List of Big Brother (British TV series) shows
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, before returning in 2023 and the celebrity edition ran from 2001 to 2018.
Big Brother
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
Big Brother Eviction is a programme where a housemate is evicted from the Big Brother House.
Channel 4
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.
Channel 5
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.
ITV2
Big Brother: Live Eviction takes place on Friday's at 9pm and runs for an hour, the same runtime as the daily highlights show. 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.
Big Brother's Bit on the Side
Big Brother's Bit on the Side 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. 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.
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. 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 with Alex Reid as the first panellist on the show.
Format
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.
Show changes
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. 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.
Panellists
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).
Regular panellists and presenters of in-show features
- Kerry Katona (2011–18)
- Nikki Grahame (2011–18)
- Lisa Appleton (2011, 2013–18)
- Nicola McLean (2011–18)
- Sinitta (2011–14, 2016–18)
- Gemma Collins (2012–18)
- Denise Welch (2012–18)
- Rustie Lee (2012–18)
- Carol McGiffin (2012–18)
- Kim Woodburn (2012–18)
- Roman Kemp (2012–13, 2015, 2017–18)
- Charlotte Crosby (2013–18)
- Katie Price (2013–18)
- Christian Howes (2013-17)
- Stephanie Pratt (2013–18)
- Su Pollard (2013–18)
- Nina Wadia (2014–18)
- Eamonn Holmes (2014–18)
- Luisa Zissman (2014–18)
- Anthony Costa (2014–18)
- James Jordan (2014–18)
- Philip Olivier (2014–18)
- Michelle Visage (2014–18)
- Bobby-Cole Norris (2015–18)
- Dan Wootton (2015–18)
- Ricky Norwood (2015–18)
- Tyger Drew-Honey (2015–18)
- Tiffany Pollard (2016–18)
- Kieron Richardson (2016–18)
- Ola Jordan (2016–18)
- Andy West (2016–18)
- Ian "H" Watkins (2017–18)
- Trisha Goddard (2017–18)
- Tom Read Wilson (2017–18)
- Amy Childs (2011–13, 2015)
- Kian Egan (2011–12)
- Martin Kemp (2012–13)
- Coleen Nolan (2012–15)
- Aisleyne Horgan Wallace (2011–15)
- Gillian Taylforth (2013)
- Lee Ryan (2014)
- Jim Davidson (2014–15)
- Christopher Biggins (2014–16)
- Stephanie Davis (2017)
Broadcast
| Series | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | Saturday | Sunday |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |||||||
Presenters
| Series | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | Saturday | Sunday | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Celebrity Big Brother 8 |
Emma Willis Jamie East |
Emma Willis | Emma Willis Jamie East |
Alice Levine Jamie East |
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| 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 | ||||||||