Big Brother

George Orwell’s masterpiece 1984 about ‘Big Brother’ was described at the time as “a deeply pessimistic view of a totalitarian future”

Today’s version of ‘Big Brother’ must surely be “a deeply pessimistic view of our contemporary way of life’

The cold cynicism of the programme planners pandering to the weaknesses of a mindless section of TV audiences in their search for ratings, is only matched by the number of “has-beens’ and ‘never weres’ scrambling to appear in this talentless, abysmal spectacle.

It is a sad reflection that, in the 21st century, 20,000 letter of complaint are sent about certain behaviour on this show, while a programme showing mistreatment of the elderly or the very sick only warrants a trickle of letters of support.

Thousands of children watch Big Brother and other programmes, and experience the obscene language and crass behaviour on the screen. Is it any wonder that there is bullying and misbehaviour at school. It’s not their fault – it’s ours.

Sadly there’s not a lot we can do about it. It would be nice if we could obtain a list of companies advertising during the programme; we could, at least, boycott them.

As we know, ‘George Orwell’ was only a pen-name. His real name was Blair!

PS: Who on earth advised the Indian lady to dip her delicate toe into the mire of Western Television?