Originally Posted by WhisperingGhost:
“I wouldn't be surprised if, evem way back then, manipulation was in play from the producers. They obviously had seen him proposition several housemates and write down names. They probably left it to let it build, and I wouldn't put it past them to have told the other housemates (Craig at least, who suddenly awoke from his coma) and asked them to call a meeting and maybe that's why it was a court-like meeting.
Someone mentioned Dawn. Was she the one in Nikki's series who got a call from her sister (apparently pre-arranged if she wasn't being portrayed in a good light)?”
Yes, I've said before that obviously BB knew what Nick was up to, but this was their first series, they were getting great press from it and it was drawing viewers in. Only once the housemates confronted Nick did they act, as they had to be seen to enforce their rules.
Nick was responsible for a lot of people I knew back then watching the show - he's certainly the reason I tuned in; if I'm not mistaken it was even on the news (although my memory's not that hot I could be wrong).
I often wonder how successful BB would have become without the Nick incident in Series 1.