thediaryroomchair
17-06-2017, 10:23 AM
I first watched Big Brother in General Studies in 2000 with two friends of mine in sixth form.
It was on during that Summer and whilst I watched a few shows and knew of the Nasty Nick affair it was not until I had watched some episodes in the lessons we had that I was admittedly intrigued and just hooked.
As the seasons followed, the series got better. For me, Big Brothers 3, 5, 7 and 9 were very good with a diverse range of housemates, many personality clashes and well executed twists and turns that made for thrilling television.
For every Big Brother 3 and 5, there was series 4 which was dull, uninteresting and underwhelming and series 8 which started with an all female launch which was an idea which was poorly executed by its producers.
It seemed inevitable that the axe would fall as Channel 4's interest in Big Brother seemed to diminish and they seemed to want to wash their hands of the show which was giving them audiences of 3-4 million a night even in 2007.
When the curtains came down in 2010, people still wanted Big Brother and many argued that it could be revived. Marcus Bentley said whilst presiding over the "funeral" for BB, that it would be revived in the house highlights "in a sure hope of a resurrection somewhere".
That somewhere was Channel 5 and hopes were high they would save Big Brother. They have done anything but that. They have turned something which was once a social experiment into a bastardised hideous caricature of what it once was.
We first have the hilarious over-exaggerated voice over from Marcus Bentley. His voice is unbearable now especially with the early series on Channel 5 where he would bellow: "yooooou arrrreee the winnnnnnnneerrrrrrrrr!" like some crazed lunatic.
From that we have highlights where we have to be constantly reminded who the housemates are and have music when housemates arrive at launch and when they leave. It is absolutely absurd.
It is like Big Brother has become a parody of itself. Is it what Endemol think we want.
We want Big Brother not a **** parody of Big Brother!
It was on during that Summer and whilst I watched a few shows and knew of the Nasty Nick affair it was not until I had watched some episodes in the lessons we had that I was admittedly intrigued and just hooked.
As the seasons followed, the series got better. For me, Big Brothers 3, 5, 7 and 9 were very good with a diverse range of housemates, many personality clashes and well executed twists and turns that made for thrilling television.
For every Big Brother 3 and 5, there was series 4 which was dull, uninteresting and underwhelming and series 8 which started with an all female launch which was an idea which was poorly executed by its producers.
It seemed inevitable that the axe would fall as Channel 4's interest in Big Brother seemed to diminish and they seemed to want to wash their hands of the show which was giving them audiences of 3-4 million a night even in 2007.
When the curtains came down in 2010, people still wanted Big Brother and many argued that it could be revived. Marcus Bentley said whilst presiding over the "funeral" for BB, that it would be revived in the house highlights "in a sure hope of a resurrection somewhere".
That somewhere was Channel 5 and hopes were high they would save Big Brother. They have done anything but that. They have turned something which was once a social experiment into a bastardised hideous caricature of what it once was.
We first have the hilarious over-exaggerated voice over from Marcus Bentley. His voice is unbearable now especially with the early series on Channel 5 where he would bellow: "yooooou arrrreee the winnnnnnnneerrrrrrrrr!" like some crazed lunatic.
From that we have highlights where we have to be constantly reminded who the housemates are and have music when housemates arrive at launch and when they leave. It is absolutely absurd.
It is like Big Brother has become a parody of itself. Is it what Endemol think we want.
We want Big Brother not a **** parody of Big Brother!