A huge and frightening altercation involving violence and startlingly-worded threats on the personal safety of housemates occurred in the Big Brother house in the early hours of Thursday morning.

The incident followed a very tense night which saw the re-introduction of 'bedsit babes' Michelle and Emma to the main house, having seen everything the group had been saying and doing since their 'eviction' last Friday.

The pair were quick to spill the beans on their adventures to close allies Marco, Nadia and Stuart, who were all pretty outraged at hearing some of the things Victor and Jason in particular had been up to.

Victor and Jason, meanwhile, were none best pleased at seeing the harem reunited - a frustration that was heightened more so as they were wound up.

Things finally came to a head at around 1.30am in the living area, when Jason flipped a table and began to scream at Nadia.

Before too long Victor and Emma were going at each other too, with Victor pouring white wine over her and screaming "I'll fucking kill you!"

Big Brother immediately called Victor to the diary room as the rest of the group tried to pull him and Emma apart.

With Victor, Jason and Vanessa all in the diary room, the rest of the group were left wondering what was going to happen next.

Shell took the news particularly badly, collapsing on the bathroom floor shortly before producers cut live streaming from the house altogether.

Channel 4 yanked live feeds of the house from E4 and the Internet between 2am and 3am, airing only a prerecorded loop of generic house images and bird noises. Upon the feeds coming back at 3am, viewers saw Victor, Jason, Stuart and Michelle in one area of the house with the other housemates having disappeared. Conversation between the contestants indicated that no plans have been made as to how to continue with the show at this point - as Michelle pointed out to Stuart, "they can't put these people in the same room again."

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