Big Brother Panto

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Big Brother Panto
Presented by Jeff Brazier
No. of days11
No. of housemates10
No. of episodes12
Release
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Original release20 December 2004 (2004-12-20) –
5 January 2005 (2005-01-05)

Big Brother Panto is a special series of Big Brother that brought together ten housemates from previous Big Brothers to produce the pantomime Cinderella . It aired from 20 December 2004 to 5 January 2005 on the Channel 4 network.

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The pantomime performed, Cinderella, was written by Jonathan Harvey, who wrote the sitcom Gimme Gimme Gimme . [1]

Broadcasts

Big Brother Panto aired from 20 December 2004 to 5 January 2005 and was presented by Jeff Brazier. It was broadcast each night on E4 at 10pm and repeated the following morning during the T4 slot on Channel 4. [2] On 28 December, there was a live show on E4 at 11am where comments and suggestions from the public were read to the housemates. [3] The finale aired at 9pm on E4. [4]

The housemates went home twice, firstly from 23 to 27 December and secondly from 30 December to 3 January to spend Christmas and New Year at home. [5] [6] [7] [8] Unlike all other Big Brother series, there were no evictions and no winner. The only public vote was for who played Cinderella. [9]

On 27 December, Channel 4 accidentally broadcast the first half of the late-night E4 show, containing adult language and content, pre-watershed on T4. They later apologised. [10]

House

The housemates spent the duration of the series in "The Lodge". [11] There was a kitchen, bedroom, diary room, and a great hall. [12] The Lodge was located in Bristol Studios. [13]

Housemates

Ten former Big Brother housemates took part. From Big Brother 1 were Nick Bateman and Melanie Hill, from series two was Narinder Kaur, from Big Brother 3 was Tim Culley, Jade Goody and Spencer Smith, from the fourth series was Anouska Golebiewski and the fifth series' was represented by Victor Ebuwa, Kitten Pinder and Marco Sabba. [14] The housemates were paid for appearing. [15]

In addition to the housemates, there were coach and staff to train them for the pantomime. The director was Chris Denys, the dance coach was Louie Spence and the dame coach was Dave Lynn. [12] [16] [17] The stage manager was Ruth and the voice coaches were Mike and Nick. [18] [19]

NameBig Brother History
SeriesStatus
Anouska Golebiewski Big Brother 4 Evicted
Jade Goody Big Brother 3 Fourth place
Kitten Pinder Big Brother 5 Ejected
Marco Sabba Big Brother 5 Evicted
Melanie Hill Big Brother 1 Evicted
Narinder Kaur Big Brother 2 Evicted
Nick Bateman Big Brother 1 Ejected
Spencer Smith Big Brother 3 Evicted
Tim Culley Big Brother 3 Evicted
Victor Ebuwa Big Brother 5 Evicted

Daily summary

Day 1Date20 December 2004
EventsHaving entered The Lodge the day before, the housemates talk about what roles they want to play. [20]
Day 2Date21 December 2004
EventsThe housemates had to audition for a part in Cinderella. Jade and Anouska auditioned for Cinderella, Victor for Button, Mel for Dandini, Nick for Baron Hardup, Spencer for ugly sister Jordanne, Tim and Marco for ugly sister Jodey, Narinder for the Fairy Liquid and Kitten for Prince Charming. [16] No one auditioned for the parts of Baroness Hardup and the Fairy Hairdresser. [16] Later they had a dance class with the dance coach. [12] Later the director announced who had been cast in which part. Victor was cast as Buttons, Kitten as Dandini, Nick as Baron Hardup, Narinder as Baroness Hardup, Spencer as Jordanne, Tim as Jodey, Marco as the Fairy Liquid and Mel as Prince Charming. [21] The director could not decide between Jade and Anouska for the role of Cinderella. [21]
Day 3Date22 December 2004
EventsDuring a dance class, Kitten walked out and threatened to leave because she did not want to play Dandini. [22]
Day 4Date23 December 2004
EventsThe housemates had a lesson from "dame coach" Dave Lynn and later had the first script read through with Chris and Ruth. [18] After a Christmas dinner the housemates left The Lodge. [5]
Day 5Date27 December 2004
EventsThe housemates returned to The Lodge two by two on sleighs down the chimney. [6] It was announced that the decision over who played Cinderella would be put to the public vote. [9]
Day 6Date28 December 2004
EventsThe housemates appeared live on T4 and Jade and Anouska auditioned for the role of Cinderella. [23] The lines for who played Cinderella were then open from 11.30am to 6pm. [9] Jade won the public vote with 83% of the vote. [24] Having previously complained about the script, Narinder talked with the writer Jonathan Harvey in the Great Hall. [1]
Day 7Date29 December 2004
EventsThe housemates spent the day rehearsing. [25]
Day 8Date30 December 2004
EventsThe housemates left The Lodge to go home for the New Year. [7]
Day 9Date3 January 2005
EventsThe housemates returned to The Lodge. [8] Later the housemates ran through Cinderella in full costume and had a singing lesson. [19] [26]
Day 10Date4 January 2005
EventsDuring a full day of rehearsals, Kitten walked out of rehearsals and threatened to leave. However, she later returned. [27]
Day 11Date5 January 2005
EventsThe housemates spent the day rehearsing. At 9pm, they performed Cinderella live on E4 and later left the house. [28]

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