channel 5 have ruind bb turn it into a towie spinoff show!!! put it back on c4

BB12(2011) was the last true BB then the manipulation & interfering started

Not quite, only one these chavs is off Towie and he was given his marching orders. Towie does not feature sex and violence in the same way that GS and EOTB do.

C4 wouldn't touch this now.

Even the forum dead.

Nope, don't think there is anyway back for CBB after this series. But there is room for C4 to reinvent it, different name and better format.

I think even C4 knew it could not push that show anymore, doubt that will come back. Would be intresting if it went over to SKY 1. But feel like the producers are at fault for this series than Ch5 its self this time.

I've been saying this for a while

To be honest it was on the slide on channel with the wannabes. ..they just finished it off going to channel 5

The show you liked finished with BB4. Thank goodness.

I stopped watching it, it's easy. I only watch the Celeb versions now as I don't "do" CH5 and the normal series is awful whenever I have caught a bit of it.

CH4 realised there was no further the show could go and binned it rightly.I do believe they intended to break it for 15 years or so but now CH5 have picked it up they have truly ruined it. It needs a long break.

Watched everything from day one but not this year, for me it is finished ........ ruined by Ch 5.

They killed the live feed so they could make our mind up for us by showing us the edit they wanted to push.


In the past lots of us used to tune in to the late night live feed, and discuss what was going on.

This doomsday stuff is hilarious.

C5 are delighted with the audience figures for this summer's CBB. They'll carry on putting in reality stars and hopefully people like you will watch something else, preferably on your beloved Ch4. How about Naked Attraction?

Zarla who are "people like you", expand your thoughts... Are forum users not allowed to be annoyed with the direction that BB is being taken by Ch5

The trouble is the audience expect 'Drama', not just observing people....

The trouble is, people enter the house with preconceived ideas of how the 'audience' want them to act.....

Natural 'Drama' is what it should be, but will never be again....

Sadly.....

The BB I knew and loved went years ago.

Channel 5 has very little to do with it. Big Brother is produced by Initial, a subsidiary of Endemol UK, everything you see on screen is by Endemol. Channel 5 just owns the license to broadcast the show. You don't complain to channel 5 when a bad episode of CSI or Home and Away airs do you?

Actually that's the normal method... The complaint gets passed up the chain of command. The broadcaster gets it in the neck from the viewer, and if they are concerned enough by their end users views, then they will pass their concerns on up the hierarchy. I don't know why you have used a confused emoticon, maybe you are being patronising rather than showing genuine confusion!

I'm confused because if I had a problem with a show, I would go straight to the source of the show and complain to the production company, the people who made the show to begin with. That seems logical to me. I wouldn't complain to the broadcaster as they don't control the content.

It doesn't seem logical to a lot of viewers. If I buy a washing machine and there's something wrong with it, I would complain to the retailer, and expect them to square it with the manufacturer, I wouldn't want to kick off with Hotpoint or Indesit initially. I would trust that the retailer would take this up on my behalf.

I guess that's true but I must be weird in that when I have an issue with a product bought at a supermarket for example, I complain to the brand first to let them know about the issue with their products and see what they suggest, unless it is an own store brand product of course.

Just last week I bought a bottle of Volvic which tasted off and made me sick and so I complained to Volvic and they apologised and said they are investigating and gave me a crap ton of vouchers off Volvic products, which I probably won't use due to the incident but they gave great service and my issue was resolved. Didn't feel the need to complain to the supermarket about it. Likewise I have bought faulty DVDs before and complained to Unversal/Warner Bros/Disney etc and they have always sent me a replacement disc themselves without me having to return the product to the store.

And as this usually works out well I'd recommend everyone try this.

I agree, it's complete trash now!

The producer's want to make cheap reality tv, so began overwhelmingly casting bottom of the barrel zlisters that'll do anything for a platform/cash, and started to attract viewers that want and watch tacky tv in abundance. It's all feeding itself one way or another. Sadly it'll be short lived.

If you tell the true fans to stop watching, then there won't be many fans left and the show will be cancelled. If you want the show to continue, then you should get behind the fans of the show.