IT is not a crime to be naive and stupid, but it is criminal to manipulate the naive and stupid.

The first Big Brother series allowed the housemates to develop relationships with little or no control, which was reality.

Now it's poking a stick through the bars to provoke reaction.

The producers of this programme have exploited people who are too naive and stupid to understand just how they have been manipulated.

That's criminal and should not be allowed on screen.

MR D PRATT, Plantation Street, Accrington.