[zakman440]

Initial has appointed Denis O’Connor to the newly-created role of creative director for flagship format Big Brother.

The executive producer has been promoted to creative director of Big Brother programming and will oversee Channel 5’s long-running reality show, as well as its spin-offs, Celebrity Big Brother and Big Brother’s Bit on the Side.

Along with Katy Manley and Susy Price, O’Connor has been exec producer on the show for three years and also oversaw the show’s final series on Channel 4 in 2010.

His other credits include BBC3’s Celebrity Scissorhands, C4’s Home for the Holidays and BBC2’s The Underdog Show.

Reporting to Initial managing director, Nick Samwell-Smith, O’Connor will take up the new position immediately.

Last month Broadcast revealed that C5 had extended its deal with Endemol Shine UK for Big Brother until at least the end of 2018.

O’Connor said he had “some big ideas in the pipeline” for this summer’s series.

Samwell-Smith added that O’Connor had “played a pivotal role” in the success of the format.

“He is a brilliantly creative producer and with Denis at the helm Big Brother couldn’t be better placed to keep fans enthralled year after year,” he added.

http://www.broadcastnow.co.uk/news/i...086839.article

Oh dear.

[JohnnyBB]

Well this is going to make fans switch off

[Rob!]

Originally Posted by JohnnyBB

Well this is going to make fans switch off

Doubtful. He's hardly Alison Garderner or whatever her name is from the U.S. series.

[DigitalSid]

I don't see the problem?

[Firewire]

I'm hoping this is a good thing

[RichardG]

is this bad??? i don't know who he is.

[Lostie!]

Originally Posted by RichardG

is this bad??? i don't know who he is.

[2].

I have no idea what this means for the show either way.

[y.winter]

According to google, he's apparently (1/3) responsible for the white room twist.
I don't know how "negative" I feel about it, since BB has already been tempering with the prize fund (BB5) and the audience awarding it to a vile one (BB15). You can't always win.

[Gstar]

idg the hate, what has he done wrong?

[Shaun]

well I liked Celeb. Scissorhands

[LukeB]

I liked the white room twist thing tbh

[Natalie.]

Thought this said Des O'Connor

[Lostie!]

Originally Posted by Shaun

well I liked Celeb. Scissorhands

I remember seeing a bit of it back in 2008 and thought it was pretty good, but I never watched much.

Originally Posted by LukeB

I liked the white room twist thing tbh

My main problem with it was the result. I mean, I'm opposed to prize fund twists on principle anyway, but the White Room wouldn't have left such a bad taste if someone who was actually likeable got the money.

Originally Posted by Natalie.

Thought this said Des O'Connor

Not gonna lie, I had the same thought when I first glanced at the title.

[MB.]

Well, it could be worse.

Denis O'Connor
Denis and Connor
Dennis and Conor

[Babayaro.]

Is this good or???
Speaking of the white room twist, I felt it was actually not that bad. Looking back on it, yeah the wrong person walked with the money but with a little work it could have been a great twist. It felt kind of 'channel 4 ish' too imo

[Rob!]

If the white room twist is the worst thing this guy has been behind then I doubt there's too much to worry about at this stage. The only reason that didn't go down well was because Conor won it.

[mrmattybeck1]

Dreadful decision

[Rob!]

Originally Posted by mrmattybeck1

Dreadful decision

Because...?

[mrmattybeck1]

Originally Posted by Rob!

Because...?

Don't like the twists and the decisions he has brought to the show

[MB.]

I guess if we're looking for good in this, he worked on eviction shows during BB11 which were generally quite well-received due to how they made the crowd look big etc. I'm not saying this will lead to an exterior change because... well, it won't, but I'm sure he's a much safer pair of hands than a lot of the alternatives.

[Lostie!]

Originally Posted by MB.

I guess if we're looking for good in this, he worked on eviction shows during BB11 which were generally quite well-received due to how they made the crowd look big etc. I'm not saying this will lead to an exterior change because... well, it won't, but I'm sure he's a much safer pair of hands than a lot of the alternatives.

I'd like to see the return of the recorded goodbye messages tbh, that was one of the changes I liked with BB11.

[Marsh.]

He was in charge of the live eviction shows in 2010.

Hopefully he can do something about the state of the ones we've been getting in recent series.

[Jake.]

Originally Posted by Marsh.

He was in charge of the live eviction shows in 2010.

Hopefully he can do something about the state of the ones we've been getting in recent series.

Yeah, the evictions are the worst part of BB nowadays

[Jason.]

Originally Posted by Rob!

If the white room twist is the worst thing this guy has been behind then I doubt there's too much to worry about at this stage. The only reason that didn't go down well was because Conor won it.

I agree.
I think it was MB. who said in another thread a few days ago, that the White Room was the least producer manipulated twist, and I agree.

It wasn't a bad twist, it just left a bad taste as someone repugnant walked away with £50K.
I've always thought the hate for the WR was only because of the outcome, as opposed to the actual twist its self. If somebody like Adam won the money for instance, then people would be saying it was the best Channel 5 twist.

I agree with the person who said it felt very Channel 4. It did.

The White Room was a better twist than any of the daily conflict-egineered crap we got in the dreadful BB15. Period.

[LukeB]

Originally Posted by Lostie!

My main problem with it was the result. I mean, I'm opposed to prize fund twists on principle anyway, but the White Room wouldn't have left such a bad taste if someone who was actually likeable got the money.

I thought people who disliked him would have been happy he took it and left because it meant not seeing him on BB anymore, As he could have been evicted couple of days before the final or in the final. He walked out to cheers didn't he? i think he would have been in the final.