| Demon Docusoap Nasty Nick could get nastier... BBCi: What do you think of recent factual shows like Big Brother and the whole Docusoap genre? What do you think could be done with them for Halloween 2001? STEPHEN VOLK: A haunted house Big Brother would be good. I was hooked like everybody else but it was really pure voyeurism and no real surface content: only as interesting as the people themselves. Instead of ‘Fly on the Wall’ documentaries we now have ‘Hole in the wall’ documentaries – peering into next door’s bathroom and knicker drawer. One of my Ghostwatch episodes when it was a six-parter was called The Fly on the Wall which I thought was a neat double-entendre ghost story title. I think every Halloween is an opportunity for subversion. Read our review of Ghostwatch >> |
