Big Brother [06/06/2003]

Synopsis

Reality television show where for around three months, a number of contestants (normally fewer than fifteen at any one time) try to win a cash prize by avoiding periodic publicly-voted evictions from a communal house. In this episode Jon gives the housemates his own version of the opening scene from Romeo and Juliet. He reads aloud from ‘The Complete Works’ but changes the original lines.

Series

Big Brother

Language

English

Country

Great Britain

Medium

Television

Technical information

Colour / Sound

Transmission details

6 Jun 2003 at 00:20 (Channel: Channel Four)

Duration

60 mins

Additional Details

Production type

Other

Plays

Romeo and Juliet

Keywords

Shakespeare, William (1564-1616); Reality TV

Notes

History

Series 4. Day 14.

Reviews

For a detailed account of Jon’s re-wording of Romeo and Juliet see Greenhalgh, Suzanne ‘UK Television’ in Burt, Richard ‘U.S. Television’ in Burt, Richard (ed). Shakespeares After Shakespeares: an Encyclopedia of the Bard in Mass Media and Popular Culture. 2 vols. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 2006.

Production Company

Name

Endemol UK

Archive

Name

BFI National Archive

Web

http://www.bfi.org.uk/archive-collections/searching-access-collections/research-viewing-services External site opens in new window

Phone

020 7255 1444

Fax

020 7436 0165

Address

21 Stephen Street
London
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