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But I sent it to their letters page because I'm heartily sick of the sneering attitude they take to Big Brother. Hardly a week goes by where one of their columnists or interviewees doesn't take a swipe at BB, so this is what i sent them, after yet another snidey rant by their chief reviewer:


OK, Alison Graham, we get it - you don't like Big Brother. Scarcely a week goes by without some dig or other, both at the show itself and at the intelligence of those who watch it. This week's offering (regarding final night) marvelled at how anyone might even remember it's still on, plus sneering references to the winner being 'crowned' before a 'baying mob'.
 
It's trendy to knock BB, with the laziest insults usually coming from people who have never watched it. It might interest Alison to know that the people she routinely slates as stupid, wannabes and freaks have this year included a medical student, a maths whiz from Oxford University and a journalist.
 
As a viewer since series one, I've constantly enjoyed seeing how people interact with each other and how their relationships develop under the spotlight. But I can't stand The Bill (10 years past it) or Mistresses (infantile pap), both of which received lavish praise in RT from Alison this week.
 
I also loathe X Factor (deemed worthy of a cover pic by RT), Strictly, I'm A Celebrity, Masterchef and all the CSI variants, but I wouldn't mock people who do, or call for such shows to be banned.
 
So, with only a couple of weeks remaining, would it be asking too much that those of us who DO enjoy big Brother might be allowed to check the listings without being sneered at?
 

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Well said! I am mocked at work for watching BB but these same people watch all these awful " "OMG look at the suffering people in hospital documentaries" and just about every soap opera going.
That is their perogative - we all have ways of relaxing, I don't insult them for being morbid ambulance chasers so they should kindly do the same to me,
FM
Excellent letter Dem 

i don't know why people think that BB viewers must be lacking in the intelligence department, it's the sort of programme that appeals across the board as can be seen from spending 5 minutes on any forum.

I went to a conference dinner once, full of Doctors, professors and Phds galore and one of the BB psychs was there...and no-one showed any interest in talking about anything else but the BB housemates
DanceSettee
If I could afford the Radio Times each week, I would buy it as I like it, and is a good read - however, the only one I ever buy these days is the Christmas one.
Well said to them, Toid - my thoughts exactly.  Though of course I have not read the digs in the RT, why should we be made to feel ashamed to be fans of BB, though I am often laughed/sneered at /looked at in amazement for liking it.
Moomin
I once had a colleague get up and came over from his desk just to tell me how he couldn't understand why I would watch Big Brother and how trashy it was.  Of course, he thought nothing of vegetating in front of cricket and football.  Nothing wrong with that of course, but it's certainly not intellectually superior.

I like a good football match but I'm constantly amazed at blokes who sit in front of football night after night after night on Sky Sports, watching little else seems a very narrow viewing experience. 

I don't quite understand the venom that is directed at BB.  The BBC's own celebrity Masterchief features celebrities cooking, hardly intellectual, but wouldn't be so bad if we were spared the ridiculous hyperbole of 'Cooking doesn't come more difficult than this" and the absurdly menacing background synthesizer chords that kick in every ten seconds as if Driller Killer is just around corner (watch it with this in mind you'll see what I mean). 

What's 'strictly' if not a program where we have reality show type scenarios, 'journeys' and we're supposed to be ponder if dancers are shagging or not.

BB could be a hell of a lot more tacky than it is.  For instance, we could have the cynical pulls on the heartstrings that goes with the X Factor, Imagine the kind of melodramatic music that the X Factor uses when a housemate spills their heart in the diary room.  Thank goodness we don't have housemates in tears saying how they're doing BB for the their grandmother who has cancer or because they were bullied at school.
Carnelian
Reference: Carnelian
The BBC's own celebrity Masterchief features celebrities cooking, hardly intellectual, but wouldn't be so bad if we were spared the ridiculous hyperbole of 'Cooking doesn't come more difficult than this" and the absurdly menacing background synthesizer chords that kick in every ten seconds as if Driller Killer is just around corner (watch it with this in mind you'll see what I mean).
Oh, I know. And I can't stand the breathy voice of that woman who does the narration. You'd think she was commentating on open heart surgery.

"...and Derek has made boil-in-the-bag cod, with Pot Noodle garnish.."
Demantoid
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and the absurdly menacing background synthesizer chords that kick in every ten seconds as if Driller Killer is just around corner (watch it with this in mind you'll see what I mean).
no i won't if you don't mind....someone told me that the Mastermind theme sounded like a one legged pirate coming down the stairs....now i can't get it out of my head 
DanceSettee

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