Big Brother
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Big Brother may refer to:
- Big Brother (1984), a character from the novel Nineteen Eighty-Four
- Authoritarianism, referred to as "Big Brother", any omnipresent, seemingly benevolent figure representing the oppressive control over individual lives exerted by an authoritarian government, a concept from the above novel.
- Surveillance, video surveillance
- Big Brother Award, an award for acts against personal privacy
- Big Brothers Big Sisters of America, a voluntary organization that mentors youth
- Big Brother (TV series), a reality television series, see also:
- Big Brother (Magazine), a now-defunct skateboarding culture magazine
- Big Brother (Are You Being Served? episode) was an episode of the British comedy.
Music:
- Big Brother (records), the UK record label of Oasis
- Big Brother and the Holding Company, a band from San Francisco's psychedelic era, best known for its most famous lead singer, Janis Joplin
- "Big Brother", a song by Stevie Wonder which appeared on the album Talking Book
- "Big Brother", a song by David Bowie which appeared on the album Diamond Dogs
- "Big Brother", a song by Girls Aloud which appeared on the album What Will The Neighbours Say?
- "Big Brother", a song by Hazel O'Connor which appeared on the film soundtrack Breaking Glass
