a reality show for the rest of us
A new and rather different version of the Big Brother reality show is drawing large audiences in Norway.
The show's contestants are not young or famous people, but a tight-knit family of birds.
And they are proving to be the saviours of Norwegian reality shows.
After repeated runs of the Big Brother competition, audiences here were bored and uninterested.
But now this couple of blue tits have left thousands spellbound with their antics in a birdhouse designed like a living room.
The aptly named "Piip Show" allows internet audiences to watch everything the birds get up to in their one-room flat, 24 hours a day.
i'm watching the birds at my computer even as we speak. (you'll need windows media player and flash mx to do it.) right now they're not up to much. i think they may be sleeping in.