Celebrity Big Brother (British TV series)

Celebrity Big Brother
Genre	Reality competition
Based on	Big Brother by John de Mol Jr.
Presented by	Davina McCall MBE Brian Dowling Emma Willis AJ Odudu Will Best
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	23
No. of episodes	616
Production
Production companies	Bazal (Series 1) Endemol UK Productions (Series 2–3) Brighter Pictures (Series 4–6, Celebrity Hijack) Remarkable Television (Series 7) Initial (Series 8–Present)
Original release
Network	Channel 4 (2001–2010) Channel 5 (2011–2018) ITV (2024-Present)
Release	Channel 4: 9 March 2001 (2001-03-09) – 27 January 2010 Channel 5: 18 August 2011 (2011-08-18) – 10 September 2018 ITV: 4 March 2024 (2024-03-04) – Present
Related
Big Brother

Celebrity Big Brother (also called Celebrity Big Brother UK) is a reality television series in the United Kingdom which began in 2001. It is a Celebrity 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. From 2001-2010, 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 2024, it is shown on ITV2, ITV1 and ITVX and is presented by AJ Odudu and Will Best.

Format

A group of celebrities who don't know each other move into a house full of cameras. They are watched every day and are set challenges by a fictional character named "Big Brother". The contestants can speak to Big Brother privately in a room called the "diary room". They are not allowed to have contact with the outside world. Throughout the series, the public vote for who they want to evict and the last one remaining is the winner.

Eye

Every year, there is a different "Big Brother eye".

Overview

Series	Launch date	Finale date	Days	Housemates	Winner	Channel
1	9 March 2001	16 March 2001	8	6	Jack Dee	Channel 4
2	20 November 2002	29 November 2002	10	6	Mark Owen
3	6 January 2005	23 January 2005	18	9	Mark "Bez" Berry
4	5 January 2006	27 January 2006	23	11	Chantelle Houghton
5	3 January 2007	28 January 2007	26	14	Shilpa Shetty
6	2 January 2009	23 January 2009	22	11	Ulrika Jonsson
7	3 January 2010	29 January 2010	27	12	Alex Reid
8	18 August 2011	8 September 2011	22	10	Paddy Doherty	Channel 5
9	5 January 2012	27 January 2012	23	12	Denise Welch
10	15 August 2012	7 September 2012	24	13	Julian Clary
11	3 January 2013	25 January 2013	23	11	Rylan Clark
12	22 August 2013	13 September 2013	23	13	Charlotte Crosby
13	3 January 2014	29 January 2014	27	12	Jim Davidson
14	18 August 2014	12 September 2014	26	14	Gary Busey
15	7 January 2015	6 February 2015	31	15	Katie Price
16	27 August 2015	24 September 2015	29	14	James Hill
17	5 January 2016	5 February 2016	32	16	Scotty T
18	28 July 2016	26 August 2016	30	15	Stephen Bear
19	3 January 2017	3 February 2017	32	18	Coleen Nolan
20	1 August 2017	25 August 2017	25	15	Sarah Harding
21	2 January 2018	2 February 2018	32	16	Courtney Act
22	16 August 2018	10 September 2018	26	13	Ryan Thomas
23	4 March 2024	22 March 2024	19	12	David Potts	ITV

Spin-offs

Series	Launch date	Finale date	Days	Housemates	Episodes	Winner	Channel
Celebrity Hijack	3 January 2008	28 January 2008	26	12	28	John Loughton	E4

Other websites

• Celebrity Big Brother Archived 2015-05-12 at the Wayback Machine at Channel5.com
• Celebrity Big Brother on IMDb