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Wednesday, September 12

My Big Bother




Article by Robert Skelly (19, NIDYA)

Photo by Matthew Cromie (NIDYA)

REALITY TV show Big Brother started on 18th July 2000 on Channel Four and has been hosted by Davina McCall and Dermot O’Leary.
In the beginning I thought Big Brother was brilliant, thrilling and exciting. And just as I expected, it was great to talk and gossip with friends about the famous and not-so-famous housemates. It was amazing to see them having sex, arguments and messing around.

But after a few series the show changed following the race row with Jade Goody. She and two other housemates were involved in the controversy with Shilpa Shetty. The Indian film star was attacked over her race and country of origin. This made me feel incredibly angry because they showed Shilpa no respect. This not only affected me but I feel it had an impact on the whole society.

It had a bad influence on schools, education, families and friends. I love TV shows such as X Factor, Dancing On Ice and I’m A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here! These programmes are better than BB because it’s clean fun yet remains very entertaining.

I would like Big Brother to be less offensive but I don’t think it will because Channel Four executives don’t care how it affects people and are only interested in gaining more viewers.
I think the only option for Big Brother is to end because of its negative impact on society.

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