But what exactly is the appeal? To me, watching the ignorant make fools of themselves shows how woefully little we have progressed from the days when people would go and watch the lunatics in Bedlam or pay sixpence to see the fairground freak show.
Those of you who clearly enjoy the programme; don't you feel just the tiniest bit ashamed at your prurience?
And why this whipping of the media for commenting on the issues raised? Do I take this to mean that the actions which attracted so much comment are actually acceptable? That boorishness and ill manners are somehow excusable? Jade Goodey's family may well be somewhere way to the left of the bell curve, but that doesn't make their behaviour OK. Even a dog can learn to behave.