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This is Big Brother (April 2006)

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JE
Jez Founding member
Brekkie Boy posted:
ITV only want the show to make money!


And C4 dont? Wink
LU
Luke
Brekkie Boy posted:
A move to ITV would probably see the show back in a 30-minute slot, and as soon as it was out of favour it would be gone! ITV only want the show to make money, while on C4 it's not just the ratings - the show is there on merit!


Huh? So ITV want it because it makes money, and Channel 4 don't - how do you work that one out?

don't understand why ITV are so desperate for it anyway, it's probably only got a couple of years left at most - it has hit a plateau and will only go downhill from here.
SE
Square Eyes Founding member
Channel 4 are doing it for love.
JE
Jez Founding member
Luke posted:
Brekkie Boy posted:
A move to ITV would probably see the show back in a 30-minute slot, and as soon as it was out of favour it would be gone! ITV only want the show to make money, while on C4 it's not just the ratings - the show is there on merit!


Huh? So ITV want it because it makes money, and Channel 4 don't - how do you work that one out?

don't understand why ITV are so desperate for it anyway, it's probably only got a couple of years left at most - it has hit a plateau and will only go downhill from here.


ITV are probabaly desperate for it because they think it will pull in more viewers than their current reality series such as Love Island, and make more money from phone calls from them.
ST
stevek
weaz posted:
I think from presentation point of view BB 4 was my favourite. When the eviction shows were studio based and Davina used to talk to the house and she would then run under the video wall, down the ramp and then through the crowd. It made the whole thing more accelerating.


she could hardly do that this year, she's expecting a baby in 3 weeks.
BR
Brekkie
I never said the money doesn't matter to C4 - but for ITV it's the ONLY reason they want it! For C4 Big Brother means a whole lot more than just the money!
JE
Jez Founding member
Brekkie Boy posted:
I never said the money doesn't matter to C4 - but for ITV it's the ONLY reason they want it! For C4 Big Brother means a whole lot more than just the money!


Such as? As far as I can see C4 only use Big Brother for ratings and to make a lot of money from phone calls.
BR
Brekkie
stevek posted:
weaz posted:
I think from presentation point of view BB 4 was my favourite. When the eviction shows were studio based and Davina used to talk to the house and she would then run under the video wall, down the ramp and then through the crowd. It made the whole thing more accelerating.


she could hardly do that this year, she's expecting a baby in 3 weeks.


She was preggers in BB4, and BB2, too - though about a month less - and managed fine! Surely being stood outside in the summer heat (or cold nights) would be just as bad!


I dug out an old clip of the BB4 today and I'd forgotten just how great that studio was. They may have got alot wrong that year, but the studio set up was perfect!
BR
Brekkie
Photos from the wrap party: http://photo.wenn.com/index.php?action=search&tb=&fp=1&st=0&hs=&start=1&session_id=f96437d3a3c8905de2f7c4063dadf204


Interesting that Sezer was there, but not at the finale!


Also, it's been widely reported that the house will move after next year as the lease is up on the Elstree site, but looking at Wikipedia, the lease is up on the whole of the Elstree studios site - so perhaps it's best not to get our hopes up!
CD
cdukjunkie
Brekkie Boy posted:
Also, it's been widely reported that the house will move after next year as the lease is up on the Elstree site, but looking at Wikipedia, the lease is up on the whole of the Elstree studios site - so perhaps it's best not to get our hopes up!


All because of the 'neighbours'. You'd think the way they moan they were bang on top of the house. What they forget to mention is there is a massive plot of green between them and the house - so big you could probably make a public park out of it. And to hear what the normally loud voice of Big Brother is actually saying in there, you'd probably have to go right down to the perimiter fence to catch a few words of it. They just spout a load of nonsense and are after their very own few minutes of fame no doubt!
DA
David_02
Losing Big Brother would damage Channel 4. It helps them in so many ways.
DA
davidmcg
Any pics, I can remember a Studio with Big pics of the housemates and their Friends and Family, BBLB has to return to 6pm, BBBM to 11 both on C4 and Big Brain maybe to More4

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