Pete Bennett

For the Canadian football player, see Pete Bennett (Canadian football).

Pete Bennett
Bennett at Brighton Pride in 2010
Born	Peter Alexander Bennett (1982-03-22) 22 March 1982 (age 43) London, England
Occupations	Television personality actor musician
Years active	2006–present
Television	Big Brother 7
Spouse	Gemma Costin ​ ​ (m. 2010;div. 2021)​

Peter Alexander Bennett ^[1] (born 22 March 1982) is an English television personality, actor and musician, who rose to fame after winning the seventh series of the Channel 4 reality series Big Brother in 2006. ^[2] He has Tourette syndrome. ^{[3] [4]}

Career

In 2006, Bennett was selected as one of the original 14 housemates for the seventh series. He won the series with 61.2% of the final vote. ^[5]

The show was criticised by some, who said the series was exploiting his Tourette's syndrome. The Tourette Syndrome Association (TSA) initially expressed concern that those with the condition would be mocked, though they later softened their stance. A TSA spokesperson said the series "has put Tourette's on the map". ^[6]

Later in 2006, Bennett was nominated for a National Television Award in 2006 for "Most Popular TV Contender"; however, this was awarded to fellow Big Brother contestant Nikki Grahame. ^[7]

Bennett's autobiography, Pete: My Story, was published in hardback in November 2006 ^[8] and reissued in paperback in 2007 as My Journey with Tourettes.

Bennett was also the lead singer in a band called Daddy Fantastic, but he left the band after agreeing with a record label that he should become a solo artist. ^[9] He then wrote music with songwriter and record producer Guy Chambers. Bennett went on to form another band, Pete Bennett and the Love Dogs, which played at Glastonbury, and venues such as IndigO2 and The Cavern Club. ^[10]

In 2013, he guest starred on the web series GIFTED in the pilot episode. ^[11]

In 2016, he set up a cleaning business called Celebriclean. ^[12]

Filmography

Television and film roles

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2006	Big Brother	Himself	Winner
2006	Friday Night with Jonathan Ross		Guest
2007	The Friday Night Project		Guest
2010	The Story of F***
2011	Big Brother's Bit on the Side		1 episode; panelist
2014	Mind Set		Short film
2014	The Mothertown	Reporter	Film
2015	XD Junction	Overlord Corson	1 episode
2015	The Slayers	Vampire	Film
2016	Female Zombie Riot	Bertie Dumble	Film
2016	Clown Syndrome	Frizbee	Television special
2016–2017	London Calling	Himself	2 episodes
2017	Crispy's Curse	Steve Smith	Film
2018	I Need Help	Roger	Short film
2018	Jack Southeast	Billy	Short film
2018	Coulrophobia	Twitch Grock	Short film
2019–2022	Green Fingers	Des	TV series
2019	Tales of the Creeping Death	TBA	Film
2019	Rotten Cotton	TBA	Film
2022	The Nan Movie	Bradley	Film

References

1. Index of Births, Marriages and Deaths in England and Wales, 1837-1983.
2. Pete Wins Big Brother 2006 Channel4 Website URL last accessed on 1 October 2006.
3. Big Brother 7. Pete Bennett. Accessed 21 May 2006. Archived 27 October 2007 at the Wayback Machine
4. U.tv. Tourette's sufferer Pete 'very brave' Accessed 22 May 2006.
5. "Big Brother - does anyone really still watch it? Yes, one in four of us actually", The Guardian website, 19 August 2006. Accessed on 10 September 2014.
6. Allen, Liam. "BB Pete: Exploitation or education?", BBC News, 18 August 2006.
7. Awards, National Television. "Winners | National Television Awards". www.nationaltvawards.com. Retrieved 31 March 2019.
8. "Pete's BB Book" Amazon.co.uk URL last accessed on 16 January 2007.
9. "PETE TO BAND: S*D OFF", Sunday Mirror, Accessed 11 September 2006. Archived 17 March 2008 at the Wayback Machine
10. "Bennett makes most of his 15 minutes" The Scotsman Accessed on 21 November 2006.
11. "Gifted Pilot 1x01". YouTube . 3 December 2011.
12. "Big Brother 7 winner Pete starts new cleaning business venture". 3 October 2016.

External links

• Pete Bennett at IMDb