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Channel 4s reality show Big Brother is to to end after the current series. Though the producers say that the programme has reached its ‘natural’ end they agree that falling viewing figures was a factor in their decision.
I’m not surprised, for these so-called reality shows have become boring in the extreme and, let’s face it, are just vehicles enabling people to humiliate themselves in front of millions of viewers. Speaking for myself, I want to be entertained not subjected to watching someone come to pieces and descend into a nervous wreck after other competitors have mentally brutalised them.
There was, I thought at one time, a danger that these shows would in their own way take on the mantle of the Roman gladiatorial games. But a new breed of reality shows have sprung up to replace them. Strictly Come Dancing is just one example which readily comes to mind, and there are a number of others in which people are encouraged in positive ways to excel at something they haven’t done before.
With so much unhappiness around, it’s good to see some people getting up and doing something new. Even if some of them are being paid to do so!
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Channel 4s reality show Big Brother is to to end after the current series. Though the producers say that the programme has reached its ‘natural’ end they agree that falling viewing figures was a factor in their decision.
I’m not surprised, for these so-called reality shows have become boring in the extreme and, let’s face it, are just vehicles enabling people to humiliate themselves in front of millions of viewers. Speaking for myself, I want to be entertained not subjected to watching someone come to pieces and descend into a nervous wreck after other competitors have mentally brutalised them.
There was, I thought at one time, a danger that these shows would in their own way take on the mantle of the Roman gladiatorial games. But a new breed of reality shows have sprung up to replace them. Strictly Come Dancing is just one example which readily comes to mind, and there are a number of others in which people are encouraged in positive ways to excel at something they haven’t done before.
With so much unhappiness around, it’s good to see some people getting up and doing something new. Even if some of them are being paid to do so!
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