This is a complete list of shows about and relating to Big Brother UK and Celebrity Big Brother . The civilian edition originally ran from 2000 to 2018, and again since 2023. The celebrity edition ran from 2001 to 2018, and again since 2024.
Big Brother is the daily show, featuring highlights of events that have occurred in the Big Brother House on the previous day. From 2000–2010, during the Channel 4 broadcast, it was generally 60 minutes in length if aired at 9 pm, and 75 minutes if aired at 10 pm. The show was sometimes referred to as the "Channel 4 show", the "catch-up show", the "main show", or the "highlights show". On Fridays it was aired as the first part of the eviction show. The programme was broadcast by Channel 5 from 2010-2018 and aired each night for 60 minutes. There was no title of Big Brother during the opening sequence or after advert breaks, as the music and Big Brother Eye were expected to be known to most people. When the show relaunched for a second time on ITV2 in 2023, the highlights show will be broadcast from Sunday to Friday, with no episode on a Saturday.
Big Brother Eviction is a programme where a housemate is evicted from the Big Brother House.
From 2000–2010, during the Channel 4 broadcast, it aired as a two-part show on Fridays from 9 pm, presented by Davina McCall. The first 60 minutes of the show were highlights of the previous day, shown in the same format as Big Brother.
The show returned at 10:35 pm for half an hour, when the Housemate with the largest percentage of the public vote was evicted and interviewed by McCall. At the end of the interview, the evictee is shown their "Time in the House", a compilation of their most memorable moments in the house. During Big Brother 10 , two special guests such as celebrities and psychologists joined the evictee, giving their questions and views on how they fared in the House, however this was not carried through to any of the series that followed.
Eviction shows are often extended if something special is happening that night, such as new housemates, a double eviction, or a secret task. Timings were changed briefly in Big Brother 9 in order to achieve better ratings, however they soon reverted to normal.
Celebrity Big Brother 8 saw only one eviction show airing at 9:00 pm on Friday. The first 45 minutes of this show was highlights from the previous day in the House.
The final 15 minutes of the same show is when the Housemate with the smallest percentage of the public vote to save is evicted and interviewed by Dowling. At the end of the interview, the evictee is shown their "Time in the House", a compilation of their most memorable moments in the house.
Since the start of the regular 2011 series of Big Brother, there have been two eviction shows airing, in the same format of the Channel 4 eviction shows. During the first show, the highlights of the previous day in the House are shown. In the second show, the Housemate with the fewest votes to save is evicted and interviewed by Brian Dowling. This is pre-recorded around half-hour before broadcast.
Celebrity Big Brother 9 took the same eviction show format as the eighth celebrity series, apart from the final week where two episodes aired. The first show aired at 9 pm with the highlights and an eviction. The second aired at 11 pm and saw another eviction and interview.
Big Brother 13 started with Eviction shows in the same length as the Celebrity Big Brother 8 episodes for the first four evictions, with Live Feed airing for half an hour afterwards on 5*. However, Channel 5 reverted to the 9 pm and 11 pm schedule from Week 5 to 7, with the Highlights and Eviction announcement airing at 9 pm and the eviction and interview taking place during the 11 pm show.
During Big Brother 14 , eviction shows took on a 90-minute format airing between 9 pm and 10:30 pm on Channel 5. This format was followed throughout the series. The eviction show was followed by Big Brother's Bit on the Side at 10:30 pm and Big Brother: Live from the House at 11:30 pm.
The first week of Big Brother 15 saw the original two show format (at 9 for highlights and 11 pm for the eviction of Tamara Stewart-Wood ) but from the second week the one 90-minute show format was reinstated with the eviction taking place just after 10 pm.
Big Brother: Live Eviction takes place on Friday's at 9pm and runs for an hour and fifteen. The evicted housemate is not immediately interviewed upon leaving the house and instead has their first interview on the spin-off show Big Brother: Late & Live. [1]
Celebrity Big Brother: Live Eviction takes place on Tuesday's and Fridays at 9pm and runs for an hour and fifteen. The evicted housemate is not immediately interviewed upon leaving the house and instead has their first interview on the spin-off show Celebrity Big Brother: Late & Live.
Big Brother's Bit on the Side [2] was the daily news/magazine based show about Big Brother which was presented by Rylan Clark-Neal every night of the week. Emma Willis previously presented the show on non-eviction nights, however as of February 2015, Clark became the sole presenter. [3] The show is filmed in Stage 6 at Elstree Studios, which is only a short walk from the main house itself.
During Big Brother 14 , the Saturday show was renamed Big Brother's Bit on the Psych with a focus on psychological analysis of the housemates, and was presented by Clark with co-hosts Iain Lee and Luisa Zissman. The Sunday show was renamed Rylan's Supersized Celebrity Sunday during 2013 and focused on celebrity guests and entertainment. The Saturday and Sunday editions of Bit on the Side did not return for Celebrity Big Brother 15, meaning the show only aired 5 times a week. Prior to Big Brother 14, the show was presented by Emma Willis on week days, with Jamie East and Alice Levine on the weekend shows. [4]
On 2 February 2015, it was announced that Emma Willis had decided to step down from her role on Bit on the Side in order to focus on presenting the main show and reduce her workload. [3] The show's first episode aired on Channel 5 at 10:30 pm on 18 August, straight after the launch of the 2011 celebrity series [5] with Alex Reid as the first panellist on the show.
The show features debates and conversations about the latest goings on in the house with a studio audience and celebrity panel. During Big Brother 2011, Saturday's edition of the show took the form of a chat show with celebrity guests and Sunday's edition of the show was a 'Sunday game show', based on the weeks action from the House, with Josie Gibson and Jamie East as the regular team captains. Each daily edition also contains a news feature covering the day's action in the Big Brother House. The show also contains a round up of online activity which was hosted by a member of the digital team until January 2015. It is now incorporated into the main show and hosted by the presenter on that evening.
On 17 April 2013, it was announced that Alice Levine and Jamie East would be departing the show. On 14 May, Channel 5 confirmed that Rylan Clark and AJ Odudu will present the show, alongside Willis from Tuesdays to Thursdays and post eviction each week. Clark would also present a Sunday lunchtime edition of the show. [6] It is sub-titled Rylan’s Supersized Celebrity Sunday.
Also a spin-off show, Big Brother's Bit on the Psych would be aired on Saturday nights (instead of BBBOTS), with guests and psychologists examining housemates' behaviour during the week, hosted by AJ and Iain Lee. This show is similar to other psychology-based shows that have previously aired, most notably Big Brother: On the Couch shown during BB8 and was hosted by McCall.
AJ did not return to Bit on the Side in January 2014 and was replaced by Rylan as the sole presenter on the days that Emma was not working. He also took over presenting Bit on the Psych alongside Iain Lee who was promoted to a regular co-host. During the January series, Carol McGiffin was a regular panellist however, she was replaced by Luisa Zissman from summer 2014.
For the 15th series of Celebrity Big Brother in January 2015, Bit on the Side was cut down from 6 episodes a week 5 episodes a week. During Big Brother 16, Channel 5 announced that the show would be given an extended slot on Monday evenings and would be renamed Big Brother's Bigger Bit on the Side; the show featured extra analysis of the housemates, more exclusives and more celebrity guests. There is no news on whether the extended editions will continue for Celebrity Big Brother 16.
In August 2015, it was revealed that Bit on the Side would revert to its original 7 nights a week format for the 16th edition of Celebrity Big Brother. The weekday episodes would air on Channel 5, with the weekend episodes airing on 5*. The Weekend Edition was titled Big Brother's Bit on the State Side and was presented by Rylan Clark-Neal.
The weekday shows feature a panel of guests. Panellists that have appeared on the show, so far, have included many ex Big Brother and Celebrity Big Brother contestants, amongst other celebrities not directly linked to Big Brother such as Kate Walsh and Jay Camilleri from E4's Dirty Sexy Things . Former Bit on the Side co-host, AJ Odudu, had also appeared on occasions, as well as former hosts Jamie and Alice (on weekday shows).
Series | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | Saturday | Sunday |
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Celebrity Big Brother 8 | Channel 5 | 5* | Channel 5 | 5* | |||
Big Brother 12 | |||||||
Celebrity Big Brother 9 | Channel 5 | ||||||
Big Brother 13 | |||||||
Celebrity Big Brother 10 | |||||||
Celebrity Big Brother 11 | Channel 5 | ||||||
Big Brother 14 | |||||||
Celebrity Big Brother 12 | |||||||
Celebrity Big Brother 13 | Channel 5 | — | |||||
Big Brother 15 | |||||||
Celebrity Big Brother 14 | |||||||
Celebrity Big Brother 15 | Channel 5 | — | |||||
Big Brother 16 | |||||||
Celebrity Big Brother 16 | 5* | Channel 5 | |||||
Celebrity Big Brother 17 | Channel 5 | — | — | ||||
Big Brother 17 | |||||||
Celebrity Big Brother 18 | 5Star | ||||||
Celebrity Big Brother 19 | — | ||||||
Big Brother 18 | |||||||
Celebrity Big Brother 20 | 5Star | ||||||
Celebrity Big Brother 21 | — | ||||||
Celebrity Big Brother 22 | |||||||
Big Brother 19 |
Series | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | Saturday | Sunday |
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Celebrity Big Brother 8 | Emma Willis Jamie East | Emma Willis | Emma Willis Jamie East | Alice Levine Jamie East | |||
Big Brother 12 | |||||||
Celebrity Big Brother 9 | |||||||
Big Brother 13 | |||||||
Celebrity Big Brother 10 | |||||||
Celebrity Big Brother 11 | |||||||
Big Brother 14 | AJ Odudu Rylan Clark | AJ Odudu Rylan Clark | AJ Odudu Iain Lee | Rylan Clark | |||
Celebrity Big Brother 12 | Emma Willis | Rylan Clark AJ Odudu | Emma Willis | ||||
Celebrity Big Brother 13 | Rylan Clark | Rylan Clark | Rylan Clark Iain Lee | — | |||
Big Brother 15 | Rylan Clark | Emma Willis | |||||
Celebrity Big Brother 14 | Emma Willis | Rylan Clark | Emma Willis | ||||
Celebrity Big Brother 15 | Emma Willis | Rylan Clark | Emma Willis | — | |||
Big Brother 16 | Rylan Clark | ||||||
Celebrity Big Brother 16 | Rylan Clark | ||||||
Celebrity Big Brother 17 | Rylan Clark-Neal | — | — | ||||
Big Brother 17 | |||||||
Celebrity Big Brother 18 | Rylan Clark-Neal | ||||||
Celebrity Big Brother 19 | — | ||||||
Big Brother 18 | |||||||
Celebrity Big Brother 20 | Rylan Clark-Neal | ||||||
Celebrity Big Brother 21 | — | ||||||
Celebrity Big Brother 22 | |||||||
Big Brother 19 |
Person(s) | Title |
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Judi James Pam Spurr Anna Williamson | Psychologists |
Luisa Zissman Various guest | Reporters |
Alice Levine Jamie East | Roving reporters (regular) |
Jeff Kristian | Drag queen act |
Kirk Norcross John McCririck | Sex experts |
Christian Howes | Social Media expert Housemate analysis |
Nina Myskow | Media trainer |
Lauren Harries Pete Burns | Fashion experts |
Ian Symes Ian Roe Helen Price Louisa Emery | BB Digital Reporter(s) |
Victor Ebuwa | (Various) |
Nikki Grahame Linda Papadopoulos | Psychologists |
Brian Dowling | Former Big Brother host |
Celebrity Big Brother: Live from the House was a one-hour show airing straight after the Live Eviction show on Channel 5, at 10 pm on 5*. The show focuses on the aftermath of the eviction. The show airs before spin-off show Big Brother's Bit on the Side, which airs at 11 pm. It first aired as part of Celebrity Big Brother 9 's schedule. The programme featured one hour of "live" streaming, which was absent from both Celebrity Big Brother 8 and Big Brother 12 .
It returned for Big Brother 13 , renamed Big Brother: Live from the House, as a 30-minute show on 6 July 2012 (four weeks into the series). For Celebrity Big Brother 10 , the show moved to Channel 5 and now broadcasts twice-weekly for 30 minutes (or 60 minutes depending on schedule). An episode, featuring live nominations, on 17 August 2012 pulled in 2.22m viewers at 10 pm on Channel 5. This slightly outrated the night's highlights show which took 2.18m viewers. These two episodes were broadcast during the Celebrity Big Brother 10 series.
Channel 5 announced on 14 May 2013 that the live feed will be partly reinstated, for two hours per day. Big Brother: Live from the House aired each night from 19:00 on 5* during Big Brother 14 , except for Sundays which only featured one hour from 20:00. Both launch nights featured 30 minutes of live feed after Bit on the Side from 23:30 on Channel 5 and this will continue after every eviction during the series.
On 26 June, it was announced that the daily live feed on 5* would be axed and replaced with other programming, starting 6 July 2013. [7] However, two days later, it emerged that the final daily instalemnt of Live from the House would now air on 30 June at 8 pm (a week earlier than originally planned). [8]
For Celebrity Big Brother 2014, Live from the House was axed online from midnight to 2 am and replaced with a 30-minute edition of live streaming every Friday night from 11:30 pm on Channel 5.
Channel 5 again axed Big Brother: Live from the House during the fifteenth edition of Big Brother. This was to make way for order for Channel 5's new dating show Stand By Your Man meaning as with Celebrity Big Brother 8 and Big Brother 12, live streaming was completely unavailable to viewers.
Prior to the launch of the fourteenth series of Celebrity Big Brother, Channel 5 announced that Big Brother: Live from the House would make a return to Channel 5 airing most nights from 12 midnight after Big Brothers Bit on the Side for the first week of the series.
For the fifteenth series of Celebrity Big Brother in January 2015, Live from the House will again air after evictions on Channel 5. This then continued on for Big Brother 16.
Prior to launch of the sixteenth series of Celebrity Big Brother, Channel 5 announced that Live Feed would be reinstated on sister Channel 5* every week night for 1 hour at midnight until 1 am. This will also be joined by the 30 minutes of live feed on Channel 5 after each eviction night, meaning there will be 90 minutes of live feed every eviction night and 1 hour every other week night.
These are a collection of shows that are shown a couple of days before the live launch of an upcoming series. They are usually recaps of previous series and catchup of previous housemates. Dermot O'Leary was usually the host until his departure from the show in 2008.
Name | Series | Date aired | Description | Host |
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Big Brother's Biggest Best Bits | BB20 | 5 October 2023 | AJ Odudu and Will Best relive their favourite moments from inside the Big Brother house, including their most memorable housemates, iconic tasks, and diary room rants. | AJ Odudu and Will Best |
Celebrity Big Brother: Behind the Scenes | CBB21 | 24 January 2018 | An in-depth look through the keyhole of the famous Celebrity Big Brother house, revealing a compelling glimpse at the work that goes on behind the scenes. | Marcus Bentley |
Big Brother: The Good, the Bad and the Outrageous | CBB16 | 19 September 2015 | A 60-minute best bits show airing on 5* showing some of the best moments from the past five civilian series of Big Brother on Channel 5. | Marcus Bentley |
Celebrity Big Brother: Best Bits Series | CBB16 | 29 August – 12 September 2015 | A series of best bits shows airing every Saturday during Celebrity Big Brother 16 on 5* at 9 pm. The shows will have a new theme each week and will look back at the best bits from Celebrity Big Brother on Channel 5. | Marcus Bentley |
Celebrity Big Brother: The Best, The Worst and The Unforgettable | CBB15 | 1 January 2015 | Adding to the buildup for Celebrity Big Brother 15 , the show takes a look back at some of the best bits from the past fourteen series of Celebrity Big Brother | Emma Willis |
Big Brother: The Auditions | BB13 | 5 June 2012 | A look at the auditions for Big Brother 13 , and the introduction of three potential wildcard housemates to complete the list of sixteen for the upcoming series. | Jamie East |
Big Brother: The Winner’s Story | BB12 | 16 November 2011 | A look back on the winner of Big Brother 12 in the House. | Marcus Bentley |
Celebrity Big Brother: The Winner’s Story | CBB8 | 9 September 2011 | A look back on the winner of Celebrity Big Brother 8 in the House. | Marcus Bentley |
Big Brother: Silent Library | CBB8/BB12 | 16 August 2011 | Six former 'Big Brother' participants, who face the daunting challenges of the Library in order to win money for Great Ormond Street Hospital. Former housemates who took part in the special were Spencer Smith from Big Brother 3 , Big Brother 7 runner-up Glyn Wise, Big Brother 8 winner Brian Belo, Marcus Akin from Big Brother 10 , Big Brother 11 's Sam Pepper and Big Brother 11 winner Josie Gibson. | Zero Kazama |
Big Brother Exposed: The Inside Story | BB11 | 28 May 2010 | Behind-the-scenes documentary of all the series in Big Brother. | Davina McCall |
Big Brother's Big Awards Show | BB11 | 22 May 2010 | Celebrating the best moments of Big Brother from series 1–10. | Davina McCall |
Top 20 Celebrity Big Brother Moments | CBB7 | 28 December 2009 | A look back at the top twenty Celebrity Big Brother moments from its first six series, which were voted by viewers online. | Jack Whitehall |
Big Brother: A Decade in the Headlines | BB10 | 30 May 2009 | A look back at the impact Big Brother has had on the world. | Grace Dent |
Big Brother's Big Quiz | BB10 | 29 May 2009 | Involves ex-housemates and comedians answering questions all things Big Brother. | Davina McCall |
Jade: As Seen on TV | BB10 | 26 May 2009 | Programme looking back at Jade Goody's life | Patsy Palmer |
Why I Love Celebrity Big Brother | CBB6 | 27 December 2008 | Programme which shows the best parts of past series of Celebrity Big Brother, plus interviews from celebrity fans and past. housemates | George Lamb |
The Big Brother Launch Night Project | BB9 | 5 June 2008 | A special show on the Launch Night of Big Brother 9 links The Sunday Night Project to Big Brother. | Alan Carr Justin Lee Collins |
Big Brother: The Auditions | BB9 | 1 June 2008 | 2 part series showing a look at the 2008 auditions featuring ex-housemates, including Nikki Grahame, Michelle Bass and Charley Uchea | Mathew Horne |
Big Brother: More Auditions | 2 June 2008 | |||
Big Brother: According To Russell Brand | BB8 | 25 May 2007 | Russell Brand looks back at the history of Big Brother UK | Russell Brand |
Big Brother: After They Were Housemates | BB7 | 25 May 2007 | Dermot O'Leary chats to housemates about their life after their time in the house. | Marcus Bentley |
Big Brother: Around The World | BB:CH | 30 December 2007 | The best of the housemates, the arguments, the romance, the twists and the controversies from across the globe. | Dermot O'Leary |
Big Brother: Most Funniest Moments | BB6 | May 2005 | The Funniest Moments from series 1–5 | Dermot O'Leary |
Big Brother: Most Outrageous Moments | BB6 | May 2005 | The Most Outrageous Moments from series 1–5 | Dermot O'Leary |
Big Brother: The Love Stories | BB7 | May 2006 | Marcus Bentley up with the contests who created romance inside the house. | Marcus Bentley |
Big Brother: Top 20 Housemates | BB6 | May 2005 | Dermot O'Leary takes us through the top 20 housemates from series 1 to 5 | Dermot O'Leary |
Big Brother: Top 20 Housemates | BB7 | May 2006 | Dermot O'Leary takes us through the top 20 housemates from series 1 to 6 | Dermot O'Leary |
Big Brother: Living With Evil | CBB3 | 5 January 2005 | Dermot O'Leary brings us back through the series when Big Brother turned evil | Dermot O'Leary |
Big Brother: Top 50 Moments | BB5 | May 2004 | Dermot O'Leary takes us through the top 50 moments from series 1 to 4 | Dermot O'Leary |
Big Brother: The Celebrity Years | CBB4 | January 2006 | Dermot O'Leary takes us through series 1 to 3 of the celebrity edition | Dermot O'Leary |
The Best of Celebrity Big Brother 2006 | CBB5 | 30 December 2006 | Dermot O'Leary takes us back to CBB4 | Dermot O'Leary |
How Not To Get on Big Brother | BB3 | May 2002 | A look at how not to get chosen to enter the Big Brother UK house and behind the scenes at the BB3 auditions | Mackenzie Crook |
Big Brother Hopefuls | Various | Various | Prior to some of the earlier series of Big Brother, potential housemates' audition tapes would be shown in the mornings on E4, during the timeslots Big Brother Live would be filling in the coming weeks. | None |
Big Brother: Small World | BB3 | January 2002 | The best of Big Brother from around the globe | Davina McCall |
Inside Big Brother | BB2 | May 2001 | See how the first series in the UK was made | Adam Buxton |
Big Brother: The World is Watching | BB1 | September 2000 | A look at the first ever Big Brother in the Netherlands |
OK! TV: When 'Bruv Takes Over was hosted by Jeff Brazier and Jenny Frost live from Elstree. The show launched from the Big Brother compound at Elstree Studios on 17 August 2011 with a preview of the new house. It provided updated news, gossip and discussion on events in the house with a variety of celebrity guests dropping in. [9] However the show was axed due to low ratings and Channel 5's contract with ITN being withdrawn. [10]
Big Brother Live was live streaming from the House.
It aired mostly on E4 for the Channel 4 broadcast, and sometimes for 1 or 2 hours early in the morning on Channel 4.
The feed was presented as live, but was actually transmitted on a 15-minute delay to enable producers to censor any material that is inappropriate.
A Big Brother Special is a general term that is used to describe any live non-eviction episode hosted by Davina McCall aired in place of the daily highlights. Big Brother Specials typically involve the introduction of a new housemate, a twist implemented by Big Brother, a culmination of a task, or live nominations. The Specials were discontinued in 2010.
Big Brother's Little Brother (also known as BBLB) was a magazine television programme that aired from 2001–2010 on Channel 4 and E4, running in conjunction with each series of Big Brother. It was presented by Dermot O'Leary until January 2008, then by George Lamb from June 2008 – January 2010. For Channel 4's last series of the show, Emma Willis joined him.
Between 6 June and 25 July 2008, Zezi Ifore was a co-presenter, but was soon removed. [11]
The programme looks at Big Brother-related activities outside the House and features interviews with celebrities, journalists and friends and family of housemates, and sometimes recently evicted housemates. It also gives updates to events in the House, including announcing on Mondays who is up for eviction. The show is filmed in The George Lucas Stage at Elstree Studios, which is only a short walk from the main house itself.
The show was first aired on 29 May 2001 as a part of Big Brother 2 . Natalie Casey was a co-host with O'Leary for the first week that year. It was shown every Sunday morning as part of Channel 4's T4 slot as well as on E4 during the week.
For Celebrity Big Brother 4 , broadcast in January 2006, Big Brother's Little Brother was moved to a morning slot of 8 am on Channel 4 and renamed Big Brother's Little Breakfast. It was moved back to its previous timeslot on E4 for Big Brother 7 and subsequent series.
Over the years, Big Brother's Little Brother has had many features introduced, from quizzes to secret cameras. The following is a list of some of the items the show has launched:
BBLB was axed after the move to Channel 5, although it was initially said to return. It was replaced with Big Brother's Bit on the Side, which is said to be a combination of BBLB and BBBM.
Big Brother's Big Mouth, formerly named Big Brother's EFourum, was introduced with Big Brother 6 and was hosted by Russell Brand. The first series of the show was broadcast at 7:30 pm on E4 before being moved to a post-watershed slot, immediately after the Channel 4 highlights show, where it has since remained. A studio audience of fans and two celebrity guests discuss the latest happenings in the Big Brother House, while viewers are able to contribute via phone, e-mail, text polls, or by leaving a message on the 24-hour "Mouthpiece" rant line.
As of 2007, Brand no longer presented this show and the guest presenters listed below hosted the series 8 programmes. James Corden and Mathew Horne fronted the show during January's Big Brother: Celebrity Hijack ; only returning for Week 9 of the 2008 series. During this series, the show was temporarily renamed Big Mouth with Davina when it was fronted during the final week by Davina McCall. After his week one and twelve stints on the 2008 Big Mouth, Jack Whitehall presented the 2009 Celebrity Big Brother edition full-time. McCall was the host for the 2009 series, which had a revised format and was moved to a weekly hour-long slot after the eviction show. She then continued to host the programme for its final series in 2010. [12]
Channel 5 announced that the programme would not return in 2011, but a replacement called Big Brother's Bit on the Side was created. It was a mixture of Big Brother's Big Mouth and Big Brother's Little Brother .
A similar spin-off was introduced in the 2008 Australian version of Big Brother. However, Big Mouth has been used as a replacement of the "Adults Only" program, which has been broadcast at a later time slot, in an uncut and unrated presentation.[ citation needed ]
Big Brother's Big Mouth also had a Bulgarian version during Big Brother 3 Bulgaria , and it returned with a new concept for VIP Brother 3 . In 2014, the show aired for the third time, covering VIP Brother 6 and Big Brother All Stars 3 .
During the series presented by Brand, several regular characters were featured on the show.
That Whale: That Whale is an anthropomorphic whale who speaks with a Scouse accent. He shows little interest in Big Brother but seems adamant that he has a right to be on the show and still turns up regardless. Due to his obnoxious behaviour, he was asked by Brand to no longer come on the show. His trademark saying is "You Shithouse!" He only comes on the show now to find another male to make love with, since he came out as a homosexual.
Rosebud the Horse: Rosebud the Horse is a very polite and well-spoken character who allegedly lives with Brand in his home, in which he works as his slave and is often mistreated and forced to carry out perverted misdemeanours by members of the "Womanising Circuit" including Beppe di Marco, Dean Gaffney and David Walliams. He dresses in the style of a country gent, with tweed jacket, smart shirt and tie. He is often treated badly by Brand; in one episode he slapped him in the face.
Little Jon Connell: Little Jon Connell (born 1989 in Liverpool) normally appears in a scientist's lab coat to conduct a variety of experiments. His contraptions, which illustrate a number of Big Brother-related findings based on his scientific research, are regularly vilified and destroyed by Brand. Jon Connell is known as a Big Brother expert, having appeared on the show since the age of 15, first as a panellist on EFourum and then later in a regular slot entitled "The Connell Files".
Little Paul Scholes: Little Paul Scholes was a small doll with ginger hair, a nasal voice and snub nose, in a reference to the football player Paul Scholes. The doll was usually in the programme for a few minutes after the break in occasional shows and has a short conversation (often centring on his mistreatment) with Brand, usually resulting in him being hit off the bench or sat on. He died in the final Big Brother's Big Mouth of Celebrity Big Brother 2007 following the live final.
According to Brand, when he recorded a one-off special charting the previous seven series of the show, all of these characters have died. This was Brand's last time presenting as a Big Brother host.
Russell's ballbags: Russell's scrotum, which seems to live a sensational life separate from him. One of them is the "younger, shyer bag", and the other is the "older, more confident bag". They were characters throughout series 7 and were replaced by some new "Dicksacks" for the 2007 Celebrity edition of the show.
Big Kenneth: A friend of That Whale. Big Kenneth has appeared on the show once with That Whale in an attempt to beat up Brand and has also been round to Brand's house in an incident that may have led to an assault upon Beppe.
Big Brother 8 saw the introduction of the "Eyepiece", for which viewers were invited to send in their views via mobile phone video messaging. During this series, the show aired four nights a week with a series of guest presenters hosting the show for weekly stints. These were:
Week 1 | Week 2 | Week 3 | Week 4 | Week 5 | Week 6 | Week 7 | Week 8 | Week 9 | Week 10 | Week 11 | Week 12 | Week 13 | |
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Big Brother (2004) – Celebrity Big Brother (2007) | |||||||||||||
Russell Brand | |||||||||||||
Big Brother (2007) | |||||||||||||
Chris Moyles | George Galloway | Alexa Chung | Keith Lemon | Russell Kane | John McCririck, The Booby, Copper | Dan Wright Stephen Marsh | Thaila Zucchi | Peaches Geldof | Mathew Horne, James Corden | Emma Griffiths | Pete Burns | Jack Madeley, Chloe Madeley | Ian Wright |
Big Brother: Celebrity Hijack | |||||||||||||
Mathew Horne & James Corden | |||||||||||||
Big Brother (2008) | |||||||||||||
Jack Whitehall | Chris Moyles | Queens of Noize | Jeff Leach | Nick Grimshaw | Caroline Flack | Bianca Gascoigne | Michael McIntyre | Jamelia | Mathew Horne, James Corden | Keith Lemon | Rickie Haywood Williams, Melvin Odoom | Jack Whitehall | Davina McCall |
Celebrity Big Brother (2009) | |||||||||||||
Jack Whitehall | |||||||||||||
Big Brother (2009) – Ultimate Big Brother (2010) | |||||||||||||
Davina McCall* |
* Emma Willis hosted the 27 January 2010 show of the seventh celebrity series, due to Davina being inside the Big Brother House.
Big Brother's Big i (first known as Celebrity Big Brother's Big i) was an internet web show hosted by Emma Willis where latest stories and exclusive specials like interviews, are introduced to viewers on Big Brother website and YouTube respectively.
The programme did not return for its eleventh series.
Diary Room Uncut features events throughout the week, mostly through footage of Diary Room conversations. However, some clips on the show feature other parts of the house. It is narrated by Marcus Bentley. The show did not return for Big Brother 2010, and aired as a small part of the BBLB Show on Sundays. The show did not return with Celebrity Big Brother when the show moved to Channel 5 back in 2011, however the 2012 Sunday episode of Big Brother's Bit on the Side features a small segment.
A week after the Big Brother 3 to Big Brother 9 finales aired, a catchup show revealed what individual housemates had been up to since leaving the Big Brother house.
Big Ears was introduced for Big Brother 9 as the Big Brother radio show. Hosted by Iain Lee and Gemma Cairney, Big Ears aired twice a week on the BB Website and often featured interviews from past housemates and the latest evictee as well as calls from fans.
Also aired during Big Brother 9 , Big Brother: On the Streets hosted by Tom Thurlow shows views on Big Brother from various places. It was broadcast on Channel 4's sister channel E4's website weekly.
Big Brother Reveals More... was a show that saw a round up of the week's footage. It only ran the one series during Big Brother 2 and has never appeared again. However, it can be likened to Diary Room Uncut.
Saturday Night Live was a show which saw Big Brother setting live tasks in order for housemate to get access to treats/reward rooms. It ran throughout Big Brother 3 , Big Brother 4 , and halfway through Big Brother 5 . It was axed due to poor ratings.
Nominations Uncut was a show aired on the digital free-to-air channel E4. The show consisted of unedited footage of housemates making their weekly nominations. The show was broadcast throughout series 4, 5 and 6.
Big Brother's Big Brain was a live discussion programme that aired from 22 May 2006 during Big Brother 7 until the end of Celebrity Big Brother 2007 . [13] It aired on Channel 4 every Monday at 11:05 pm. Presented by Dermot O'Leary, the show featured psychologists analysing the housemates' behaviour. This replaced the pre-recorded psychology clips shown on the Sunday night highlights show in previous series. BBBB was renamed Big Brother: on the Couch for Big Brother 8 with a new timeslot and Davina McCall replacing O'Leary as presenter.
Big Brother's Efourum was a live debate show, presented by Russell Brand, featuring a studio audience who would pose questions to a panel of celebrity guests and experts. The programme also introduced 15-year-old Jon Connell as a regular pundit on the panel. It aired from 31 May 2004 during Big Brother 5 until the end of Celebrity Big Brother 2005 . The show was broadcast three nights a week at 7:00 pm on E4 with a late-night Channel 4 repeat. In 2005, Big Brother’s Efourum was reformatted and renamed Big Brother's Big Mouth.
Big Brother: On the Couch was a psychology show that aired during Big Brother 8 . It lasted for an hour every week. The show was presented by Davina McCall.
8 Out of 10 Cats Big Brother specials were shown before the live final of the Channel 4 series of Big Brother. They featured evicted Big Brother housemates from the series at the time, plus housemates from the series previous to that.
On 12 May 2020, Channel 4 announced that previous episodes of Big Brother and Celebrity Big Brother would be shown on E4, in a series titled Big Brother: Best Shows Ever to mark the 20th anniversary of the programme. The show began on 14 June 2020 for ten 75 minute episodes and was fronted by Davina McCall and Rylan Clark-Neal with guest appearances from Emma Willis, Dermot O'Leary and ex-housemates. [14]
Big Brother's Biggest Best Bits was a special compilation episode that aired on 5 October 2023. It saw new presenters AJ Odudu and Will Best look back at the history of Big Brother, prior to the relaunch of the series on ITV2. [15] It was re-edited and repeated before the launch of the 2024 series.
Big Brother: Late & Live and Celebrity Big Brother: Late & Live are the companion shows of Big Brother and Celebrity Big Brother following their relaunch on ITV in 2023 and 2024 respectively. They are both presented by AJ Odudu and Will Best and they air daily from Sunday to Friday after the main shows. Unlike the previous incarnations of the show on Channel 4 and Channel 5, the spin-off shows feature the first interview of the evicted housemate(s) upon their exit from house. [16]
Big Brother: Late & Live was launched on 8 October 2023 and the guests were Kimberly Wyatt, Jordan Stephens and The Vivienne. [17] Celebrity Big Brother: Late & Live was launched on 4 March 2024 and the guests were Oti Mabuse, Tom Allen, Judi Love and Big Brother 20 winner Jordan Sangha. [18]
Big Brother: Live Stream is a live feed of the Big Brother house, aired exclusively on ITVX and STV Player from 11pm to 2am from Sunday to Friday, and from 9pm to 2am on Saturdays.
The Day 23 live stream was officially listed on ITVX from 23:00 to 00:00 on 30 October 2023, though in reality no live stream was broadcast to avoid eviction spoilers. In its place ran a message informing viewers that there was no live stream that night.
On 2 November 2023, the live stream was stopped after an argument between housemates Paul and Trish. Instead airing footage of the house with bird sounds. No housemates were shown.
Celebrity Big Brother: Live Stream accompanied Celebrity Big Brother in 2024.
Big Brother is the British version of the international reality television franchise Big Brother created by producer John de Mol Jr. in 1997. Broadcast yearly from 18 July 2000 to 5 November 2018, and returned on 8 October 2023, the show follows the format of other national editions, in which a group of contestants, known as "housemates", live together in a specially constructed house that is isolated from the outside world. Live television cameras and personal audio microphones continuously monitor them. Throughout the competition, housemates are "evicted" from the house by public televoting. The last remaining housemate wins the competition and a cash prize. The series takes its name from the oppressive character known by that name in George Orwell's 1949 novel Nineteen Eighty-Four.
Big Brother 2002, also known as Big Brother 3, was the third series of the British reality television series Big Brother. The show followed fourteen contestants, known as housemates, who were isolated from the outside world for an extended period of time in a custom built House. Each week, one or more of the housemates were evicted by a public vote. The last remaining housemate, Kate Lawler, was declared the winner, winning a cash prize of £70,000 by becoming the first female winner of the series.
Celebrity Big Brother is a British television reality game show based on the Dutch show Big Brother, created by producer John de Mol Jr. in 1997, which aired from 2001 to 2018, and again since 2024. The show follows a number of celebrity contestants, known as housemates, who were isolated from the outside world for an extended period of time in a custom built house. Each week, one of the housemates is evicted by a public vote, with the last housemate named the winner. The series takes its name from the character in George Orwell's 1949 novel Nineteen Eighty-Four.
Emma Louise Willis is an English broadcaster. She is known for her television and radio work with Channel 5, BBC, ITV and Heart FM.
Big Brother 2010, also known as Big Brother 11, was the eleventh series of the British reality television series Big Brother, and the final series of the show to be broadcast by Channel 4. The show followed twenty-one contestants, known as housemates, who were isolated from the outside world for an extended period of time in a custom built House. Each week, one or more of the housemates were evicted by a public vote. The last remaining housemate, Josie Gibson, was declared the winner, winning a cash prize of £100,000 and a place as a Housemate on Ultimate Big Brother, an All Star edition of Big Brother which began immediately after the conclusion of Big Brother 2010
Ultimate Big Brother was the final series of the UK reality television programme Big Brother to air on Channel 4. The series was produced by Remarkable Pictures, a division of Endemol.
Celebrity Big Brother 2011, also known as Celebrity Big Brother 8, was the eighth series of the British reality television series Celebrity Big Brother. It was the first series of Celebrity Big Brother to air on Channel 5, and the first celebrity series not to air in January since Celebrity Big Brother 2, which was broadcast in November 2002. The series launched on 18 August 2011, and ended after 22 days on 8 September 2011, making it the shortest Channel 5 series. It was followed by the twelfth regular series, which launched the following night after the final. Davina McCall did not return to host the main show, and was replaced by former winner Brian Dowling. Emma Willis presented the spin-off show Big Brother's Bit on the Side, alongside Jamie East and Alice Levine. Marcus Bentley returned as commentator for the live shows and highlights whilst also providing voice over for viewer competitions.
Celebrity Big Brother 11 was the eleventh series of the British reality television series Celebrity Big Brother. It launched on 3 January 2013, and aired on Channel 5 and 5* for 23 days concluding on 25 January 2013. The series is part of a new two-year contract signed by Channel 5 with Endemol to air the show until 2014.
Big Brother 2013, also known as Big Brother 14 and Big Brother: Secrets and Lies, was the fourteenth series of the British reality television series Big Brother. It launched on 13 June 2013 on Channel 5 and 5*, and lasted for 68 days, ending on 19 August 2013. It was part of a new two-year contract with Endemol, which secured the show until 2014. It was the third regular series to air on Channel 5 and the seventh series of Big Brother to air on the channel since they acquired the show. The series was won by 23-year-old Sam Evans from Llanelli. He won the full £100,000 prize fund, making him the first winner since 2010 to do so.
Ross Richard "Rylan" Clark is an English broadcaster and television personality. He came to prominence as a contestant on the ninth series of the television talent show The X Factor in 2012, which he finished in fifth place. The following year, he appeared on the eleventh series of the reality television show Celebrity Big Brother, which he won.
Celebrity Big Brother 12 was the twelfth series of the British reality television series Celebrity Big Brother. It launched on 22 August 2013, three days after the fourteenth regular series final, in two parts. The series ended after 23 days on 13 September 2013, with Charlotte Crosby being voted the winner of the series by the public. It continued to air on Channel 5 as part of a two-year contract with Endemol, which secured the show until 2014. It was the fifth celebrity series to air on Channel 5 and the eighth series of Big Brother to air on the broadcaster overall since they acquired the show.
Celebrity Big Brother 13 was the thirteenth series of the British reality television series Celebrity Big Brother. The series launched on 3 January 2014 on Channel 5 and was originally meant to end after 22 days on 24 January 2014. However, it was extended due to ratings success and instead ended after 27 days on 29 January 2014, making it the longest Channel 5 series of the show and the joint-longest series, along with Celebrity Big Brother 7 in 2010. It is the sixth celebrity series and the ninth series of Big Brother overall to air on the channel. Emma Willis returned to host the series, whilst Rylan Clark returned to present spin-off show Big Brother's Bit on the Side along with Willis.
Big Brother 2015, also known as Big Brother 16 and Big Brother: Timebomb, was the sixteenth series of the British reality television series Big Brother, hosted by Emma Willis and narrated by Marcus Bentley. The series launched on Channel 5 in the United Kingdom and TV3 in the Republic of Ireland on 12 May 2015 and ended on 16 July 2015, a week earlier than planned. This was the earliest launch of a Big Brother series since the show's inception in 2000. It is the fifth regular series and the thirteenth series of Big Brother overall to air on Channel 5, and is the first regular series to air in May since Big Brother 8 in 2007. It is also the first series to air in Ireland since its move to Channel 5 in 2011. On 2 February 2015, it was revealed that Willis had stepped down as a host on the show's spin-off series Big Brother's Bit on the Side, though Rylan Clark will continue.
Celebrity Big Brother 16, also known as Celebrity Big Brother: UK vs USA, was the sixteenth series of the British reality television series Celebrity Big Brother, hosted by Emma Willis and narrated by Marcus Bentley. The series launched on 27 August 2015 on Channel 5 in the United Kingdom and TV3 in Ireland, and ended after 29 days on 24 September 2015. It is the ninth celebrity series and the fourteenth series of Big Brother overall to air on Channel 5. It was the only celebrity series to credit Denis O'Connor as creative director.
Big Brother 2016, also known as Big Brother 17, is the seventeenth series of the British reality television series Big Brother, hosted by Emma Willis and narrated by Marcus Bentley. The series launched on 7 June 2016 on Channel 5 in the United Kingdom and TV3 in Ireland.
Celebrity Big Brother 18 was the eighteenth series of the British reality television series Celebrity Big Brother, hosted by Emma Willis and narrated by Marcus Bentley. The series launched on 28 July 2016, just two days after the conclusion of Big Brother 17 on Channel 5 in the United Kingdom and TV3 in Ireland. The series ended on 26 August 2016, making it the longest summer series to date and the third-longest series of Celebrity Big Brother in its history, behind series 15 and 17, respectively. Rylan Clark-Neal continued to present the spin-off show Celebrity Big Brother's Bit on the Side. It was the eleventh celebrity series and the seventeenth series of Big Brother overall to air on Channel 5.
Celebrity Big Brother 20 was the twentieth series of the British reality television series Celebrity Big Brother, hosted by Emma Willis and narrated by Marcus Bentley. The series launched on 1 August 2017, and concluded on 25 August 2017 after 25 days, making this the shortest series since Celebrity Big Brother 12 in 2013. The series was on Channel 5 in the United Kingdom and 3e in Ireland with the spin-off show Celebrity Big Brother's Bit on the Side presented by Rylan Clark-Neal. It was the thirteenth celebrity series and twentieth series of Big Brother overall to air on Channel 5.
Celebrity Big Brother 21, also known as Celebrity Big Brother: Year of the Woman, was the twenty-first series of the British reality television series Celebrity Big Brother. It launched on 2 January 2018 on Channel 5, and concluded on 2 February 2018 after 32 days, making it the joint longest series to date. It is the fourteenth celebrity series and the twenty-first series of Big Brother overall to air on Channel 5. Emma Willis returned to host the series, while Rylan Clark-Neal continued to present Celebrity Big Brother's Bit on the Side.
Big Brother 2023, also known as Big Brother 20, was the twentieth series of Big Brother to air in the United Kingdom. It is the first series to air on ITV2 after ITV gained the rights to the series in August 2022, almost four years since it last aired on Channel 5. The series began on 8 October 2023, with a launch show airing simultaneously on both ITV and ITV2, with the remainder of the series broadcasting primarily on the latter channel. It is co-presented by AJ Odudu and Will Best, who also front the companion show, Big Brother: Late & Live.