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Big Brother creating a 'human zoo', says bishop Channel 4 has been accused by a senior Church of England bishop of creating a "human zoo" with its Big Brother television game show. The Rt Rev James Jones, the Bishop of Liverpool, expressed concern about the effect the programme was having on both audiences and the participants in the Big Brother house. "What they are doing in the end is colluding with the creation of a human zoo where the human beings are trapped in a confined space under continual observation and occasionally fed treats by Big Brother," he told the BBC. His comments followed the huge media furore over the expulsion from the house on Thursday of "nasty" Nick Bateman - dubbed the most hated man in Britain - for breaking the show rules. "Responsible broadcasters should prepare themselves for this sort of thing. Listening to Nick it seemed to me there were real concerns," Dr Jones said. "Who knows what the long-term consequences are going to be? I wonder how Nick will actually cope with the hostile public reaction and the hostile press he is encountering. It is a pretty high price to pay for entertainment." However Channel 4 press officer Matt Baker, who has been with Mr Bateman since he left the house, said that he had been offered full support to cope with his ordeal, including access to a psychologist. "He is clearly readjusting to life on the outside. We would have to acknowledge that he has been a little surprised, should we say, by the scale of reaction to the programme," Mr Baker said. "He went into the house on a voluntary basis. The programme has not manipulated him in any way. He has shown his character, to a certain extent, to the nation." Mr Baker admitted Channel 4 had been taken by surprise by the massive media interest the programme has generated. But he insisted that all the contestants who had so far left the house - where their every move is kept under 24 hour-a-day video surveillance - had been "amazingly positive" about the experience. Channel 4 has been accused by a senior Church of England bishop of creating a "human zoo" with its Big Brother television game show. The Rt Rev James Jones, the Bishop of Liverpool, expressed concern about the effect the programme was having on both audiences and the participants in the Big Brother house. "What they are doing in the end is colluding with the creation of a human zoo where the human beings are trapped in a confined space under continual observation and occasionally fed treats by Big Brother," he told the BBC. His comments followed the huge media furore over the expulsion from the house on Thursday of "nasty" Nick Bateman - dubbed the most hated man in Britain - for breaking the show rules. "Responsible broadcasters should prepare themselves for this sort of thing. Listening to Nick it seemed to me there were real concerns," Dr Jones said. "Who knows what the long-term consequences are going to be? I wonder how Nick will actually cope with the hostile public reaction and the hostile press he is encountering. It is a pretty high price to pay for entertainment." However Channel 4 press officer Matt Baker, who has been with Mr Bateman since he left the house, said that he had been offered full support to cope with his ordeal, including access to a psychologist. "He is clearly readjusting to life on the outside. We would have to acknowledge that he has been a little surprised, should we say, by the scale of reaction to the programme," Mr Baker said. "He went into the house on a voluntary basis. The programme has not manipulated him in any way. He has shown his character, to a certain extent, to the nation." Mr Baker admitted Channel 4 had been taken by surprise by the massive media interest the programme has generated. But he insisted that all the contestants who had so far left the house - where their every move is kept under 24 hour-a-day video surveillance - had been "amazingly positive" about the experience.
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