Big Brother UK

Presenters

Davina McCall Dermot O'Leary Russell Brand Marcus Bentley

Series 6 (2005) contestants

Winner: Anthony Hutton Runner-up: Eugene Sully Image File history File links Logo for Big Brother Six File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Davina McCall Davina McCall (born april 18th, 1967 in London) is a British television presenter. ... Sean Dermot Finton OLeary (born 24 May 1973), better known as Dermot OLeary, is a British television and radio presenter. ... Russell Brand (born 1978) is a British comedian best known for hosting the E4 discussion show Big Brothers EFourum, now known as Big Brothers Big Mouth. ... 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Series 5 (2004) contestants

Winner: Nadia Almada Big Brother UK series 5 in 2004 was the fifth season of Big Brother in the UK, a 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... Nadia Almada Nadia Almada (born January 28, 1977) is a Portuguese woman, best-known for being the first transsexual winner of the reality show Big Brother UK, in 2004. ... 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) contestants

Winner: Cameron Stout Big Brother UK series 4 in 2003 was the fourth season of Big Brother in the UK, a 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... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... 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 Jon Tickle was a contestant on the fourth series of the British Big Brother. ...

Series 3 (2002) contestants

Winner: Kate Lawler Big Brother UK series 3 in 2002 was the third season of Big Brother in the UK, a 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... Kate Lawler (born May 6, 1980 in Beckenham, London) is a minor British celebrity. ... 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 Jade Cerisa Lorraine Goody (born June 5, 1981 in Bermondsey, London) is a minor British celebrity. ... Alison Hammond (born 5th February 1975) is a British TV personality. ...

Series 2 (2001) contestants

Winner: Brian Dowling Big Brother UK series 2 in 2001 was the second season of Big Brother in the UK, a 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... Brian Dowling attending the 2005 Glamour Awards. ... 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

Series 1 (2000) contestants

Winner: Craig Phillips Big Brother UK series 1 in 2000 was the first season of Big Brother in the UK, a 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... Craig Phillips (Born 16 October 1971) was the winner of the first series of the British Big Brother show. ... Runner-up: Anna Nolan Others: Darren Ramsay, Melanie Hill, Claire Strutton, Tom McDermott, Nichola Holt, Nick Bateman, Caroline O'Shea, Andrew Davidson, Sada Walkington Nick Bateman (born 5 November 1967 in London, England) is a British television personality who found fame as a contestant on the first series of the British version of Big Brother. ...

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Main Series

The sixth main series started on 27 May 2005 and Davina McCall has been the eviction night host in all the runs to date. Daily updates are narrated by Marcus Bentley. A second daily show, Big Brother's Little Brother, presented by Dermot O'Leary, shows news, gossip and behind-the-scenes details. 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 sees EFourum replaced by Big Brother's Big Mouth. May 27 is the 147th day (148th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar, with 218 days remaining. ... 2005 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar and is the current year. ... Davina McCall Davina McCall (born april 18th, 1967 in London) is a British television presenter. ... Marcus Bentleys 2000 publicity photo Marcus Bentley (born October 4, 1967) is a British actor and voiceover artist. ... Big Brothers Little Brother is a magazine television programme shown on Channel 4 and its sister digital channel E4 during a series of Big Brother in the UK. Commonly known as BBLB, it is presented by Dermot OLeary. ... Sean Dermot Finton OLeary (born 24 May 1973), better known as Dermot OLeary, is a British television and radio presenter. ... Russell Brand (born 1978) is a British comedian best known for hosting the E4 discussion show Big Brothers EFourum, now known as Big Brothers Big Mouth. ... E4 is a British digital television channel launched as a pay-tv companion to Channel 4 on 18 January 2001. ...

• Series 1 (2000)
• Series 2 (2001)
• Series 3 (2002)
• Series 4 (2003)
• Series 5 (2004)
• Series 6 (2005)

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Location

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. [1] 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. A new location might be used for series seven (2006). [2] Bow is a place in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. ... The London Borough of Newham is a London borough in East London. ... Historically, the name Elstree Studios refers to any of several film studios that were based in the town of Elstree and Borehamwood in Hertfordshire, England. ... 2006 is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Celebrity Big Brother

There have been three Celebrity Big Brother series featuring well-known names as housemates, with a proportion of the profits from eviction votes going to charity.

Series 1 (March 2001)

In aid of Comic Relief six celebrities entered the Big Brother series 1 house for eight days in March 2001. As Comic Relief is shown by the BBC, this was a rare collaboration between the two TV channels. The contestants were: Comic relief is the inclusion of a humorous character or scene or witty dialogue in an otherwise serious work, often to relieve tension. ... The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is the national publicly funded broadcaster of the United Kingdom. ...

• Jack Dee (winner)
• Claire Sweeney
• Keith Duffy
• Anthea Turner
• Vanessa Feltz
• Chris Eubank

The series is remembered for comedian Jack Dee's escape from the house - he evaded security for an hour before returning ("I got all the way to Stratford") - and Vanessa Feltz angrily scrawling words on the dining table, apparently feeling the pressure of constant surveillance. Jack Dee (born September 24, 1962) is a British stand-up comedian known for his sardonic, deadpan style. ... Claire Sweeney (born April 17, 1972 in Liverpool) is a British actress who is best known for her role as Lindsey Corkhill in the Channel 4 soap opera Brookside. ... Keith Duffy (born Keith Peter Thomas Francis John Duffy on October 1, 1974) is a member of the boy band Boyzone. ... Anthea Turner (born May 25, 1960) is a British television personality. ... Vanessa Feltz (born February 21, 1962) is a British television and radio personality, who read English at Trinity College, Cambridge. ... Christopher Livingstone Eubanks (he later deleted the s from his surname) was born August 8, 1966 in Dulwich, England and is better known as Chris Eubank, the former world champion boxer and a British celebrity. ... This article is about an area of London. ...

Series 2 (November 2002)

The second celebrity series lasted ten days, from November 20-30, 2002. Proceeds from viewer voting went to four different charities: Centrepoint, National Missing Persons Helpline, Rethink severe mental illness and Samaritans. The six contestants were: November 20 is the 324th day of the year (325th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... November 30 is the 334th day (335th on leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar, with 31 days remaining, as the final day of November. ... 2002 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... For the ethnic group of this name, see Samaritan. ...

• Mark Owen (winner)
• Les Dennis
• Melinda Messenger
• Sue Perkins
• Anne Diamond
• Goldie

Memorable moments include comedian Les Dennis moping around the house. Mark Owen (born January 27, 1972 in Oldham, Lancashire 2005) was a former member of the boy band Take That. ... Leslie Dennis Heseltine better known by his stage name of Les Dennis (born October 12, 1953) is a British comedian and television presenter. ... Melinda Jane Messenger (born 23 February 1971 in Swindon) is an English glamour model and television presenter. ... Sue Perkins (born September 22, 1969 in East Dulwich, London) is a British television presenter, actress, and writer. ... Anne Diamond (born September 8, 1954) is a British television presenter. ... Goldie at a rave in Springfield, Massachusetts (taken in 2003) Clifford Price, better known as Goldie (born December 28, 1965 in Wolverhampton) is a British electronic music artist, disc jockey, and actor. ...

Series 3 (January 2005)

The third series began on January 6, 2005, and ran until January 23, 2005. A percentage of phone vote funds went towards helping victims of the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake. The contestants were: January 6 is the 6th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 2005 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar and is the current year. ... January 23 is the 23rd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 2005 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar and is the current year. ... The December 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami hits Thailand The 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake, known by the scientific community as the Sumatra-Andaman earthquake, was an undersea earthquake that occurred at 00:58:53 UTC (07:58:53 local time) on December 26, 2004. ...

• Brigitte Nielsen - came third
• Caprice - evicted on Day 16 after receiving 5% of the public vote to win
• Germaine Greer - voluntarily left the house ("Walked") on Day 6
• Lisa I'Anson - evicted on Day 14 after receiving 3% of the public vote to win
• Bez - winner with 54% of the public vote to win
• Jeremy Edwards - evicted on Day 16 after receiving 12% of the public vote to win
• John McCririck - evicted on Day 12
• Kenzie - runner-up

On the fifth day a ninth celebrity entered the house: Brigitte Nielsen (born July 15, 1963 in Rødovre, Denmark) is a Danish actress who became very popular in 1980s B-movies, most notably as the titular character in Red Sonja, due to her stature (she stands at 61, or 1. ... Caprice on the cover of GQ (UK edition), March, 1999 Caprice On the cover of Playboy, March 2000 Caprice Bourret (born October 24, 1971), often known by just her first name, is an American supermodel and actress of French-Jewish descent. ... Dr. Germaine Greer, pictured in her middle age Germaine Greer (born January 29, 1939) is an Australian academic, writer, and broadcaster, who is widely regarded as one of the most significant feminist voices of the 20th century. ... Lisa IAnson (born 31 May 1965) is a British DJ and presenter. ... Bez Mark Berry, commonly known as Bez (born April 18, 1964, the son of a police Detective Inspector), was the dancer, percussionist, and mascot of Manchester band The Happy Mondays. ... Jeremy Edwards (b. ... John McCririck (born 17th April 1940, Surbiton) is a television horse racing pundit from the United Kingdom. ... Blazin Squad was a 10-piece UK pop-rap band. ...

• Jackie Stallone - mother to Brigitte's ex-husband Sylvester Stallone - evicted on Day 9

This series features the oldest and youngest ever UK Big Brother contestants (discounting Teen Big Brother, see below): Jackie Stallone (82) and Kenzie (19). Dr. Jackie Stallone (born 1923 in Washington, D.C., United States) is an astrologer who is the mother of the Hollywood actor Sylvester Stallone and of the singer Frank Stallone. ... Sylvester Stallone Sylvester Gardenzio Stallone (born July 6, 1946 in New York City), usually known as Sylvester Stallone, is an American film actor, director, producer, and screenwriter. ...

Series 4 (January 2006)

A fourth series of Celebrity Big Brother is planned for January 2006.

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. A separate article is about the punk band called The Adolescents. ... Teen Big Brother was a UK spin off of the popular television program Big Brother in which teenagers inhabited the house. ...

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: E4 is a British digital television channel launched as a pay-tv companion to Channel 4 on 18 January 2001. ... T4 is a scheduling slot on Channel 4 (UK) from about 9am to 12pm on Saturday and Sunday mornings and in school holidays, the T nominally standing for Teenager. ... Pantomime may refer to two different types of performing arts. ... Gustave Dorés illustration for Cendrillon This article is about the fairy tale. ... 2004 is a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

• Nick Bateman (series 1)
• Tim Culley (series 3)
• Victor Ebuwa (series 5)
• Anouska Golebiewski (series 4)
• Jade Goody (series 3)
• Melanie Hill (series 1)
• Narinder Kaur (series 2)
• Kathryn "Kitten" Pinder (series 5)
• Marco Sabba (series 5)
• Spencer Smith (series 3)

Nick Bateman (born 5 November 1967 in London, England) is a British television personality who found fame as a contestant on the first series of the British version of Big Brother. ... Jade Cerisa Lorraine Goody (born June 5, 1981 in Bermondsey, London) is a minor British celebrity. ...

See also

• UK topics

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External links

• the official Big Brother UK website
• the only eviction-based website on the web
• popular Big Brother UK fansite, launched in 2000
• popular unofficial UK Big Brother site
• one of the longest-standing unofficial Big Brother UK fan sites
• UK Gameshows
• popular Big Brother UK fansite