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''. It aired from 20 December 2004 to 5 January 2005 on the

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network. The pantomime performed, ''Cinderella'', was written by Jonathan Harvey, who wrote the

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'' Gimme Gimme Gimme''.

Broadcasts

''Big Brother Panto'' aired from 20 December 2004 to 5 January 2005 and was presented by

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. It was broadcast each night on E4 at 10pm and repeated the following morning the T4 slot on Channel 4. On 28 December there was a live show on E4 at 11am where comments and suggestions from the public were read to the housemates. The finale aired at 9pm on E4. The housemates went home twice, firstly from 23 to 27 December and secondly from 30 December to 3 January to spend

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and

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at home. Unlike all other ''Big Brother'' series, there were no evictions and no winner. The only public vote was for who played Cinderella. On 27 December, Channel 4 accidentally broadcast the first half of the late-night E4 show, containing adult language and content, pre-watershed on T4. They later apologised.

House

The housemates spent the duration of the series in "The Lodge". There was a kitchen, bedroom, diary room, and a great hall. The Lodge was located in Bristol Studios.

Housemates

Ten former ''Big Brother'' housemates took part. From '' Big Brother 1'' were Nick Bateman and

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, from

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was Narinder Kaur, from '' Big Brother 3'' was Tim Culley,

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and Spencer Smith, from the fourth series was

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and the fifth series' was represented by

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and

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. The housemates were paid for appearing. In addition to the housemates, there were coach and staff to train them for the pantomime. The director was Chris Denys, the

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coach was Louie Spence and the

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coach was Dave Lynn. The stage manager was Ruth and the voice coaches were Mike and Nick.

Daily summary

References

External links

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