is anyone watching big brother this year?

[Alan Dale]

*Bob* just threw his balls over his shoulder and said what everyone suspects which is that as Brian is such a diamond and she so obviously likes him then her only plausible reason for not getting involved is that she's a bit race shy.

It's not exactly Emily and the 'n' word but the accusation is now finally out there...

[char1ie]

And Brian is very dark. I keep adjusting the contrast on the flat screen when he's in the diary room. He's also very sweet, very naive and very funny. He could win. But I think it'll be Liam.

Charlie

[Alan Dale]

If you really think he'll win then at 44 he is a very generous bet.

http://sports.betfair.com/Index.do?mi=20439748&ex=1

As I'm sure you know a ?10 bet at that price would give you a profit of ?430 if you won...

[*Bob*]

I'm sure Brian won't win, but at 44 it might be worth a punt.

Who've you put your money on?

[Jah Lush]

Seems there's only four or five of you watching it this year, the ratings can't be much more than that either. Personally I'd rather nail my cock to the floor than ever watch it again. Odds-on cert it'll be dropped after this series.

[*Bob*]

Oops.. you meant Liam is 44, not Brian.

*excitement subsides, wallet put away*

[*Bob*]

The ratings have been pretty good, C4 is coining it in on the phone lines, and C4 have signed for at least another few series (I forget how many)

Sorry, Jah.

[Jah Lush]

S'right *Bob* I don't have to watch it do I?

[Asset]

yeah but it clogs up the channel when they could be putting on some nice art-house films or summing.

[AnotherPaul]

big what?

[Ladygooner]

Not even watched a nano second of it. I hear the Celebrity one for the New Year has been cancelled. Lets hope they do the same to the Plebs one for next year.

[mamafeelgood]

maybe they should seriously consider just dedicating a freeview channel to it next year. i totally agree that it clogs up channel 4 prime time but believe it or not it is still massively succesful. channel 4 seem to be creating new +1 channels left right and centre, they should just dedicate 2 months of c4+1 a year to 100% dedicated BB programming and leave c4 to the rest of us!

i cannot believe that they are evicting so many people in one final night. tonights chapter feels just like some mid series lull, not the one before the end. very strange ...

[mamafeelgood]

oh my god the twin and brian are not sure what the universe is. i am not sure if this is a set up or for real.

[char1ie]

mamafeelgood Wrote:

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> oh my god the twin and brian are not sure what the

> universe is. i am not sure if this is a set up or

> for real.

Bless.

Charlie

[mockney piers]

Jah, celebrity BB is being dropped, but sadly Endemol are contracted to make it until 2010, 3 more of the horror shows still to come.

Personally I was barely even aware it was happening this time, I only got sucked in once, but the "jade, have you been at the stupid pills again?" conversation actually almost made it worthwhile!!

[Jah Lush]

2010! Ye Gods Mockers. *Writes furious letter to Channel 4*. Grrr!

[*Bob*]

C'mon folks.. there are more insidious things on the telly.

The ITV 'news', for example. Golf. Endless cookery programmes. Doing up you new home on the property ladder in the sun. Golf. Serial dramas which are based in a medical facility. The national lottery. Quiz shows. Britain's strongest man. Jamie Oliver ("delish'..!". Makeover shows. GOLF.

I could go on.

[Jah Lush]

Totally agree with you there *Bob*. The telly is full of shite! Too many bloody soaps as well if you ask me. I'd like to see something like Play For Day brought back, dunno if you remember that of course but you'd usually get a good drama, well acted, thought provoking maybe and proper entertainment. Things like Nuts In May and Abigail's Party came from that. Brilliant stuff.

[*Bob*]

The problem with TV these days is 'money', 'imagination', 'talent' and 'bottle'. With all four elements in place, it's still possible for a mere British (or co-british) 'television programme' to be astoundingly good. Something like 'Band of Brothers' springs to mind. Which I suppose only goes to show how infrequently it happens.

With combinations of some elements, you can still get something worthy of a round of applause. Dragon's Den. BB (when it started). Wife Swap (ditto). The Apprentice. This Week.

Unfortunately there's no money to spend. It's very hard to come-up with anything genuinely 'different'. Lenny Henry's phone is still ringing - and less and less execs want to stick their necks out and take a chance on something.

And that's when you end-up with 80+ episodes of 'My Family'.

[Alan Dale]

I was thinking of not watching Big Brother this year but I couldn't be arsed with all the associated showing off. Don't you get tired of telling people you aren't watching a nano-second of it?

It doesn't really ring true when people bang on about not watching it. Watch what you want but don't get virtuous about it.

I also like golf.

[Jah Lush]

I'm not being virtuous about it Alan and golf is a game played by men with small balls.

[*Bob*]

Alan.. Not watching BB is a badge of honour these days.

It means 'you're a better person' and implies that instead you spend the time improving yourself at evening classes or turning the box off and having a fulfilling conversation with your partner or building a replica of the Ark Royal out of matchsticks or checking-up on your elderly neighbours.

PS - sorry to hear about the Golf.

[Alan Dale]

If it's any consolation I'm crap at golf.

Maybe I can claw back some credibility by missing tonight's final to get absolutely shit-stack leathered in any one of a multitude of East Dulwich pubs.

Wake up confused and covered in bruises only to realise I came home without my wheelchair...

[Jah Lush]

Now that's a bloody good idea. It's exactly the sort of thing I intend to do, especially as its Poets Day.

[*Bob*]

As it happens, I won't be watching the final.. I've a birthday to attend.

My girlfriend and I once faked an Emergency-I've-Been-Called-Away-type-phone-call - at the farewell party of some folks who were going to live in New Zealand - so we could go home and watch the results of 'Pop Idol'.

Some things are just too important to miss.