Article: THE BIG BROTHER AUDIT; After 10 weeks, 1,000s of f-words, at least 200 bared breasts and one live sex show (tastefully hidden under a table), tonight Big Brother reaches - dare we say it - its climax. But in this depressing monument to squalid TV are there any real winners?

Byline: ALISON BOSHOFF

AS BIG BROTHER reaches its climax tonight, there is surely only one verdict: that it ranks as one of the lowest points in broadcasting history.

For those of you lucky enough to have missed this exercise in cynical exploitation, ALISON BOSHOFF presents a guide to the freak show posing as the brainwave of modernTV.

THE RULES

HOUSEMATES were filmed 24 hours a day and had to wear microphones at all times.

Food was supplied, but luxuries such as alcohol had to be earned by the successful completion of 'tasks' set every Sunday and performed as a group throughout the week.

The plentiful alcohol ...

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