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Join our campaign to 'Ban Big Brother'


Cast your mind back nine years to the first series of Big Brother when Nasty Nick’s scandalous lies and manipulation of the voting process whipped the nation into a frenzy and made the front page of every national newspaper in the UK.

Ten series later and the show has barely raised a mutter at the water cooler let alone sparked serious debate on news and chat shows nationwide.

Today the show has become dull and predictable receiving its lowest viewing figures to date thanks to a houseful of forgettable teens and twenty-something's desperate to forge out a career in front of the camera lens. Who can even remember the boring but nice winner of last year’s show, Rachel Rice?


Playing out pointless tasks and done-before stunts the show does little more than irritate its viewers, let alone make it into the tabloids. Not good news for a programme which paved the way for a new genre and made reality TV history.

Worryingly, there’s a Big Brother 11 in the pipeline but can Channel 4 really recapture the attention of its lost viewers? In our opinion it’s time to call it a day on the show and appreciate what was once a great reality TV show but is now sadly just mere meaningless drivel.

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I can't get behind that campaign... cos its slating Big Brother.

We know the problem with it, is Channel 4... not the Big Brother format. If Virgin are after buying it, then shouldn't they either keep schtum (and let Channel 4 continue doing it badly) or be bigging it up....

I want another company to take over Big Brother so badly.... but not like this!
Dirtyprettygirlthing
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Originally posted by Ruthy_Babes:
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Originally posted by Videostar:
Now that I have SKY television I think they should get it. Big Grin


Ooo.. no.. I've got Virgin ! Shake Head

I'm with Virgin too Ruthy... and we get a lot of Sky programming now, don't we?
I think Endemol wouldn't release the rights unless one or other agreed to share the broadcasts... after all, whoever gets the rights they will want the largest audience anyway for the voting money and advertising revenue. Thumbs Up
Xochi
WELL it IS SHIT!!!
I am sorry but as it is at the moment it might as well be banned, Channel4 are terrified, and runing scared, thats the reason for no 24/7 LF,
they have also sold out to the "pop" and "celeb" culture,
what started out as a "social experiment" is now just ANOTHER so called "reality" show, this show set the standard when it first started out, NOW its a joke, its so bad now that many people have become "closet" viewers, I certainly am wary about who I ADMIT to watching it to,
It should be either scrapped or sold to a company with slightly larger balls than the ONCE groundbreaking channel 4,
BUT, and it is a BIG but (not sophies....ouch)
you have to remember that WHOEVER controls it WILL be a tv station, and will ALSO be constrained by the broacasting standards rules,
and basicaly THIS means IF YOU BROADCAST IT, YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR IT,
no amount of "disclaimers" about bad language or nudity etc can get around that,
so I suppose its the broadcasting standards (or who ever it is who make and enforce the rules)
that NEED to change,
or BB (whoe ever shows it) WONT, Nod
old hippy guy
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Originally posted by Xochiquetzal:
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Originally posted by Ruthy_Babes:
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Originally posted by Videostar:
Now that I have SKY television I think they should get it. Big Grin


Ooo.. no.. I've got Virgin ! Shake Head

I'm with Virgin too Ruthy... and we get a lot of Sky programming now, don't we?
I think Endemol wouldn't release the rights unless one or other agreed to share the broadcasts... after all, whoever gets the rights they will want the largest audience anyway for the voting money and advertising revenue. Thumbs Up


We do.. and the V+ box can record 2 at the same time whereas I think the Sky+ box can only do 1.. Although bizarrely even with the large TV package there's no ITV2+1 .. And the one and only extra function I wanted for the phone, caller display, they can't do in my area..typical ..
Ruthy_Babes

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