[Sticks]

Originally posted by dustmite
I would suspect it's someone in the audience... police would have to turn up, etc, it's normal routine... it may not be ok, I haven't found out anything else yet, but the news agencies have also picked up on the very same thing.

M.

Source please
I am checking the media feeds and have not found anything yet

[steve_o]

Same here come on dustmite share the sources, can we trust them. They've just said on c4 the 8,30 show is 10.00 and the 10.00 show at 11.30.

[peachy]

Digital Spy is saying they've had to evacuate the house after a bomb scare

[Grotbag]

Can't find anything on BBC, Teletext, ITV, Skynews or Ananova.... Is someone telling porkies???

Channel 4's site is (funnily enough) down....

[dustmite]

Mine's from BBC news pundit, always useful having friends that work for them.

Should be on their website soon enough.

M.

[Jayjay]

BBC1 as a flas line with more soon . Ananova has nothing yet.

[steve_o]

So that means the housemates will have seen the outside world then.

[photo1]

you know a cynic would say this was the last attempt to boost ratings

[dustmite]

The housemates most likely won't have, they have plans in place for this (there's always a people carrier on site to take them away in case of such occasions)

M.

[Grotbag]

From Digital Spy:

BREAKING NEWS: Incident in BB house?

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Posted on Day 43 at 8.33pm by Neil Wilkes

Tonight's 8.30pm Channel 4 show has been put back until 10pm.

An announcement on the station blamed "technical difficulties" for the reschedule, which will see the eviction postponed until 11.15pm.

Additionally, live feeds from the house, both on the internet and E4, have been suspended since 8pm this evening. Both feeds are currently broadcasting the same ariel shot of the garden.

The shock "disappearance of Big Brother" from TV screens this evening has set tongues wagging that there may have been an incident inside the house.

Has one contestant been injured? Has Lisa had another asthma attack? Is this a publicity stunt? Has Big Brother simply forgot to pay the electricity bill? We'll keep you posted on events as they develop.

[steve_o]

Wonder if the private jet's available as well, reminds me of President Bush on 9/11. Glad it doesn't seem to bad though a bloody pain for everyone though and the nutters who do this sort of thing.

[dustmite]

From Ananova:

Suspect package delays Big Brother show

The live Big Brother eviction show has been delayed after a suspect package was discovered on the Elstree complex where the house is located.

A Channel 4 spokesman said the incident was being dealt with and they hoped to continue with the show at 10pm

[dustmite]

From news.bbc.co.uk

Evictions from the Big Brother household have been delayed after a suspect package was found at the Elstree complex where it is filmed.
A spokesman for Channel Four said the incident was being dealt with and they expected the programme to go out at the usual time of 10pm on Friday evening.

A spokesman for the channel said a suspect package was found at the George Lucas building and part of the Elstree Studio complex in Hertfordshire - where Big Brother is filmed - had to be evacuated.

[BigSister]

yeah i also got a text message from bb saying that a suspect package had been found at the elstree complex where the house is

[photo1]

be interesting to see what happens at 10

[Sticks]

Link to BBC site

[BusyBee]

They cannot keep anything secret from the spy force known as TIBB

We have the technology and the 'nosiness' to discover all.

[Di2001]

Blimey what a turn up for the books!!!

Hubby has found the story on Teletext now about there being a suspect package.

Wonder what the housemates are thinking of it all!!!!

(P.S. Think Gos will go tonight)

[Sticks]

If it is an incident then the anti terror police will require several hours to vet a place for secondary devices.

A typical tactic is to have two devices, so when the services are attending the aftermath of the first attack, your second device takes them out as well. Maximum kill rate.

That is what happened at Deal if I remember correctly, a second device was detonated when the police arrived.

The whole programme should be cancelled, going on at 22:00 is not gonna be allowed to happen. If I was in the anti terror squad I would not allow it until there had been a full sweep which can take several hours.

[James]

It might turn out to just be a bag that someone's left unattended though.

[blinkinlovely]

Perhaps they'll be glad to get out... perhaps they could lose Lisa somehow!!

[splodge0]

Positive thinking as always sticks!!

[BusyBee]

Lets hope its nothing sinister. But I'd rather they put off the eviction than put anyone in danger.

If it is a suspect package then as Sticks says there could quite easily be another hidden away so as not to be found. Fingers crossed.

But better safe than sorry.

[dustmite]

Sticks, it's a "suspect" package. A "suspect" package is anything that's been left unattended. For example, say someone went shopping, bought some shoes in a nice big shoe box (I'm size 13.. so I get some big boxes), then put the box down and forget about it. It'll be deemed a "suspect" package.

The package is then investigated - if it's just the shoe box, with shoes in, then it's deemed to be a false alarm and everything returns to normal.

Think about airports and their "suspect" packages, most are opened by normal police officers if they deem them to be nothing dangerous.

M.

[steve_o]

Poor Davina I wouldn't like to do a show with that hanging over me if I was pregnant, maybe they'd be better to postpone it. You can't be sure these days.