Dead Set - E4 horror drama (Channel 4 pic)

Big Brother house gets attacked by zombies

Thursday, 9 October 2008

Just when you thought the Big Brother house had seen enough controversy, Davina McCall and several former housemates are about get attacked by flesh-eating zombies.

A new five-part E4 horror drama called Dead Set is centered upon the Big Brother house as it gets attacked by the walking dead.

The Charlie Brooker drama stars Jaime Winstone (Donkey Punch, Goldplated) as a production runner working on a fictional series of Big Brother who tries to fend off the zombies alongside the remaining housemates, her producer boss Patrick (Andy Nyman, Severance) and boyfriend Riq (Riz Ahmed, Britz).

Dead Set also features a range of cameo guest appearances including a selection of ex-Big Bro contestants and Big Bro matriarch Davina McCall.

Charlie Brooker says: "Just as a shopping mall was the ideal setting for the original Dawn of the Dead back in 1978, so the Big Brother house seemed fitting for a TV zombie epic set in the 21st century.

"Dead Set isn’t an out-and-out comedy, but an unashamedly populist horror-thriller with blackly comic undertones.

"Think 24 with zombies. And housemates. And gore."

Screenshots from E4's Dead Set

In Dead Set the Big Brother house suddenly becomes one of the few remaining safe places in the country, with the contestants blissfully unaware of the horrific events unfolding outside.

Until an eviction night where all hell breaks loose…

Over the ensuing days, in a cruel echo of the game show that they thought they were entering, the contestants fall victim, one by one, to the hungry masses outside.

Staying alive requires teamwork – which is tricky when you’re a group specifically selected by TV producers to wind each other up.

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Image credit: Channel 4