Big Brother 

Big brother is a television show made in the UK, where contestants take part in a challenge to see who will last the longest in the Big brother house, The winner will take home a large cash prize while the losers take home nothing.

Stars:

Marcus Bentley, Davina McCall, Aisleyne Horgan-Wallace

13 wins & 11 nominations.

Cast

Series cast summary:
Marcus Bentley	...	Self - Narrator 317 episodes, 2000-2018
Davina McCall	...	Self - Presenter 140 episodes, 2000-2008

Storyline

Big Brother is the UK's biggest reality TV show and is one of the most popular talked-about shows in British TV history. Big Brother takes place entirely within the confines of the Big Brother House. It's essentially a competition between the house mates, the object of which is to be the last remaining house mate in the House. At least one house mate will leave the House every week by a process of nomination and public eviction. Housemates will nominate each other for eviction and those with the most votes from their peers face a public vote. The house mate that receives most public votes leaves the House and is out of the competition. Housemates are provided with a shopping budget each week to buy food and other necessities. Throughout the series house mates will be asked to complete tasks set by Big Brother. If the group does well in the tasks they get rewarded with a bigger shopping budget, plus special treats. On the final night of Big Brother the public vote on which house mate ...

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Plot Keywords:

catch phrase | famous opening theme | famous line | cash prize | kitchen | 

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Taglines:

Who's watching you?

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Genres:

Game-Show | Reality-TV

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Did You Know?

Trivia

There are many controversies happened on the fifth season of the British reality television show Celebrity Big Brother, broadcast on British television station Channel 4 in January 2007. The controversy centred on comments made by contestants Jade Goody, Danielle Lloyd, and Jo O'Meara - all of whom are white British - concerning Indian contestant Shilpa Shetty. The screening of these comments on UK television resulted in national and international media coverage, responses from the UK and Indian governments, and the show's suspension during the 2008 season.

Many agencies and corporations cancelled their contracts with the housemates accused of racism, citing the allegations as the reason for the terminations. Also, many sponsors of the Big Brother series cancelled their sponsorship of the show.

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Quotes

Nikki Grahame: [after Susie's arrival] Who is she? Who is she? Who is she? Where did you find her?

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Connections

Referenced in Crumpet! A Very British Sex Symbol (2005)

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Soundtracks

Theme Music
Written by Paul Oakenfold and Andy Gray
Performed by Element Four

User Reviews

Series Four ? Serious Bore More Like

" Have you been watching BIG BROTHER " my sister asked me in a telephone conversation . I replied that I hadn`t . I knew what the show was because every single tabloid newspaper had hyped up the show from the very first day it started way back in the year 2000 . While the series is being broadcast it`s impossible to open a British popular newspaper without being greeted by page after page of the housemates life stories , but just out of curiosity I decided to give the show a chance and I must say I was totally underwhelmed by it .

It might surprising to know that I managed to avoid this show untill series four , but if this is as good as it gets I`ve missed nothing . A bunch of people sitting around drinking is not great TV unless the people involved are Oliver Reed , George Best , Alex Higgins etc . We have a big strapping Scotsman Cameron Stout and he never makes Anglophobic statements , never gets drunk and never pays flattering compliments to the female housemates ! Not a typical Scot I`m sure you`ll agree . Well Cameron won in a popularity contest that resembled vote for the least boring person because someone will win . I guess I would have voted for Cameron myself but that`s only because we`re both Jocks and the opposition were so bland

That said , if Channel 4 are thinking of doing a fifth series I wouldn`t mind having a go myself . After all the drink`s free and when`s the last time a Jock`s turned down free booze

Details

Official Sites:

Channel 4 [UK] Channel 5 [UK]

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Release Date:

14 July 2000 (UK)

Also Known As:

Big Brother 2

Filming Locations:

Bow, London, England, UK

Company Credits

Production Co:

Bazal, Brighter Pictures, Channel 4 Television Corporation

Technical Specs

Runtime:

60 min

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1