Dutch version of "big brother" may feature birth on live TV

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http://entertainment.msn.com/tv/article.aspx?news=200149

Dutch Reality Show May Feature Live Birth
Aug 29, 9:24 AM EST

The Associated Press

AMSTERDAM, Netherlands -- The latest version of the game show "Big Brother," launched Sunday in the Netherlands, features a woman who is seven months pregnant, raising the possibility she will give birth live on television.

The Dutch Social Affairs Ministry will decide later this week whether to grant a work permit allowing the baby — essentially a child actor — to make an appearance on the show.

Ministry spokeswoman Bea Versteeg said as long as no laws were broken the ministry had no objection in principle to having babies on TV. But the amount of time the infant can appear on camera will be brief, she said.

Dutch law limits a child to a maximum of four television appearences before its seventh birthday, for no more than four hours per appearence. Filming must be during daytime hours, and a child can't be the main focus of a show.

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1. Live birth? That old thing?

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2. funny laws though...

do they start the clock when head shows?


Ministry spokeswoman Bea Versteeg said as long as no laws were broken the ministry had no objection in principle to having babies on TV. But the amount of time the infant can appear on camera will be brief, she said.

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3. Oh, funny. No vagina. Only infant head poking through vagina.

Placenta? Too traumatic for everyone!

Civilization must be saved from the placenta!