Ah, Monday night was brilliant for telly. First, we had Spooks, with a big huge massive ending (and no, I’m still not telling you what it was). And then, the tone changed, as I switched over in anticipation, to E4. After waiting for what seems like ages, the TV miniseries I’ve been waiting for has started.
Dead Set has arrived…
I will get onto the mobile phones in it in a bit, but first, a bit of back story.
I cannot stand Big Brother. It’s a godawful carbuncle on the face of TV. However, I did watch the first series, mainly to see whether it was a colossal wind-up, or not. And while I was watching it, me and my sister came up with a wizard wheeze. Lock the housemates in, kill all activity to the house, and let them think that the world had ended, that the apocalypse had happened. Maybe some virus, and they were quarantined. It’d be genius.
It seems the TV gods were listening to us, because Charlie Brooker, one of the most acerbic, talented and hilarious writers ever to grace our TV screens, has had the same idea. What would happen if the apocalypse happened on an eviction night? But it’s not just any apocalypse. It’s the single best apocalypse one could wish for.
Yep, that’s right.
Zombies.
Night Of The Big Brother Dead. It’s just genius, it really is, and the first, hour-long episode was pure fried gold (spot the reference, there, for a rockpoint). I made sure I got the mobile phone spotting out the way early on, so I could savour the ravenously hungry undead, and excessive gore later on. Like you do.
So, what mobile phones were on display before the country’s infrastructure went down the swanny when the rampaging undead hordes swept into the crowds on Big Brother eviction night, and tore everyone apart? Well, in truth, there was only one scene with mobile phones on display, and the only one of interest was the Nokia N82, the older, non-slidy relative of the Nokia N96. And that was it, cell towers were squashed under decayed feet, and people were forced to roam onto other networks, and everyone’s bills got higher. Or something.
Look, be thankful I even noticed the Nokia N82, I was far too excited by the prospect of seeing Zombie Davina…
Grab yourself the Nokia N82, or its new sibling, the Nokia N96 today! Be advised, though, neither are insured against zombie apocalypses!
