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Oh Five is certain that reality tv is now dead...no more reality tv from them...at all...none whatsoever...not a sausage.
Until the next series of Celebrity Detox and Cosmetic Surgery Live hosted by Vanessa Feltz -who this time decides to go under the knife herself and have lyposuction live on air..
Until the next series of Celebrity Detox and Cosmetic Surgery Live hosted by Vanessa Feltz -who this time decides to go under the knife herself and have lyposuction live on air..
Christ on a bike!
:-(
A former member
Greg posted:
tvfreak posted:
.....But Endemol is also said to have been developing another spin-off from its successful Big Brother format.....
What next? Baby Brother?
Big Mother ran in Greece over this autumn: usual mix of housemates (five men, four women), but with the addition of their mothers in the house.
http://www.antenna.gr/articleDetail/0,3821,117067,00.html
BR
Well said. And we all know if C4 dropped Big Brother five would bend over backwards to pick it up!
Five has never really been the home of original reality TV - all it's output has been basically rip-off formats.
I also think people who label Space Cadets as pure reality TV are being short sighted. It's more in the vein of shows like Beadle's About and Game for a Laugh, with reality TV being used as the format to fool the public.
Finally, one thing I should add is it's great to see Johnny Vaughan back on TV, this time with an original, interesting format. The less said about his time at the BBC, the better!
nok32uk posted:
Oh Five is certain that reality tv is now dead...no more reality tv from them...at all...none whatsoever...not a sausage.
Until the next series of Celebrity Detox and Cosmetic Surgery Live hosted by Vanessa Feltz -who this time decides to go under the knife herself and have lyposuction live on air..
Until the next series of Celebrity Detox and Cosmetic Surgery Live hosted by Vanessa Feltz -who this time decides to go under the knife herself and have lyposuction live on air..
Well said. And we all know if C4 dropped Big Brother five would bend over backwards to pick it up!
Five has never really been the home of original reality TV - all it's output has been basically rip-off formats.
I also think people who label Space Cadets as pure reality TV are being short sighted. It's more in the vein of shows like Beadle's About and Game for a Laugh, with reality TV being used as the format to fool the public.
Finally, one thing I should add is it's great to see Johnny Vaughan back on TV, this time with an original, interesting format. The less said about his time at the BBC, the better!
BR
Ironically it could really work if it fails miserably! Knowing the British public that is probably what they'd most like to see - but hopefully not until the mission nears it end!
jay posted:
This could either REALLY work for Channel 4 (Big Brother) - or fail miserably (Shattered).
It's an interesting idea - an odd one, but interesting...
It's an interesting idea - an odd one, but interesting...
Ironically it could really work if it fails miserably! Knowing the British public that is probably what they'd most like to see - but hopefully not until the mission nears it end!
MS
It's a bit much just for what is essentially a big practical joke isn't it?
How are they going to convince them that the small studio they are walking into is actually a massive rocket or plane or whatever which is capable of going into space. Surely they'd have to build at least part of it so the "astronauts" could see what they're taking off in.
I can imagine them being extremely p*ssed off afterwards, especially as they've been through all that training! I know i'd be p*ssed off!
How are they going to convince them that the small studio they are walking into is actually a massive rocket or plane or whatever which is capable of going into space. Surely they'd have to build at least part of it so the "astronauts" could see what they're taking off in.
I can imagine them being extremely p*ssed off afterwards, especially as they've been through all that training! I know i'd be p*ssed off!
PA
Channel 4 is pulling an elaborate hoax with a new reality TV show in which a group of people believe they are in Russia training for a space mission - but are in fact having their every move filmed at a disused airbase in Britain.
Space Cadets, which launches on December 7 and is hosted by Johnny Vaughan, will follow a group of contestants who have applied to the fictional Space Tourism Agency.
They believe they are in Russia, undergoing intensive training to be blasted 100km into space, but in reality are at a former American airbase in the UK.
Starting with 100 applicants, the contestants will be whittled down to just four for the fictional mission - but one will be an actor.
They undergo intensive training, which every so often will get a little strange - a test of whether any of the participants have worked out it is all a hoax.
"We've taken a big risk with Space Cadets and we don't know who will have the last laugh - but we're hoping it's going to be a really entertaining and unique event in the schedule - a real treat in the run-up to Christmas," said Angela Jain, the Channel 4 commissioning editor for factual entertainment.
The Space Cadets set features a space shuttle, with a cockpit that has featured in films including Space Cowboys, Armageddon and Deep Impact.
There is also a mission control, an operations centre where the space cadets will be trained, barracks and a recreation room.
To keep up the illusion that the contestants are in Russia, the site has been kitted out with Russian fixtures and fittings - including more than 100 plug sockets, lightbulbs, drain covers and signs.
The space cadets will also use Russian teabags, cigarettes, DVDs, chocolate bars - and toilet paper.
Channel 4 and Space Cadets producer Zeppotron, a subsidiary of Endemol, the company behind Big Brother, have kept the project under wraps so as not to give away the hoax to the contestants.
Space Cadets has taken eight months to develop and has a production staff of more than 150. Thirty-four cameras will film the contestants 24 hours a day.
Space Cadets is to run on Channel 4 at 9pm every night from Wednesday December 7, for 10 days, with a live 60-minute show each night hosted by Vaughan.
Channel 4's digital service E4 will carry round the clock live streaming of the space cadets from December 11.
E4 is also to broadcast a daily spin-off show, Space Cadets: the Satellite Show, nightly at 10pm, presented by Alex Zane.
Space Cadets fans can follow the show via Channel 4's website and news stories and video highlights will also be available on mobile phones.
http://media.guardian.co.uk/broadcast/story/0,7493,1643851,00.html
Space Cadets, which launches on December 7 and is hosted by Johnny Vaughan, will follow a group of contestants who have applied to the fictional Space Tourism Agency.
They believe they are in Russia, undergoing intensive training to be blasted 100km into space, but in reality are at a former American airbase in the UK.
Starting with 100 applicants, the contestants will be whittled down to just four for the fictional mission - but one will be an actor.
They undergo intensive training, which every so often will get a little strange - a test of whether any of the participants have worked out it is all a hoax.
"We've taken a big risk with Space Cadets and we don't know who will have the last laugh - but we're hoping it's going to be a really entertaining and unique event in the schedule - a real treat in the run-up to Christmas," said Angela Jain, the Channel 4 commissioning editor for factual entertainment.
The Space Cadets set features a space shuttle, with a cockpit that has featured in films including Space Cowboys, Armageddon and Deep Impact.
There is also a mission control, an operations centre where the space cadets will be trained, barracks and a recreation room.
To keep up the illusion that the contestants are in Russia, the site has been kitted out with Russian fixtures and fittings - including more than 100 plug sockets, lightbulbs, drain covers and signs.
The space cadets will also use Russian teabags, cigarettes, DVDs, chocolate bars - and toilet paper.
Channel 4 and Space Cadets producer Zeppotron, a subsidiary of Endemol, the company behind Big Brother, have kept the project under wraps so as not to give away the hoax to the contestants.
Space Cadets has taken eight months to develop and has a production staff of more than 150. Thirty-four cameras will film the contestants 24 hours a day.
Space Cadets is to run on Channel 4 at 9pm every night from Wednesday December 7, for 10 days, with a live 60-minute show each night hosted by Vaughan.
Channel 4's digital service E4 will carry round the clock live streaming of the space cadets from December 11.
E4 is also to broadcast a daily spin-off show, Space Cadets: the Satellite Show, nightly at 10pm, presented by Alex Zane.
Space Cadets fans can follow the show via Channel 4's website and news stories and video highlights will also be available on mobile phones.
http://media.guardian.co.uk/broadcast/story/0,7493,1643851,00.html
PA
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Channel 4's £5m gamble on reality spoof Space Cadets is a step closer to take off, with contestants so far having not worked out the truth after more than 10 days into filming.
The Endemol UK production from comedy arm Zeppotron will see ordinary members of the public "blast off" into space from Russia when they are actually in a fake spacecraft sitting in a disused army base within the UK.
Sources involved in the production confirmed that none of the wannabe astronauts have realised that they did not leave British soil during their trip to "Russia".
The insider added: "They could still rumble it at any point. It wouldn't be unexpected. That's what's so thrilling about it. It could easily happen."
If the contestants do figure out the elaborate plan before the series goes to air on 7 December, a documentary detailing how they found out is still likely to go to air.
Channel 4 has also developed a "contingency plan" should the series need to be pulled from the schedule at the last minute.
Zeppotron boss Annabel Jones and creative director Ben Caudell - who came up with the idea - have spent 18 months developing the project.
The Endemol UK production from comedy arm Zeppotron will see ordinary members of the public "blast off" into space from Russia when they are actually in a fake spacecraft sitting in a disused army base within the UK.
Sources involved in the production confirmed that none of the wannabe astronauts have realised that they did not leave British soil during their trip to "Russia".
The insider added: "They could still rumble it at any point. It wouldn't be unexpected. That's what's so thrilling about it. It could easily happen."
If the contestants do figure out the elaborate plan before the series goes to air on 7 December, a documentary detailing how they found out is still likely to go to air.
Channel 4 has also developed a "contingency plan" should the series need to be pulled from the schedule at the last minute.
Zeppotron boss Annabel Jones and creative director Ben Caudell - who came up with the idea - have spent 18 months developing the project.