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Genre | Reality competition |
Based on | Big Brother by John de Mol |
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Narrated by | Marcus Bentley |
Theme music composer | Elementfour |
Opening theme | "Big Brother UK TV Theme" |
Country of origin | United Kingdom |
Original language | English |
No. of series | 20 |
No. of episodes | 1468 |
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Original release | |
Network | Channel 4 |
Release | 18 July 2000 10 September 2010 | –
Network | Channel 5 |
Release | 9 September 2011 5 November 2018 | –
Network | ITV2 |
Release | 8 October 2023 present | –
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Celebrity Big Brother | |
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Big Brother (also called Big Brother UK) is a reality television series in the United Kingdom which began in 2000. It is a version of the Big Brother franchise. Contestants must complete challenges while living in a house full of cameras.
In some series the house is in London; in some series it is in Hertfordshire. In some series, the housemates are celebrities. From 2000-2010, it was shown on Channel 4 and was presented by Davina McCall; from 2011-2018, it was shown on Channel 5 and was presented by Emma Willis. from 2023, it is shown on ITV2, ITV1 and ITVX and is presented by AJ Odudu and Will Best.