Earlier this week I was on Big Brother's Little Brother again, this time giving evicted housemate Dale some dating etiquette tips. For those that didn't see it, I gave Dale a suggestion for a compliment he could pay a lady that wouldn't backfire. I suggested he admire the neck-line on a dress. Now, in rehearsals, it was clearly explained and the production team and George, the presenter, knew what I meant and agreed. However, when it came to air time (live) I somehow forgot to explain that it was the dresses' neck-line Dale should say he admires and not the woman's! Hence why the studio rightly descended into a short fit of the giggles, and my phone shortly produced a barrage of texts from friends making jokes about necklines.

I'll just explain the logic with the neck-line compliment: if a gentleman said to a lady, "is that a new dress?: it could backfire on them as she could have worn the dress on hundreds of occasions before in his company (she'd get cross for his lack of observation). Yet if you said something neutral like, "that's a great neckline on that dress" you're sure to offend no one.

Message to self for future: don't be ambiguous on live TV again!

Watch William's BBLB dating etiquette tips here.

Having just returned from holidaying in the south west of France, I've been thinking about the lack of that certain je ne sais quoi that we have when it comes to socialising en mass in Britain.

In the local town near to where I was staying, they held a big gathering of all the villagers on the Friday night celebrating a local saint. (Although the premise may have been religious, there was no heavy emphasis on this aspect, I add.) The night involved the inhabitants eating and drinking together on long trestle tables, whilst listening and later dancing to some pretty loud, up-beat music (surprising modern for such an historic town). The morning after, we drove past the square to see it had returned to how it was a few days ago: spotless. One would not have even have realised there had been a huge celebration here unless one was told.

So, if the French can celebrate in a civilised and tidy fashion - and I know I am at risk of sounding like Professor Higgins - why can't the English?

Now, as some of you may know (if you've read the driving etiquette section on the site) I didn't pass my first driving test as I was 'too polite' (I thanked three people in my test and thus removing my hand from the wheel - three times equals a major so I failed - ho hum). Anyway, the other day I was driving down a country lane, which was fairly narrow and could only just fit two cars down if one stopped. A car was driving towards me, so I pulled over to let them pass, as I was in no particular rush. The other driver was a lady of about, I'm guessing, fifty. She looked quite respectable. However, as I let her pass she blanked me totally and didn't thank me or even acknowledge my existence, despite my good deed. Then, the next day,0 I did the same for a man and he did exactly the same as the woman.

So, this annoyed me. I was discussing it with a friend and they said that the same happens to them. It must be, surely, I reasoned, because we are young and older generation think all young drivers are boy-racers and therefore deserve no respect. How wrong can they be.

On Friday I appeared on the E4 programme 'Big Brother's Little Brother' to talk about the manners and etiquette (or lack it!) in the Big Brother house.

Now in its ninth series, many people in the UK wonder why the Channel 4 bosses re-commission the series year-after-year. Whilst it may, in parts, be puerile reality viewing, if you scratch the surface a bit deeper what you actually have is an experiment in human behavior and social interaction; manners cannot be more relevant when people are put in groups (after all, manners are all about putting people at ease/respect for each other - there is no selfishness in manners or etiquette).

Whilst I was there to highlight pretty obvious areas of bad manners and etiquette, there are some examples of very good manners and civility. Take, for example, the way Rachel comforted Kat after the latter failed to complete a task. Kat was worried it was all her fault (which is wasn't) so Rachel began to reassure her and to PUT HER AT EASE! It was a very touching moment...well, I thought so, anyway.

Watch William on BBLB here.