And then there were none. Big Brother staggered over the line last week. Did you notice? Very few did. Channel 4 put on a thin smile to go with the thin ratings and said it had no plans to dump the show. It may be expensive, repetitive, vacuous, as tedious as being a security guard in Mothercare, morally indefensible, artistically laughable and a humiliating waste of time for any intelligent grown-up to be involved with, but still it attracts a worthwhile audience of barely pubescent children, which advertisers in particular seem to enjoy.
So there you have it. Big Brother: not actually made for the audience, but made for the advertisements. Nice. Big Brother desperately needs to be put in Room 101. And, instead of trying to manipulate imbeciles for the entertainment and manipulation of other imbeciles, they might like to try telling stories using actors. Kids seem to like that.
Timesonline
