[Slartibartfast]

I watched a bit of Love Island at the start. Wasn't intending to, but one of my flatmates is a big reality tv lover, and so I gave in and watched it with her.

Absolute load of rubbish. I just don't get the premise of the show. A bunch of "celebs" on an island, supposedly there to get off with each other and have sex which will never be shown on ITV. Did none of them imagine that this might be a bit tacky and desperate? Sure for some (titmuss and loos), tacky and desperate is right up their street, but I used to like Jayne Middlemiss. And I remember cheering Lee Sharpe on for man utd (great goal against Barca, back heel, absolute beauty) but now I'm embarressed to confess my previous fandom.

And my fellow countryman Mr Kielty and that horrible Brook woman (No.1 sexiest woman in the world, as voted by FHM readers, my a**e) don't help.

But all of the above means an avid viewing public, and the figures show that. My fear is that BB, traditionally IMO, the purest of all reality TV shows, is going down a similar road with the current crop...