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
W1T 1LN
How to cite this record
Shakespeare, "Big Brother [06/06/2003]". https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/shakespeare/search/index.php/title/av68295 (Accessed 26 Nov 2024)