New TV Show Will Execute Member of Public Live on Air

The American television channel HBO announced their new lineup of summer shows today, among them was a controversial new reality show called "Roommates".



In a similar vein to shows like Big Brother and Survivor, members of the public will be chosen to live in a lavish New York apartment and filmed for 24 hours a day, for a duration of 22 and a half months.
The catch however, is that when a "Roomie" is evicted they are shot in the face - live on TV.

An extract of the press release from HBO about the show:

The first season of Roommates will feature six wild and crazy guys and gals who represent a wide cross-section of people in the United States;
Joel Jefferson the jock, Sadie Humperdink the bisexual taxidermist, Frank Goldberg the Jewish Nazi, Dirk Tessler the ex-Navy Seals Commando turned make-up artist, Georgia Washington the stripper with a secret (cock) and Sabrina Shitzler the part-time sexy garbage disposal worker and full-time member of the KKK.

Every day will feature a new and painful challenge for the "Roomiez" to try which folks will love watching at home!
Some activities include;
*BATH BOMB! - Roomiez will try and lie in a bath of acid for as long as possible, first one to jump out gets shot in the face!
*CEREAL KILLER! - Roomiez will try and eat as much cereal as possible, the catch? It's made of glass and the milk is actually acid!
*HEAD IN THE OVEN! - Same rules as BATH BOMB but this time featuring a gas oven!
......and many including: CELINE DION CONCERTS and watching SEASON 21 of THE SIMPSONS!

Despite several years of attempts to broadcast live executions before by HBO, this show is actually the first of it's kind in the United States.
Before now, only hangings in foreign countries (Saddam Hussein) and popular murder trials (OJ Simpson) were allowed to be shown in detail, but a new law passed in the State of Texas will let any member of the public be shot in the face if they sign a waiver beforehand.

Roommates will start airing on the special "Roommates channel" from July 26th, the first execution will happen on eviction night, 2 weeks later.

BanterCast Teams Up With Online Service "Twatter"

The BanterCast is proud to announce it's collaboration with the exciting new online social phenomenon - Twatter!


Twatter allows users to send daily "Twats" to their friends, colleagues and enemies, describing exactly what twattish thing they are doing at the moment.

When the user logs in they are greeted by the simple question:
"What Twatty thing are you doing right now?"
The user can then respond in less than 140 characters.

Several celebrities have signed up to the service including Jonathon Ross, Arnold Schwarzenegger and Jimmy Carr who keep fans updated with their twat-headed daily routines.

Twatter was started in 2006 by Jack Dorsey (Dozzy to his friends), who noticed that the most popular thing about social networking sites like FaceBook and MySpace was simply the status updates.

"I realised that people generally just want to tell others how much of a twat they are" said Dozzy, when asked how he had the idea for Twatter.

"Stupid shit people feel they need to share with everyone else was a gold mine just begging to be exploited!"

Tabbzy and Charltzy approve this message.

Join The BanterCast on Twatter by clicking here. (or in the side bar)

Jade Goody Enters The "Top 10 Dead Racists" Hall of Fame

As broken in episode 3 of the BanterCast, the TV starlet Jade Goody passed away sometime last week or month.

No sooner had she been buried, and she was already on the nominees list for "Top 10 Dead British Racists", one of the highest accolades available in the United Kingdom.

The panel at the British Society for Racist Excellence (BSRE) recognised her work in the Big Brother Celebrity game show where she repeatedly threw racist insults at an Indian cohabitant, Shilpa Shetty.

The fact that she somehow managed to come out the situation unscathed, even convincing her victim to be her friend, may have helped her chances in entering the BSRE hall of fame.

In an interview with the Daily Star she famously said "I'm not a racist, honest to God I'm not", this was evidence enough for most people in the UK who immediately forgot she was a 5-star racialist.

Famously her victim, Ms Shetty, flew to England to visit Goody on her death bed, but in a final outburst of racist energy, she denied her access to the hospital room saying "I aint catching no Asian lurgy innit", with which her publicist Max Clifford quickly translated to; "Ms Goody is too unwell for any visits at this time".



"By the time of her death everyone had forgotten about her racism and felt sorry for her" Bernard Manning Jr of the BSRE said in a press statement; "For that she deserves this honour, she was a truly remarkable racist".

Her statue will be placed in the "British Hall of Racism" located in basement of The Houses of Parliament, London.
Tickets to view the hall are £1.50 for adults, 75p for children.

Google Window Released On Unsuspecting Public

Google announced a controversial new addition to their ever-expanding map service today in the form of "Google Window".


Following the success of Google Maps and Google Street View, this new service allows users to zoom into individual windows and view a live webcam stream.

Google president Eric Schmidt (known as Schmizzy to his friends) was available for an exclusive interview after the press launch of the service, and had several things to share with BanterCast fans.

"We're using technology we adapted from the Google Street View service to bring an ever closer view of inside your neighbour's property".
He went on to suggest some uses for Google Window;
"You could see if your friend is at home without needing to call them up!" he said excitedly "or just get a view of your neighbour getting undressed....I know which I'll be doing".

At that point Mr Schmidt was escorted from the press room by his handlers, who said he was urgently needed in a meeting.

Opponents to the service have called it a "massive intrusion on civil liberties and gross invasion of privacy", but Google were quick to respond with; "that's bullshit, if people didn't want to be spied on, why do they leave their curtains open?"

Google Window View will only be available in certain parts of the US and Canada at first, but Google are hoping to expand it to all countries at a later date.

The service will go live summer 2009, whether you like it or not.