[Jason.]

It depends what you mean by Back to Basics.

If you mean the classic era of BB1-BB4, with chickens and bread-making. Then I think that would be tame by today's standards. TV has changed a lot in 15 years, as has entertainment. A series like that would not do well at all.

I think reverting it back to BB5-BB7 style would help the show. The format hasn't changed much at all since the golden years of the show. They just need a production team, which actually know what they are doing, instead of the ******* who run the show now, some good housemates, good tasks, less twists (maybe one or two big ones throughout the series), and live-feed.

BB13 was the closest C4 era series we've had on Channel 5.