IT WAS the original reality TV show that changed the world FOREVER.
And now Channel 4 are bringing us Big Brother: Best Shows Ever, highlighting its finest moments via classic footage unearthed from the archive.
Seeking to entertain us in lockdown, Big Brother’s Best Shows Ever Show will hit screens THIS SUNDAY (June 14, 2020).
It will be on E4 at 9pm to 10.15pm.
There are 10 episodes in total.
They will run each week from Sunday to Thursday for two weeks.
The show will feature all those scandalous moments like Makosi Musambasi and Anthony Hutton’s wet-and-wild hot-tub party in Big Brother’s sixth series, to Vanessa Feltz’s meltdown in the first celebrity version.
It will air on E4 – however a broadcast date, or details if it will be a one-off programme or run for several episodes, is yet to be announced.
Original host Davina McCall will return to front the show once more, and she will be joined by Rylan Clarke-Neal, former contestant and presenter of spin-off Big Brother’s Bit On The Side.
This year marks the 20th anniversary of the show’s UK launch in 2000.
In an exclusive statement, Davina said: “I lived and breathed Big Brother for 11 years.
“Not one week goes by when I don’t quote Big Brother in some form.
“It made me laugh, it made me cry and it taught me to never judge a book by its cover.
“I love the show and can’t wait to share it with a whole new audience.”
Rylan added: “I’m so excited to be bringing Big Brother back to our lives.
“There will be laughs, tears and drama, but most of all we get to relive some of Big Brother’s greatest episodes.”
The premise of the series – where a group of housemates are locked away for numerous weeks in a house with every aspect of their time there filmed and broadcast to the nation – was an instant hit.
It became one of the most successful British TV shows of all time, and regularly drew millions of viewers per episode.
The final series was shown in 2018, with producers announcing it would come off air after 18 years.
It was first aired on Channel 4 before switching to Channel 5 in 2010.
The annual civilian version was joined by Celebrity Big Brother in 2001.
It was filmed at Elstree Studios in Borehamwood, Hertfordshire from 2002 – where the Diary Room and rest of the house were given a dramatic redesign every series.
Davina hosted the show from 2000 until 2010, with former contestant Brian Dowling stepping into her shoes until 2013 when Emma Willis took over.
