During a fictional series of Big Brother, a zombie outbreak occurs, but the house-mates are unaware of the impending doom outside of the Big Brother House.During a fictional series of Big Brother, a zombie outbreak occurs, but the house-mates are unaware of the impending doom outside of the Big Brother House.During a fictional series of Big Brother, a zombie outbreak occurs, but the house-mates are unaware of the impending doom outside of the Big Brother House.
- Nominated for 1 BAFTA Award
- 4 nominations total
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- TriviaSimon Pegg was a big fan of the show though he did bemoan the fact that the zombies are the "fast" type as seen in the Dawn of the Dead (2004) remake and 28 Days Later (2002). Charlie Brooker revealed that they didn't opt for the slow, shuffling zombie types as they wanted to depict the breakdown of society in extremely rapid time (ie, one week in the Big Brother house).
- GoofsAt the end, Marky, Veronica and Joplin were ambushed by the zombies and torn apart. In the last scenes, they are shown walking about bodies intact.
- Alternate versionsThe E4 channel edited all five episodes into one movie for halloween 2009.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Screenwipe: Episode #5.1 (2008)
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Excellent zombie series
An eviction night in the UK's Big Brother TV show is interrupted by worldwide zombie outbreak, the house-mates are left none the wiser locked up, but outside mayhem reigns as the living dead's numbers increase. For a TV production I thought it was very gory and the sfx were also of a very good standard. The script by Charlie Brooker is to the point and very amusing. I wasn't too enamoured early on with the TV producer Patrick, i thought his character was a complete bastard, but as the show went on, i grew to like him somewhat, he had some very funny lines and I guess he turned into an anti hero of sorts.. I did think it started quite slow but the pace and gore factor increased rapidly towards the end so i wasn't disappointed. The Big Brother factor was done quite well, i guess fans of the show will be happy seeing all the familiar faces and those who hate it will love the house-mates getting their comeuppances, so everyone goes home happy. Of course its not without its moments of social comment, the baying mob outside the BB house showing little difference to the real thing.
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- Prof-Hieronymos-Grost
- Nov 12, 2008
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- Runtime28 minutes
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- 1.78 : 1
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