I had an idea. Gosh.

I had one of those odd little ideas today. I was wondering whether the celebrity reality game show had run its tawdry little course when something popped quite unbidden into my skull. How does Celebrity Bailiff sound?

The format of CB is quite simple. Assign a pack of E-list celebs to the recovery department of a large Metropolitan Local Authority - and no, I don't particularly have any in mind - and follow them from door-to-door collecting past-due Council Tax and Business Rates. The least successful CB gets booted off, with big prizes for the winner's nominated charidee and a guaranteed shot in the arm for the winner's fame rating (possible elevation to C-list, but nobody should mention Mark Owen at this point).

Ooh, this is a cracker. It satisfies the prurient urge to see other people and their tawdry little lives, gives people the chance to have their 15 minutes of fame and satisfies our insatiable need to see people more famous than ourselves. Imagine Limahl from Kajagoogoo turning up in a sink estate in, say, Wakefield asking for payments on defaulted council tax.

"...And after the break, Vanessa Feltz gets, well, a bit of a shock in Lupset! Don't go away!"

Actually, start auctioning off the goods and there's even a bit of Bargain Hunt in there. I reckon it's a winner. Any celeb suggestions for CB1?