A Christian just won Big Brother - here’s how

Richard Storry’s gracious responses to hatred and his willingness to turn the other cheek intrigued viewers and housemates alike. It shows how Christian values can triumph even in reality TV’s most challenging environment, says Sophie Sanders

When you think of reality TV stars, they’re not typically slipper-wearing sexagenarians who combine writing fantasy novels with composing classical music and reading their Bibles. But Richard Storry, is all of those things – and he just won Big Brother.

In fact, in an interview with Glamour magazine before the series started, Storry acknowledged that he wasn’t the type of person typically popular with voters, saying: “I would have thought most people who watch this show are at the younger end of things and going to identify more closely with the younger housemates…but you just never know – it would be quite a coup if I did carry it off.”