[Ruth]

No they're not a bunch of freaks - but the housemates they picked this year, and to a lesser extent last year, were for the most part, typical stereotypes and very OTT - not people that I felt were easy to identify with at all.

Although I think Davina is the one trying to intellectualise when she says that it's a fascinating insight into life. How exactly? It's an artificial situation which they're all in for one thing; it can't be compared to real life.