Bomb Scare
At 7:58 on Day 43, Big Brother had asked all housemates to go to the boys' bedroom until further notice because of a security alert inside the studios and staff left 20 minutes earlier, except for senior members of the production team who watched the house mates behind the mirrors, as the Big Brother gallery is unmanned after police advised to leave the house.
At 8:43, Police advised the house be evacuated. But since the Gallery is unmanned, Big Brother had no method of communicating with the house, so they had to enter the house. Senior members of the production team lead the house mates out via the camera runs, and taken to a secure area on the perimeter of the studio complex, with 2 chaperons and 4 security guards.
At 9:35pm, Marcus Bentley told the viewing audience that Big Brother had been continuously recording for 1009 hours and 15 minutes. Each set of tapes have a maximum recording time of just over 3 hours. The tapes were put in at 6:30pm. Moments later, the cameras went off.
At 12:49am, the Housemates were allowed to go back into the house after the police gave the all clear. The eviction took place the following day.
Also it has been confirmed in the 2008 UK series, Big Brother 9 that in the early hours of Day 32 the house was once again evacuated because of the second bomb scare.
Read more about this topic: Big Brother 2003 (UK)
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