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Parkinson blasts BB, 'Apprentice'

Published Tuesday, May 19 2009, 12:11 BST | By Alex Fletcher
Parkinson blasts BB, 'Apprentice'

Rex Features

Sir Michael Parkinson has described Big Brother as "the modern version of Bedlam".

The 74-year-old TV star also criticised Sir Alan Sugar's The Apprentice, complaining about the show's negative format.

"I object to the exploitation of the underclass in shows like Big Brother," he told The Observer. "It is the modern version of Bedlam, where you pay to see the poor benighted people making asses of themselves."

Speaking about The Apprentice, he added: "Why do people find [the show] appealing? When Sir Alan says 'You're fired', that is not a nice thing to happen.

"The basic premise is not worthwhile, or enthralling."

Last week, Parkinson called for "conversational chatshows" to be brought back to TV.

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