Beat me about the head......

....with a wet fish if you must, punish me severely for my lack of loyalty but regardless of what dire consequences may befall me, I just cannot watch Big Brother this time around any longer!

I had the courage of my convictions, I admitted on the w.w.w. long ago that I had been a BB fan since Edemol first concocted the idea, I even admitted to becoming a, er...little enthralled in Celebrity love Island but enough is enough.

From the very first day of BB1 things have gradually gone down hill, not an easy feat considering the point at which it started. As each summer is upon us Channel Four have presented for our viewing 'pleasure', a more and more motley bunch of ingrates. Last year it seemed it couldn't get worse but this year they have surpassed themselves.

I tried, I really did try to tolerate the current 'contestants' but I'm afraid I just cannot do it. Never before have I seen such a sad bunch of wannabees, who's sole motivation for living seems to be to utter more profanities per second than any that went before them, to behave aggressively or to 'get their tits out for the boys'...... always assuming of course the 'boys' have a camera pointing in their direction.

Half an hour of the current claptrap is bordering on the stressful, the entire show is continual arguments and posturing and God preserve us from ever having to tolerate another Science at any place in life. That guy has some serious issues!

I may be getting a little long in the tooth but please Channel four, don't try and kid us that this batch of housemates are a cross section of 2005's UK population. The whole thing is blatantly geared further and further toward confrontation and televised sex and the days of it being remotely entertaining are long gone.

I never thought I would see a time that a 'die hard' BB addict such as myself would turn off!