Ever since Brian uttered the words '"Who's this Shakespeare geezer?" he has gone down in history as the thickest housemate ever.

But, rumours are rife that his seemingly sweetly dim fella is in fact playing one of the most cunning game plans of all. First, his mother defended her son to their local news paper in Essex, saying "He's being portrayed as the Essex idiot, but he's not thick. It's just a game show and he's playing it. He is clever".

And it has also been revealed, by his former headmaster, that Brian got a grade C at GCSE English. Shakespeare's work has been an integral part of the GCSE since... since... forever, really.

Our own independent survey last week suggests that people generally think he is a bit of a thicko. Time will tell... maybe Brian's dunce cap will slip off and show his true colours.

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