Big Brother has revealed this week’s shopping task, and it’s all about the Tudors…

Siavash ran to the diary room to collect the task instructions, therefore automatically putting himself in the role of Henry VIII. He must now choose six of the housemates to be his wives and two more to be courtiers.

All nine of them will live a life of luxury in King Henry’s Court and the remaining housemates will be cooks with the exception of one who must take on a ‘special role’. However, none of the housemates yet know that this ’special role’ is the role of Village Idiot!

The house is being transformed into “Tudor England, complete with a court and Tudor Kitchen”. Here’s what Channel 4 say about the task…

“Access to the normal house kitchen is forbidden and housemates must only eat the food set in the Tudor Kitchen, which is all in its most basic form (rabbits, chickens, carp, seasonal vegetables and fruit).

“The cooks must spend their time preparing food for the feast on the second day, using real Tudor recipes, and all other housemates must take part in it and pass their tasks throughout the two days.

“If at any time housemates must be punished, the Village Idiot will act as their whipping boy and will take whatever Tudor punishment Big Brother metes out to him, such as wearing a barrel or going in the stocks.”

Well it sounds better than most of the tasks so far! More task news as we get it.