Being a Big Brother contestant was life-changing. But so was watching it | Jon Tickle
In exposing audiences to people who didn’t look, sound or behave like them, the show had a positive effect on society
In the film adaptation of , Bilbo asks Frodo: “Any chance of seeing that old ring of mine again? I should like to have held it one last time.” Like the ring, – which had its final episode last night – was a drug. Who wouldn’t want more? But the adoration you get from being in the show isn’t real; the safety and isolation of the House (it’s always capitalised when I write about it) isn’t permanent; free
