Dead Set
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| Genre | Horror Black comedy |
| Created by | Charlie Brooker |
| Directed by | Yann Demange |
| Starring |
Jaime Winstone Andy Nyman Kevin Eldon Adam Deacon Davina McCall Warren Brown Riz Ahmed Beth Cordingly Kathleen McDermott |
| Composer(s) | Dan Jones |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| No. of episodes | 5 episodes (list of episodes) |
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| Editor(s) | Chris Wyatt |
| Running time | 45 min. (Episode 1) 24 min. (Episodes 2-5) 141mins DVD feature. |
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| Original network | E4 |
| Picture format |
1080p (HDTV) 576i (PAL) 16:9 |
| Original release | 27 October – 31 October 2008 |
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| Related shows |
Big Brother UK Big Brother 2008 Charlie Brooker's Screenwipe Black Mirror |
| External links | |
| Website | |
Dead Set is a critically acclaimed BAFTA-nominated British television horror series created by Charlie Brooker. The show takes place primarily on the set of a fictional series of the real television show Big Brother. The five episodes, aired over five consecutive nights, chronicle a zombie outbreak that strands the housemates and production staff inside the Big Brother House, which quickly becomes a shelter from the undead.
Dead Set is a production of Zeppotron, part of the Endemol group of production and distribution companies that produces the actual Big Brother. The series first aired on E4 starting on 27 October 2008, just six weeks after the end of Big Brother 2008 on that same channel.
Another runner, Sophie, travels to the studio with Pippa's mother and their driver, who was bitten by a zombie earlier. They reach the studio as he dies and reanimates, killing both women and biting a security guard. As Pippa's eviction is announced, the guard stumbles into the crowd of fans, dies and reanimates and begins to infect others. The zombies invade the studio's interiors and attack Davina, the production crew, and the former contestants. Zombie Danny kills Chloe but Kelly manages to barricade herself in an office. Patrick hides in a toilet cubicle, after sacrificing his assistant and a disabled man to save himself.
In the morning, the housemates are bickering, oblivious to the situation and wondering why Big Brother seems to be ignoring them. Patrick finds Pippa hiding in the green room when he ducks inside to escape zombie Davina. Kelly kills zombie Danny and is then chased outside and attempts to escape in a van. She gets the keys but is forced back inside the closed studio, where she escapes from a zombie cameraman, lurking in the camera runs, by going into the house. The housemates believe that she is a new contestant and she tries to explain that something is behind the two-way mirrors. Marky opens a door to taunt her and the cameraman bursts into the house, biting Angel before Kelly smashes his head in with a fire extinguisher.
Can the Housemates Keep Angel Alive?
Patrick and Pippa are stuck in the green room with no means of communication; their already poor relationship deteriorates rapidly. Meanwhile, Davina continues to prowl the corridor outside, making occasional attempts to get in.
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