Children in Need is indeed a good cause, but the execution of it borders on insulting. The fact of the matter is, while our millions are being poured into these desperate communities hankering for any food and drink, we have celebrities who don't really give a shit about it all really, and are only concerned with plugging whatever latest venture is present in their lives at that time. Last night, we had the likes of Tom Hanks and Sarah Michelle Gellar in recorded video's sending messages of hope over, while in the background of these vignettes hung posters of their latest movies. Un-intentional i'm sure. You've got bands performing music, knowing very well they have a latest album / single to promote, there's the desperate celebrities who, like all the ones clamouring for places on reality TV shows these days, are there in the hope that anything they say or do will spark off a resurgence of public interest in them again so they can take up a slot hosting some shitty quiz-show. It's depressing. And the worst part is it's supposedly for a good cause.

The BBC are the worst. They throw this at us every year, making us feel guilty by showing us clips of how these under-priviledged people have to live, and beg us to give our money to the countries. This coming from a company which already charges us for our TV rights. You'd think they'd have learnt by now that instead of begging us, they could simply take a small percentage of what the nation pays for those rights, and send that over. Say there's 5 million licences over here, and anything as small as £4 was taken from each one for the support, that'd blow away the current record for the highest donation total ever made by the show. But no, the BBC instead have the cheek to even increase our licence fee by another £5.50, and then cheekily get Z-list celebrities to ask us for more cash. if it was another channel that didn't have it's own interests at heart, I might be more interested, but as long as the BBC continues to take control of this farce, they can fuck right off.

They brag about £17 million pounds? We live in a country of 55 - 60 million people. £17 million is fuck all in the grand scheme of things. Sure not everyone can afford it, which makes my TV licence idea even more sensible. Least then the people who DO have to sit through the tedium of Pudsey the Bear (Who really should have tried another joke of a service, the NHS, by now) can see some of their money being put to good use for once, instead of being used to create shitty Saturday night TV. Terry Wogan's great though. :D

There's a lot more I was looking to say right now, but my head's killing, and i'm pretty tired. Just needed to get that CIN rant off my chest. Hope you're all good.