Matt Ford

Because there are ethical considerations with leaving something out as well, aren't there?

You would be manipulating the truth.

You know, removing something like that, which would then reflect far more favourably on the people that had crossed a line, you could make the case that that's ethically worse than broadcasting it.

And it's obviously easy in hindsight to say, oh, this should have happened, but what could have been done differently at the time to either protect Shilpa or indeed, you know, protect Jade?

Did you ever imagine that Big Brother would be the mega hit that it was?

As you say, people go in knowing full well they're going to be judged, they may be popular, they may be unpopular.

But when you've got contestants that are then vilified, and they're having to be evicted in an empty, looks like a car park, but you know, that Big Brother lot where even the crowds aren't allowed in,

What sort of support do they get from productions in reality telly?

Because I used to watch Jeremy Kyle and Big Brother and stuff, and Jeremy Kyle would always say, oh, Graham and the Aftercare team.

And I used to think, they're not getting much support after this.

It feels like they're going to be left to their own devices.

I don't know how much help Big Brother would have given someone like Jacob.

What's the right conclusion to draw about the effect of Big Brother on Jade Goody's life?

Is it that it transformed her and gave her everything she'd ever dreamed of?

Or is it that, effectively, it destroyed her?

I guess it's a bit of both, isn't it?

It's, you know, it gave her everything.

And that, in a way, then, is the strength and the weakness, isn't it?

It completely exposes you for all your strengths and weaknesses.

It gave her financial security for her children that she would never have been able to give them otherwise.