Big Brother show 'like a fascist prison': Greer

Celebrity Big Brother quitter Germaine Greer likened the show to a fascist prison and suggested it might be responsible for encouraging playground bullying, in a scathing attack after her shock departure.

The feminist icon said she had been prepared for the way Big Brother brought about a “state of abjection” in the housemates, but not for the taunting of racing pundit John McCririck nor the “complete irresponsibility” of bringing in Brigitte Nielsen’s former mother-in-law, Jackie Stallone.