I like Michael Parkinson and have a lot of respect for him as an interviewer and chatshow host. He has been around in the industry for a very long time and is very well liked.
Everyone is entitled to their opinion, and if I'm completely honest, I would have probably said that BB sounded rubbish before I started watching it, and it is definitely not the sort of show I would have expected to watch, let alone get so addicted to, a year or so ago.
It is however far more than a freak show and I think Parky has fallen into the trap that I myself have fallen into before of judging a show without really watching it, and that's a shame.
As much as I like BB I must admit that the celebrity one held very little interest for me at all and I probably agree with him that the majority of celebs that were on it were there purely to further their careers and may not have been fans of the show at all.
I agree with you wildchild that everyone who goes on the show does it out of choice and are therefore allowing us to invade their privacy, but I also think that this is exactly what Parkinson meant when he said that the people who go on them deserve everything they get.
I'll reserve my final judgement until I watch the show next week. The article doesn't say exactly when it is to be shown, does anyone know?
