Teletext Recovery - 26/07/2005

P443 Teletext on 4 443 Jul26 16:21:17    ——————————————————————————————————————— WHAT NIGHTMARES ARE MADE OF As if having one bad neighbour wouldn't be bad enough, imagine living in a village full of nightmare households. That's exactly what happens in The Nightmares Next Door, a psychological experiment to see if bad neighbours can be turned into good ones. The isolated, purpose-built village is a fully controlled environment, and the man pulling the strings is psychologist Dr George Erdos. We asked him about it. ——————————————————————————————————1/7—— by Todd Florance GET UP TO SPEED: MOTORING NEWS p701 Rich&Judy TV today T4 Cinema

P443 Teletext on 4 443 Jul26 16:21:05    ——————————————————————————————————————— WHAT NIGHTMARES ARE MADE OF Dr George Erdos says The Nightmares Next Door sets out to solve a problem that's familiar to many people. "It's not something you can walk away from," he says. "We are very attached to our houses - an Englishman's home is his castle. "If somebody is a nuisance neighbour, it is very difficult to stomach because it is day in, day out. The more it goes on, the more grinding it becomes." ——————————————————————————————————2/7—— Big Brother index 444 GET UP TO SPEED: MOTORING NEWS p701 Rich&Judy TV today T4 Cinema

P443 Teletext on 4 443 Jul26 16:02:44    ——————————————————————————————————————— WHAT NIGHTMARES ARE MADE OF The Nightmares Next Door households each represent a neighbourhood problem, from party lovers to a local busybody. The groups are real-life pests, and fairly typical according to Dr George Erdos. "They are more representative rather than extreme cases," he says. "They were all nuisances in their own neighbourhoods, but we wanted it to be representative so people could identify with the situations." ——————————————————————————————————3/7—— Big Screen 310 On Stage 330 GET UP TO SPEED: MOTORING NEWS p701 Rich&Judy TV today T4 Cinema

P443 Teletext on 4 443 Jul26 16:11:41    ——————————————————————————————————————— WHAT NIGHTMARES ARE MADE OF Psychologist Dr George Erdos co-wrote four books on social control, and was eager to create a real-life case study. "I wanted to bring them on to one site, surround them with troublesome neighbours and force them to stick it out," he says of Nightmares Next Door. "That way they would develop a certain insight into their own behaviour, learn to be a little more accommodating and a bit more sensitive to other people." ——————————————————————————————————4/7—— T4 latest 415 Films on Channel 4 425 GET UP TO SPEED: MOTORING NEWS p701 Rich&Judy TV today T4 Cinema

P443 Teletext on 4 443 Jul26 16:11:58    ——————————————————————————————————————— WHAT NIGHTMARES ARE MADE OF One of the fundamental changes Dr George Erdos wanted to bring about in The Nightmares Next Door was to teach households to look out for each other. "It's the tit-for-tat argument," he says. "If you do a good turn for your neighbour, it is likely that eventually the good deed would be returned. "If you co-operate with and accommodate your neighbour, they should do the same for you." ——————————————————————————————————5/7—— Go digital! 104-5 Bamboozle! 140 GET UP TO SPEED: MOTORING NEWS p701 Rich&Judy TV today T4 Cinema

P443 Teletext on 4 443 Jul26 16:14:39    ——————————————————————————————————————— WHAT NIGHTMARES ARE MADE OF Dr George Erdos says the neighbours had to realise that if everyone abuses a situation, they all eventually suffer. That's why he wanted to create a sense of community amongst the Nightmares Next Door households. "It encourages a feeling of interdependence," he says. "In our own neighbourhoods, no matter how self-contained we are, we are interdependent. If your neighbour is noisy or messy, it impacts everybody." ——————————————————————————————————6/7—— Richard & Judy 454 Factual shows 420 GET UP TO SPEED: MOTORING NEWS p701 Rich&Judy TV today T4 Cinema

P443 Teletext on 4 443 Jul26 16:15:52    ——————————————————————————————————————— WHAT NIGHTMARES ARE MADE OF Dr George Erdos's two tips to solve a neighbour dispute: ■ Don't be confrontational. Talking should be the first way to solve a problem. Try to negotiate not fight. ■ Be sensitive. If something irritates you, step back and ask: "Is there anything I can do about it?" Suggest doing something positive. ■ Nightmares Next Door, Tuesdays, 9pm ——————————————————————————————————7/7—— channel4guide@teletext.co.uk GET UP TO SPEED: MOTORING NEWS p701 Rich&Judy TV today T4 Cinema

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