Bantam Brother by James Ramsden

Tuesday 23 July, 2002

Bantam Brother Week Four

1 club, 9 players, who stays - you decide...

Monday.

Andy is trying to persuade Peter to claim for damages for his knee. He says that the only reason Peter was cleaning the pool, was due to the fact that Claus had been eating a Danish pastry in there, and all the crumbs were floating on the surface. Peter agrees, and says that a friend of his, Ian, had just been in to court to claim some money for an injury, and he might do the same.

Tuesday.

Peter sees Big Brother and asks for a solicitor, as he wants to discuss some issues. Big Brother explains to Peter that he shouldn't be so childish and to let the issue drop. Peter is very unhappy and goes into the garden to sunbathe on his own.He spends the next five hours staring at a drainpipe whilst muttering to himself. Ashley's hair is now coming out in clumps - much to Jamie's and Claus's amusement. Ashley is v angry with Andy and the two have a full scale argument. I look like a minger, says Ashley, Andy declares that looking like his hair has been cut with a knife and fork has never done him any harm.

Wednesday.

Obsessed by thoughts of winning a lucrative court case, Peter makes his break for freedom. If Gunnar could do it, so could he. Unfortunately for Peter, he proves himself not as agile as Gunnar. The drainpipe he was climbing gives way leaving Peter in a heap on the floor after a forty foot fall. Big Brother calls in Dr Vince Cavaliere, who immediately declares that Peter should leave the house. Peter is stretchered from the house, annoyed with himself that he didn't ask Jamie for some advice on scaling walls. Talks amongst the BB management is whether to get a replacement in or not. Unfortunately, when they try and ring the standby contestant Alan, his wife says that he is conducting some business in Sheffield and will be unavailable to take part. Now that there are just four housemates left, all of them are put to the public vote this Friday.

To help them get over the trauma of Peters accident, the housemates are given a video to watch - Escape to Victory. The task this week is a basket ball competition, each ball through the hoop earns the housemates £100 to spend on food. Jamie is first up and gives the housemates a perfect start and £100 by getting the ball through the hoop. Next up is Andy. Unfortunately for Andy, and the rest of the housemates, Andy messed up. Trying to show off, Andy ran up to the hoop with view to performing a 'slam dunk'. Not being the most graceful of players, he mistimed his jump and somehow managed to jump when he was directly underneath the basket. This resulted in him completely destroying the basket, rendering it useless for him or the other housemates to use. This leaves them with only £100 for the week.

Friday.

Ashley is feeling a bit down. His hair is now in patches, and with Jamie's expert guidance, he gets Claus to give him a 'Windass'. Talks of solicitors are raised again, this time by Ashley, who is threatening to sue Andy, due to the fact that he has now got to inform his celebrity lookalike agent that he can't appear as Ruud Van Nistleroy again - missing out on a lucrative £500 a week contract at the arndale shopping centre. In the public vote, Jamie is evicted. Saturdays newspapers are full of stories, that the voting was rigged by the South London Constabulary, as they wanted to question Mr Lawrence regarding some Italian designer suits that had been circulating around the Balham area. This leaves just Ashley,Claus and Andy left in the house.

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