[MB.]

V/O: 9:18pm. Housemates are waking up to their tenth day in the Big Brother house. The song “Happy Birthday” by Stevie Wonder plays into the house, as today is
Vivienne’s 25th birthday.

Priscilla: That bloody music! Turn it down!

Candie: ( to Priscilla) This pillow’s never felt so comfy, I can tell you that… anyway, happy birthday, girl!

Laura: (to Vivienne) Have a great day, Viv!

Edwin: (to Vivienne) Yes, have a ruddy jolly birthday.

Vivienne: Oh, you guys, don’t you go embarrassing me this early in the morning!

V/O: Jackson is showering in the garden, having given up his bathroom privileges last week. Tisha is in the smoking area.

Tisha: (to Jackson:) Cold in there, hun?

Jackson: Freezing, mate!

Tisha: I can ******ing tell, you got nipples like raspberries.

Jackson covers up his chest with his hands.

Jackson: Oi, Tish, can you pass the shampoo?

Tisha: You’ve barely got any hair, man!

Jackson: Hey, a guy needs to groom.

V/O: 10:12pm. Several housemates are in the kitchen, whilst Greg is cooking breakfast.

Greg: Omelettes good today, guys? (to Eloise) Sorry, El, I can’t do much without soya milk. I cook you up something just as lovely. If I don’t burn it, that is!

Eloise: Oh, cheers, Greg. That’s really kind.

Caitlyn: Don’t dawdle though, love, my tummy’s rumbling already!

Caitlyn pats her stomach.

Greg: Ha ha, good things come to those who wait!

Caitlyn takes a deep inhale of the aromas in the kitchen.

Caitlyn: Smells lush!

Spencer: (to Caitlyn) Calm down, at this rate you’ll have ballooned by Friday…

Billy sniggers, before trying to disguise this as a cough.

V/O: 11:39pm. Edwin, Eloise and Simon are in the hideaway, discussing Billy.

Eloise: Is it just me or has he gotten a little controlling over Spencer and Tanvir recently? They’re practically turning into his clones, especially now that Leon’s gone. It’s quite scary.

Edwin: (to Eloise) I don’t like him in the slightest, I can tell you that, dear. He’s a tricky little sod.

Eloise: I’ve not seen you raging like that in a while! But no, I do agree. I wouldn’t invite him to any dinner parties of mine in a hurry.

Simon: Oh, nor me.

Edwin: He’d probably to struggle to adhere to the dress code of my dinner parties. I can’t imagine him having any cummerbunds in that locker of his.

Simon laughs. Vivienne then walks past.

Eloise: (to Vivienne) Vivienne, Vivienne! Happy birthday! We’ll be having a big old booze-up tonight, right?

Vivienne: Correct!

V/O: 12:14pm. Spencer has come to the diary room.

Big Brother: Hello, Spencer. How are you doing today?

Spencer: Very good, very nice, yeah. I’m warming to the other housemates the longer I spend time with them, actually. I was close to Tanvir and Billy pretty much from the beginning, but now I’m integrating with most people, and liking them more. Billy doesn’t seem to do that as much, but at the minute we all seem to kinda be getting along.

Big Brother: Is there anybody in particular that you’re getting along with especially well?

Spencer: Well, there’s one, but probably for the wrong reasons… and she won’t appreciate me saying it…

Big Brother: And who would that be?

Spencer squirms in the chair.

Spencer: Oh, okay, you bastards… Candie’s quite a fine girl, yeah, she’s really nice. And she is gorgeous, I won’t lie. But nothing’s going to happen, so there’s no need to stir any s**t up, BB. Mark my word on that one!

Big Brother: Big Brother wouldn’t dream of it, Spencer.

Spencer: Ha ha! You cheeky twats.

V/O: 1:50pm. The majority of the housemates are in the garden.

[Priscilla: (to Greg) Do you want me to do a reading on you or not, then, chuck?

Greg: Oh, go on. What’s the worst that can happen? So I say…

Priscilla sits Greg down on a stool.

Priscilla: (to Greg) Hold your bloody palms out, then.

Greg holds his palms outwards and Priscilla begins to stroke them.

Tanvir: (muttering) Try not to get a job on, mate…

Priscilla: I heard that. He’d better not, I’m reading his two hands, not his bloody third eye.

Several housemates begin to laugh.

Greg: Can my penis for once not be the topic of discussion in this house?

Priscilla continues to stroke Greg’s palms. She shuts her eyes.

Billy: That'll hardly help.

Priscilla: I sense something moving very quickly, something in a hurry. And then I see flames, I can sense flames.

Tanvir: (muttering to Billy) Leon’s been cooking again, then…

Priscilla: (to Greg) Has your house ever been on fire, Greg?

Greg: Not that I know of!

Priscilla: Oh. Bloody thing’s not working, then.

Tisha: Can we go in yet? It’s ******ing nippy out here. And I want some chicken.

Some of the housemates go indoors.

Priscilla: Who wants me to do them next?

Billy: (to Priscilla) I’ll pass…

V/O: 3:28pm. Spencer, Laura, Jackson and Candie are in the living area.

Laura: What was that diary room conversation about earlier, then, Spence?

Spencer: Oh, nothing, just chatting. Nothing bad about any of you.

Candie: Something good about us, then? Bless, we’re melting that icy heart!

Spencer blushes.

Spencer: Come off it…

Laura: Talking about anyone in particular?

Spencer: No! No. Definitely not.

Jackson: Right, yeah…

V/O: 5:07pm. Nadine and Simon have come to the diary room.

Big Brother: Hello, Nadine. Hello, Simon. How are you this afternoon?

Simon: Absolutely grand, totally. Wonderful, yes.

Nadine: I’m the same, mmm.

Big Brother: What do you two feel the mood in the house is like, considering that today is Vivienne’s birthday?

Simon: It’s unusually positive, truth be told. Everyone’s being nice enough to one another, nobody’s really bickering over who has what for lunch, there’s no tit for tat… it’s quite calm. I’d like to think it’s all calming down in here.

Nadine: I’d hope so. I’m not sure how much I can take of everyone arguing of everything that they possibly can. Priscilla was moaning to me last night about the task yesterday, she said Billy had it much easier, all this. For once, I do wish that she’d lighten up and enjoy herself.

Simon: Oh, I agree, totally. Not everything in here has to be taken one hundred percent seriously, no siree. Sometimes a laugh is needed, just for the craic.

Nadine and Simon shake hands in agreement.

V/O: 8:43pm. Housemates are in the living area to celebrate Vivienne’s birthday. Big Brother has laid on an academic-themed party for which the living area has been transformed into a library, and the housemates have been provided with fake glasses and mortarboard hats. Housemates have been provided with a selection of fine wines and luxury nibbles.

Tisha: I’ve never felt so ******ing posh, Laura!

Laura: Me neither! So fancy, I feel like I turned up to the wrong dig or something.

Vivienne then arrives and the housemates cheer and sing her a happy birthday. Everyone then raises their glass to a harmonious house.

Tanvir: Let’s see how long this lasts, eh?

Eloise: We will indeed.

The housemates then dance into the late hours of the night to music played by Big Brother, enjoying this period of happiness for however long it may last...