10 Greatest Horror TV Shows Since 2000
5. Dead Set
Run: 1 Season, 2008
Starring: Jaime Winstone, Riz Ahmed, Krishnan Guru-Murthy , Davina McCall
Network: Channel 4
Before social satirist Charlie Brooker was made famous by his tech-savvy Black Mirror series, he had a much simpler, but arguably scarier idea. Dead Set rode on the wave of reality television to bring the zombie apocalypse to the Big Brother studios. Sadly the Dead Set apocalypse was over before we knew it.
Featuring cameos of real life Big Brother UK contestants , as well as presenter Davina McCall, Dead Set was about as meta as you can get. We are also introduced to Andy Nyman's vile producer, Patrick Goad. Whether Goad is a representation of Brooker himself, or someone he met, the character is a golden comic creation. Jaime Winstone (of Ray Winstone lineage) takes on the role of tough final girl Kelly.
The season ends with the shot of a zombie watching the Big Brother live feed on television - a Twilight Zone nod to modern society and their televisions. At only five episodes long, Dead Set is a the perfect weekend binge is you are waiting for your other favourite zombie show to return.