[Brekkie]

The production isn't fine Tom - that is one of the things lacking. I think the main thing though has been the support from C4, which has affected the show in numerous ways.

Firstly, the housemates are afraid to do anything slightly controversial (it should be remembered that apart from the race row, most issues raised to OFCOM have been cleared), and the producers are afraid to show anything controversial.

The live feed going has definately ripped the soul out of the show, but the main thing lacking this year has been Big Brother.

Big Brother is all about the nomination and eviction process - and that's been non-existent this time. It's ridiculous that with 11 HMs they've only nominated twice. Also, more recently BB has been about key twists and of the back of BB9, the Head of House element (and to a lesser extent Heaven and Hell), all of which have been missing from this series. There has just been no structure there at all.


I'm giving the housemates the benefit of the doubt - I think they're actually quite a good mix of characters both personality and fame wise, but Big Brother just hasn't provided them with the platform to entertain us. We're not interested in celebs dressing up in silly costumes and having the piss taken out of them - we want to see them tested, both through enduring the BB environment and process of nominations, plus through challenges and tasks which bring out sides of them they perhaps might not want us to see.