'Tipping Point risks being axed in months if it doesn't make these two changes'

It's time for ITV quiz show Tipping Point to end - the farce has gone on long enough. How many more times can viewers bear to watch contestants struggle for the answers to questions like 'What animal does a pork chop derive from?' and 'Which psychologist does the term Freudian slip come from?'

They get worse. Questions on the programme, hosted by Ben Shephard, have also included 'What primary colour signals not to walk at a traffic crossing?' and 'What is the penultimate letter of the English alphabet?'

Who Wants to Be a Millionaire it is not.

Sure, the contestants are then faced with the conundrum of which slot to place their counter in - a real head-scratcher after the legions of primary school trivia questions they'd been asked before. Tension rises until the final gamble - whether or not it's worth risking all the prize money on another chance at the jackpot counter in the final round.

Everything, from the oppressive atmosphere of the darkened ITV studio at 4pm every afternoon, to the endless episode repeats, screams 'We are exhausted. Please don't do this to us any longer'. The entire format needs taking out back and shooting like Old Yeller.

Don't even get me started on the 'mystery prizes'. With an already meagre amount of cash up for grabs, contestants can also scoop everything from a bag for life plastered with Ben's face to a ride on a steam train in Yorkshire.

Of course, it's light entertainment. Don't come for me. But when there have been so many impressive examples of the same genre that got axed - Golden Balls, I'm looking at you - we shouldn't have to stand for sub-par entertainment foisted on us in doctor's waiting rooms, in staff break rooms and at home from work suffering from flu.

The last thing I need to see when I'm ill is the rictus grin of a contestant pretending they're chuffed with a night's stay in a freezing cold treehouse in the middle of Britain.