Just been reading that Big Brother is still going on in Germany...and in the present series the contestants are the only people in the country who don't know theres a pandemic happening...made me laugh....I would love to watch that...therapeutic I think
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And this is why it's dying on it's feet
Not telling them is a terrible, if not potentially life threatening decision
It's wrong on every level
Amythist posted:Just been reading that Big Brother is still going on in Germany...and in the present series the contestants are the only people in the country who don't know theres a pandemic happening...made me laugh....I would love to watch that...therapeutic I think
TBH I think they're damned if they do, damned if they don't.
I remember when BB decided to inform the USA house about 9/11: I still cringe at the thought of the poor woman called into the diary room and unable - understandably - to comprehend what she was being told...
Eugene's Lair posted:Amythist posted:Just been reading that Big Brother is still going on in Germany...and in the present series the contestants are the only people in the country who don't know theres a pandemic happening...made me laugh....I would love to watch that...therapeutic I think
TBH I think they're damned if they do, damned if they don't.
I remember when BB decided to inform the USA house about 9/11: I still cringe at the thought of the poor woman called into the diary room and unable - understandably - to comprehend what she was being told...
I wasn't aware of the USA thing...horrible. This is different in that they are all safely cocooned from it all and watching them getting on with the usual shenanigans might be therapeutic to watch as all everyone is talking about is the virus .However probably unethical just to leave them in there uninformed for much longer. If given the choice they may decide to stay put.....seeing as a lot of filming has ground to a halt (peaky blinders has been stopped
) we need all the entertainment we can get
They are to be told this evening in a live special after consultation with their relatives:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/newsbeat-51923334
El Loro posted:They are to be told this evening in a live special after consultation with their relatives:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/newsbeat-51923334
"Live", eh?
Well, that can't possibly go wrong... 