Big Brother (British TV series)

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Big Brother UK
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Presenters
Celebrity series 4 (2006) housemates
Winner: Chantelle Houghton

Runner-up: Michael Barrymore

Others: Maggot, Samuel Preston, Pete Burns, Traci Bingham, Dennis Rodman, George Galloway, Rula Lenska, Faria Alam, Jodie Marsh, Jimmy Savile (Guest)

Series 6 (2005) housemates
Winner: Anthony Hutton

Runner-up: Eugene Sully

Others: Makosi Musambasi, Kinga Karolczak, Craig Coates, Derek Laud, Orlaith McAllister (walked), Kemal Shahin, Kieron "Science" Harvey, Vanessa Layton-McIntosh, Maxwell Ward, Saskia Howard-Clarke, Roberto Conte, Sam Heuston, Lesley Sanderson, Mary O'Leary

Celebrity series 3 (2005) housemates

Winner: Bez

Runner-up: Kenzie

Others: Brigitte Nielsen, Jeremy Edwards, Caprice, Lisa I'Anson, John McCririck, Jackie Stallone, Germaine Greer

Series 5 (2004) housemates

Winner: Nadia Almada

Runner-up: Jason Cowan

Others: Daniel Bryan, Michelle "Shell" Jubin, Stuart Wilson, Michelle Bass, Victor Ebuwa, Ahmed Aghil, Becki Seddiki, Marco Sabba, Vanessa Nimmo, Emma Greenwood, |Kathryn "Kitten" Pinder

Series 4 (2003) housemates

Winner: Cameron Stout

Runner-up: Ray Shah

Others: Scott Turner, Steph Coldicott, Annuszka "Nush" Nowak, Lisa Jeynes, Herjender "Gos" Gosal, Tania Do-Nascimento, Jon Tickle, Federico Martone, Joanne "Sissy" Rooney, Justine Sellman, Anouska Golebiewski

Series 3 (2002) housemates

Winner: Kate Lawler

Runner-up: Jonny Regan

Others: Alex Sibley, Jade Goody, Tim Culley, Peter "PJ" Ellis, Adele Roberts, Sophie Pritchard, Spencer Smith, Lee Davey, Sandy Cumming, Alison Hammond, Lynne Moncrieff, Sunita Sharma

Celebrity series 2 (2002) housemates

Winner: Mark Owen

Runner-up: Les Dennis

Others: Melinda Messenger, Sue Perkins, Anne Diamond, Goldie

Series 2 (2001) housemates

Winner: Brian Dowling

Runner-up: Helen Adams

Others: Dean O'Loughlin, Elizabeth Woodcock, Paul Clarke, Josh Rafter, Amma Antwi, Paul "Bubble" Ferguson, Narinder Kaur, Stuart Hosking, Penny Ellis

Celebrity series 1 (2001) housemates

Winner: Jack Dee

Runner-up: Claire Sweeney

Others: Keith Duffy, Anthea Turner, Vanessa Feltz, Chris Eubank

Series 1 (2000) housemates

Winner: Craig Phillips

Runner-up: Anna Nolan

Others: Darren Ramsay, Melanie Hill, Claire Strutton, Tom McDermott, Nichola Holt, Nick Bateman, Caroline O'Shea, Andrew Davidson, Sada Walkington

Big Brother is a TV reality show shown on Channel 4 in which a number of contestants live in an isolated house trying to avoid being evicted by the public with the aim of winning a large cash prize at the end of the run. It is based on the Big Brother series produced by Endemol. The show's name comes from George Orwell's 1949 novel Nineteen Eighty-Four, a dystopia in which Big Brother is the all-seeing leader.

Main series

The seventh main series is to begin on 26 May 2006 and Davina McCall will be the eviction night host, as she has in all series to date.

Nightly Updates

Daily updates are narrated by Marcus Bentley. The show is shown every day, usually from around 10pm.

Aspect Ratio

Big Brother is one of very few programmes on mainstream British terrestrial television that is still broadcast in the old 4:3 aspect ratio as opposed to the more common 16:9 widescreen format. The reason for this is unclear, but believed to be because of the size of some of the hidden cameras.

The House

For the first two series, the house was located in Bow, London near to the Three Mills Studios which housed Davina's interviews and the production crew. After planning permission expired after two main seasons (and the first Celebrity Big Brother), Newham Council ordered the complex to be returned to a natural habitat. Subsequent seasons have taken place at Elstree Studios, which offers more security than the Bow site (which had a public footpath running alongside the southern border). Even the Elstree site has problems, however: it is close to a residential area, attracting complaints from locals about crowd noise on eviction night. Permission has recently been granted to extend the lease of the house for seasons 7 and 8 (2006 and 2007 respectively).

The Tasks

Housemates are regularly set tasks by Big Brother. These vary from a short job for one housemate (often conducted without the other housemates' knowledge) to tasks over several days involving the whole house.

Shorter tasks are generally rewarded with "treats" such as cigarettes or alcohol. The longer ones usually determine the size of the weekly shopping budget. If housemates fail these tasks, they are provided with basic rations only. Tasks often involve an element of performance, dressing up, or artistic endeavour.

In more recent series, some tasks have also rewarded or punished housemates with regard to nominations, such as the now infamous 'Pants of Power'.

Series 3 of Big Brother introduced the "Big Brother : Live Task" programme. Each Saturday at 9.00PM, the housemates would take part in a short task which could change the way they live in the house, one task gave the housemates the chance to remove the bars (rich / poor side divide).

The live tasks were continued in series 4, where winners of the task were treated to special rewards in a hidden 'reward room'. The live tasks were discontinued in the third week of Big Brother 5 to make way for further highlights from the house.

Live

The action from within the house is streamed live over the internet (for a monthly fee). Since the second series Channel 4's sister station E4 has also carried live pictures and audio from the Big Brother house. However the stream had a delay of 15 minutes so that audio and/or pictures can be edited out to comply with TV regulations. An interactive service available to digital viewers allows 24/7 access to the stream, even when E4 is carrying normal programming. In 2005 for Series 6 this service became available and free for 5.1 million viewers who have access to Freeview. During series 2 - 4 the interactive service via digital TV also carried up to 4 separate video streams; 2 containing live footage from the house, both focusing on different groups of people in different areas of the house whilst the others contained highlights from recent house action. Unfortunately only a single feed appeared from Series 5 onward.

Details on coverage for the next series have yet to be announced by Channel 4, although rumours of a 'Big Brother Live Uncut' Pay-Per-View channel has been rumoured. Channel 4 has recently dropped all Interactive TV applications from its channel, including interactive live coverage of Celebrity Big Brother.

Series 7 Auditions

Series 7 is planned, and on January 20 2006 details about auditions were released on the Official Big Brother website[1]. Auditions were held:

Sister Shows

Big Brother's Little Brother

Main article: Big Brother's Little Brother

A second daily show, Big Brother's Little Brother, presented by Dermot O'Leary, shows news, gossip and behind-the-scenes details. During Celebrity Big Brother 4, BBLB was renamed to Big Brother's Little Breakfast as it was in a new 8am timeslot. It is unsure whether Channel 4 will still have the show at 8am for the upcoming seventh series.

Big Brother's Big Mouth

Main article: Big Brother's Big Mouth

The fifth series saw the start of a talk show about the happenings in the house called Big Brother's EFourum hosted by Russell Brand, shown only on digital channel E4 with late-night repeats aired on Channel 4. The sixth series saw EFourum renamed and updated to Big Brother's Big Mouth.

Nominations Uncut

A show shown only on E4 which covers uncut footage of that week's nominations. During the last series, this show was shown at 7:30pm on Tuesday nights.

Diary Room Uncut

Similar format to Nominations Uncut, but shows just diary room footage from that week. During the last series, it was shown on E4 at 7:30pm on Thursday nights.

Special versions

Celebrity Big Brother

Main article: Celebrity Big Brother (UK)

There have been four Celebrity Big Brother series featuring well-known names as housemates (apart from the 2006 winner).

The winners of the past series are:

  • Jack Dee (March 2001)
  • Mark Owen (November 2002)
  • Bez (January 2005)
  • Chantelle Houghton (January 2006) Chantelle enetered the Big Brother house as a non-celebrity, chosen after the BB6 auditions. She had to pretend she was a celebrity and managed it.

Teen Big Brother

Main article: Teen Big Brother

A special version of Big Brother, featuring eight 18-year-old teenagers, was broadcast in October 2003 on Channel 4 and E4 as Teen Big Brother.

Unlike all other Big Brother series, Teen Big Brother was shown after the teenagers were inside the house, once the winner had been determined. Also unlike the other Big Brother programmes, there was only one nomination and eviction and the remaining seven housemates decided amongst themselves who would win the series. The series was shot over ten days.

In Teen Big Brother, for the first time in UK Big Brother history, two of the housemates, Jade Dyer and Tommy Wright, had sex, sparking massive controversy from the media and safe sex campaigners.

Big Brother Panto

E4 and T4 broadcast the special Big Brother Panto series, bringing together selected members of the various Big Brother series to perform a pantomime of Cinderella during December 2004. The people who took part in the pantomime were:

Trivia

  • At the end of Celebrity Big Brother 4, 111 housmates will have inhabited the house. 33 of those were celebrities, including Chantelle Houghton who was awarded celebrity status by Big Brother.
  • The now iconic "Eye" logo was designed by Daniel Eatock of design agency Foundation33. The brand new logo for Big Brother 7 is to be revealed on May 2 during the premiere of Lost season 2.

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