Absolute Rubbish

"We're totally crap--and damn proud of it!"

- Motto of the programme

Absolute Rubbish was a popular game show during the late years of the. It invited viewers to submit amatuer holofilms, and occasionally written work, to be shown on the programme, on the condition that they had to be as inane and badly made as possible. At the end of each programme, viewers would vote in which piece of work shown on that day's programme was the worst and the winner would win a cash prize. Famous holofilms shown on the programme included The Adventures of Darth Toyler, about a battle droid action figure with Force powers, and Sith Wars Kid, which was simply two hours of a youth waving a metal pole around.

Although it proved popular with the general public, Absolute Rubbish was repeatedly slammed by critics and conossiuers, who claimed it went against traditional entertainment values. Eventually, the programme was shut down by the, but stil continued as an illegal underground venue.

Behind the scenes
The author came about the idea for this article after watching several reality shows which he felt were of very low quality, and then wondered what a show that was deliberatly low-quality and inane would be like.