Dead Set 

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.

Stars:

Jaime Winstone, Liz May Brice, Beth Cordingly

4 nominations.

Cast

Series cast summary:
Jaime Winstone	...	Kelly 5 episodes, 2008
Liz May Brice	...	Alex 5 episodes, 2008
Beth Cordingly	...	Veronica 5 episodes, 2008
Adam Deacon	...	Space 5 episodes, 2008
Kevin Eldon	...	Joplin 5 episodes, 2008
Kathleen McDermott	...	Pippa 5 episodes, 2008
Davina McCall	...	Davina McCall 5 episodes, 2008
Andy Nyman	...	Patrick 5 episodes, 2008
Brian Belo	...	Brain Belo / ... 5 episodes, 2008
Riz Ahmed	...	Riq 5 episodes, 2008
Warren Brown	...	Marky 5 episodes, 2008
Paul 'Bubble' Ferguson	...	Himself / ... 5 episodes, 2008
Nick Turner	...	Scott the Production Staff 5 episodes, 2008
Chizzy Akudolu	...	Angel 5 episodes, 2008
Raj Ghatak	...	Grayson 5 episodes, 2008
Cavan Clerkin	...	Dennis 5 episodes, 2008
Krishnan Guru-Murthy	...	Krishnan Guru-Murthy / ... 4 episodes, 2008
Madra Ihegborow	...	Makeup Girl 4 episodes, 2008
Kyle Summercorn	...	Bob 5 episodes, 2008
Maxi Moffat	...	Gormless 4 episodes, 2008
Rachel Ogilvy	...	Angela 4 episodes, 2008
Helen Adams	...	Helen Adams 4 episodes, 2008
Aisleyne Horgan-Wallace	...	Aisleyne Horgan-Wallace 4 episodes, 2008
Kinga Karolczak	...	Kinga Karolczak 4 episodes, 2008
Saskia Howard-Clarke	...	Saskia Howard-Clarke 4 episodes, 2008
Makosi Musambasi	...	Makosi Musambasi 4 episodes, 2008
Eugene Sully	...	Eugene Sully 4 episodes, 2008
Ziggy Lichman	...	Ziggy Lichman / ... 4 episodes, 2008
Imogen Thomas	...	Imogen Thomas 4 episodes, 2008
Marcus Bentley	...	Marcus Bentley / ... 4 episodes, 2008
Shelley Conn	...	Claire 4 episodes, 2008
Jennifer Aries	...	Sophie 4 episodes, 2008
Drew Edwards	...	Colin 4 episodes, 2008
Elyes Gabel	...	Danny 4 episodes, 2008
Kelly Wenham	...	Chloe 4 episodes, 2008

Storyline

It's eviction night at the Big Brother house, but something very strange is happening; the dead are coming alive and attacking the living. When zombies attack all of the audience outside, the Big Brother contestants are unaware of the death outside the fan-proof (and zombie-proof) big brother house until the show's runner, Kelly, comes into the house and warns them of the doom outside. Stuck with even less contact with the outside world, the house-mates must sneak out of the house to get supplies, without being seen by the zombies.

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Plot Keywords:

zombie | zombie apocalypse | undead | big brother | fictional reality show | 

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Genres:

Comedy | Drama | Horror

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Details

Official Sites:

E4 [UK] Offical MySpace

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Release Date:

27 October 2008 (UK)

Also Known As:

Dead Set

Company Credits

Production Co:

Zeppotron

Technical Specs

Runtime:

141 min (5 episodes)

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The dress Aisleyne Horgan-Wallace wears is a 'Kylie' from her own 'Unique by Aisleyne' clothing range. Pippa also wears a black 'Nakita' dress from the same range for her fake eviction.

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Goofs

Kelly runs outside and jumps into a blue truck. When she realizes the keys aren't in the ignition, she gets out and slams the trucks door shut. In the next shot the door is suddenly wide open.

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Alternate Versions

The E4 channel edited all five episodes into one movie for halloween 2009.

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Connections

Featured in WatchMojo: Top 10 Post-Apocalyptic TV Shows (2014)

User Reviews

very very surprised how good this was.

What can i say, i was expecting really bad zombies and really bad horror from dead set, and i'm glad to say i was pleasantly surprised.

although the acting wasn't amazing the rest of the programme was excellent, the zombies looked good, the special effects where OK and i really enjoyed the jerky camera angles.

although any fan of horror wont find this scary (think dawn of the dead 2004 or 28 days later) it was very enjoyable.

Channel 4 have done a great job making something original for a TV audience, i can honestly say i have not seen any original "horror" programming this good on TV since Ghost Watch about 15 years ago.

well done channel 4!