Derren Litten

Well it was bound to happen sooner or later and indeed, now is the time. Big Brother has finally allowed a genuine mental case into the house. There have been some pretty strange characters in the BB house since the series began (apart from that year when they were all boring and a 40 yr old virgin from the Orkney's or somewhere won it) but this series has gifted us with a bona fide nutter. Shahbaz, the self styled unemployd Glaswegian "paki poof" (his words not mine) is not just an irritating attention seeker; there are quite genuine signs of insanity there. In this reality TV world of extremes there is always another barrier to be broken, we've had violence in the form of BB contestants fighting (to the point of having the police called in by a viewer), then we had full on gurgling, squelching sex on live TV (albeit under a tablecloth first, then in a jacuzzi) so what's next? Surely it's time for Shahbaz's 15 minutes of fame where he can play murder in the dark with his sleeping house mates? Although of course it won't be in the dark, it will be for all to see in glorious night vision. Obviously being a trained actor I find the whole reality TV genre appalling and merely an excuse to provide low brow, low cost "entertainment" for the masses whilst avoiding the obviously inconvenient cost of actors and writers. Now, what channel was E4 on again?...