Wherever the contestants go in the house, an Audio-Technica microphone picks up any sound, so that even when they take their personal radio mics off, the viewers hear every single word. Big Brother addresses the house through an AT4050 and when the housemates are in the house's wet rooms, they are picked up by AT871WR waterproof boundary mics.
During the weekly nominations in the Diary Room, the nominators speak into an ES915/C gooseneck mic and when they are in bed, they each have an ES933/C suspended above their heads. Even the famous Big Brother chickens are covered by A-T mics, with seven AT4073a shotgun microphones hidden discreetly under rocks and in amongst the plant foliage outside the house, all ready to listen in to any conversations taking place in the garden and pool areas.
France explained why he chose to employ the A-T mics: "Audio-Technica has played a part in making the show what it is today. The help we have had from the company, its wide and versatile range of mics and the level of reliability we have seen on the previous series of Big Brother meant that the decision to install A-T mics for BB4 was an easy one to make. They have never let us down and have provided a number of effective solutions to some fairly unusual requests."
(Lee Baldock)
