jada Gold
- Jessica Lloyd
- Jessica Spencer
- Jo Laurence
- Kandi Kay
- Kara
- Kayleigh
- Kerry Louise
- Khloe
- Leah Jaye
- Lolly BadcockLolly Badcock__notoc__Lolly Badcock is a former English pornographic actress and glamour model. Lolly was referred to as a "star name in the world of adult British porn" by Ric Porter....
- Louise Porter
- Megan Coxx
- Megan Moore
- Michelle MoistMichelle MoistMichelle Moist is a model, pornographic actress, DJ and Vocalist. She has appeared on adult websites and in adult magazines such as Escort...
- Paige Tyler
- Preeti Young
- Priya Young
- Ree Petra
- Rio Lee
- Rosie Lee
- Sarah Matty
- Sasha
- Siobhan Hughes
- Tammy Taylor
- Tiffany Chambers
- Tiffany Kingston
- Tommie Jo
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Masti Chat
Masti Chat is a block on Babestation which allows British Asians to connect with British Asian glamour models. It broadcasts from Monday to Sunday every week from 1PM till 9PM, normally two girls at a time.Plus a night show also airs called Masti Nights which is broadcasts sometimes on Babestation2The full list of current models include:
- Anita
- Ayesha
- Aziza
- Jazz
- Mariam
- Priyanka
- Sahara
- Sanam
- Shanti
- Sitara
- Tanya
Former models include:
- Kiran Khan
- Laila
- Lalita
- Maya
- Mai Bailey
- Priya Young
- Raani
- Sarina
Similar and sister programmes
- Babecast (a.k.a. BabeCast XXX) has been broadcast since 2003 on Friendly TVFriendly TVFriendly TV was a British television station, owned by Telecoms TV Limited . Much of the channels output is made up of interactive programmes and games which allow the viewer to phone in or send an SMS message to take part in the programme....
, and is owned by the same company as Babestation: it is sometimes filmed in the same studio, and presenters rotate between the two programmes. Friendly TV was originally in the 100-200 channel numbers on Sky, but on 28 February 2006 it moved to ch. 908 (now 907), in the Adult section of channels (like Babestation).
- Babestation 2 is broadcast on ch. 909, Get Lucky TV, initially a phone-in quizQuizA quiz is a form of game or mind sport in which the players attempt to answer questions correctly. In some countries, a quiz is also a brief assessment used in education and similar fields to measure growth in knowledge, abilities, and/or skills.Quizzes are usually scored in points and many...
/gamblingGamblingGambling is the wagering of money or something of material value on an event with an uncertain outcome with the primary intent of winning additional money and/or material goods...
channel, although the channel's name now carries the more sexual meaning of "get lucky" because of its content. Babestation 2 features one or two Babestation presenters; now, instead of dividing up the screen of Babestation, its makers can put women on the extra channel.
- Meet the Babes was a half-hour documentary broadcast on Sumo TVSumo TVSumo TV Is a free-to-air television channel owned by Cellcast Group. On 1 July 2006, You TV was relabelled as Sumo TV. Sumo TV was officially launched on 28 November 2006 claiming to be the world's first user-content TV channel...
(ch. 146) in 2006. This featured interviews with Babestation babes, and was repeated endlessly (along with Live XXX TVLive XXX TvLive XXX TV was an interactive televised sex line aired in many western European nations on Sky Digital. The channel was shown between the hours of 21:00 and 05:30 each night, with a subscription required after 23:30.-History:...
/Sex StationSex StationSex Station is a British pornographic television programme, a televised sex line broadcast 24 Hours a day on the internet at www.sexstationtv.com. It was previously aired at nights on Lucky Star and Live XXX.-History:...
s Porn Star Diaries) in a three-hour nightly segment.
- Party People is broadcast daily between 11am and 8pm on Get Lucky TV (ch. 909).
- Lads Lounge (ch. 906) is a daytime format of Babestation