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Davina meets gruesome end in zombie 'epic'
Updated 12:21pm on 9 Oct 2008Here is Big Brother host Davina McCall meeting a grisly end in a new zombie horror series.
Grisly end: Davina McCall in the Big Brother zombie film Dead Set
McCall makes a cameo appearance in the forthcoming five-part E4 show Dead Set.
The thriller is set in a fictional Big Brother house which is increasingly under threat from the bloodthirsty masses.
McCall plays herself, as the horrific events unfold during an eviction night.
Dead Set is written by Charlie Brooker, who is known for his writing in the Guardian and his BBC4 series Charlie Brooker's Screen Wipe.
He said: "Just as a shopping mall was the ideal setting for the original Dawn of the Dead back in 1978, so the Big Brother house seemed fitting for a TV zombie epic set in the 21st century.
"Dead Set isn't an out-and-out comedy, but an unashamedly populist horror-thriller with blackly comic undertones.
"Think 24 with zombies. And housemates. And gore."
Dead Set also stars Jaime Winstone as production runner Kelly working on the fictional series of Big Brother.
Former Big Brother housemates also make cameo appearances.
Dead Set is being broadcast on E4 this month.
Reader views (2)
A rather apt image, if you ask me; in terms of being a visual metaphor of her career...
- Ali Sichilongo, London, 14/10/2008 19:30
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Now that's a great idea for Big Brother, get all the dross to fight off a zombie attack.
- D Antonello, London, 10/10/2008 11:41
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