The Family...is it me or...?

[Enlightened~Sista]

is it really boring? I'm not saying the Nigerian family is { I quite like them } but there seems to be something wrong with the format..videoing them around the clock in the same environment waking up, going to the toilet, fixing themselves something to eat, sitting in front of the T.V

[Cirwaaq]

Show us a clip nooh

[Enlightened~Sista]

Here you go

[eyes-only]

I only saw the advert but I think they're more interesting than the previous asian family who were all just a bunch of depressing sods....it's all cheap reality tv gone mad I tell ya.

[Enlightened~Sista]

Eyes very cheap indeed.It would have been more interesting if they were followed out and about London by a REAL cameraman instead they just stuck dozen or so cameras around the house and hoped that would give them one helleva show.

[Cirwaaq]

david attenborough would say hmmm this is a fascinating insight...

[eyes-only]

It's a bit like big brother isn't it, except with a cultural twist....I think they're trying to give people a real understanding of how others live.

[DisplacedDiraac]

I think it would be more interesting if they shot them while working in their takeway/restaurant cos its a little boring at the moment..
& they sorta eega waaswaa-siiyan especially when they wake up and im eating..

[LiquidHYDROGEN]

I can just imagaine a few The family series down the line and there will be a somali version to embarrass us.

[BlackVelvet]

It's exactly like big brother.

The Family - Somali .... I like it, we should have one

[Executive]

Sounds like big brother too me, i don't think i would bother watching it

[wastegal]

It's exactly like big brother.

The Family - Somali .... I like it, we should have one

could you imagine, I think they would cancel it before it's aired.

[Paddington Bear]

Sounds like big brother too me, i don't think i would bother watching it

Not exactly. It is a reality show about a Nigerian family and the daily interactions between members of that family. In the previous one, it revealed (to the uninitiated) how typical Indian families function and the distribution of power amongst members of the family. The boys are spoilt, the girls are downtrodden. Now, with this Nigerian family, it also shows how siblings interact and the respect accorded to each member according to their age. In both cases, the mothers rule the roost.

(Admittedly, I only watched one episode of this new one and five or six of the previous one).

[Lil_Cutie..]

I think a large Somaali family would do the trick..

[BlackVelvet]

A Somali family would be interesting, I've never seen another one other than mine so it would be cool to observe others and how they function.

ps The Nigerian mother is ruude, "Shot up, Don't you see I'm making this birthday cake for you, standing tha whole day"