Late night

It's another late night opportunity taken thanks to the Bank Holiday. The radio's on, tuned to BBC World Service, where there's been a heated exchange on the subject of the latest series of Big Brother in Holland, where it is planned that one of the housemates will give birth during her time there.

Somewhat understandably, a Dutch politician was voicing some concerns, and arguing quite heatedly with someone I assume from Endemol TV. The BBC seem to put it on as a curiosity piece as much as anything, as rather than attempting to moderate the discussion, the two guests tried to talk over the other for much of the interview. Nevertheless surely this has potential of opening a can on worms on the ethics of it all.

Surely it can be argued that, just because a TV company can find someone who wants to do something on TV, doesn't necessarily make it a good idea, nor something that should be less. Let's face it; you could likely find someone to do almost anything on TV given the chance, especially on such a high visibility programme such as Big Brother, where there's the added incentive of the media gaze once you leave the show.

My gut feeling is that it's bad, but then we're talking about Big Brother here, and that's tends to be my reaction to the show as a whole.