Big Brother
Big Brother
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Big Brother

4.3 / 10
2000
19 seasons
1486 episodes
Reality

A British reality television game show in which a number of contestants live in an isolated house for several weeks, trying to avoid being evicted by the public with the aim of winning a large cash prize at the end of the run.

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Seasons

Big Brother 2000, also known as Big Brother 1, was the first series of the British reality television series Big Brother. It is based upon the Dutch series of the same name, which gained notoriety in 1999 and 2000. The series debuted on Channel 4 on 18 July 2000, running for nine weeks until 15 September 2000. Early in its run, the series was met with controversy for numerous reasons, including its use of professional psychiatrists who analyzed the personalities and actions of the contestants. Despite the large amount of controversy, the series was a major success. Forty thousand people applied to participate in the first series. The first week of the series had over 400,000 voters call in to choose to evict someone, while the final week had 7.8 million voters. The series averaged 4.5 million viewers, with a series high of 10 million viewers on the final night. This series featured a total of eleven housemates competing to win the grand prize. The show lasted for a total of 64 days, culminating in housemate Craig Phillips winning the grand prize, and Anna Nolan coming in second place. The series revolves around ten strangers living in a house together with no communication with the outside world. They are filmed constantly during their time in the House, and can have no communication with those filming them. Each week, each contestant, referred to as "housemates", chooses two people to be up for eviction. The two or more people with the most votes will be nominated to leave the House. The viewers then decide which of the nominees should leave, with the selected person leaving during a live show. This process continued until only three housemates remained, in which the viewers would decide which of the housemates would win the £70,000 grand prize. A housemate can be ejected from the show for breaking rules, such as discussing nominations when not permitted. If a housemate were to be ejected from the game - as in the fifth week - then a replacement housemate would enter the House in a matter of days.

  • Ep 1

    1.Episode 1: The Houseguests Arrive

    5.0
    18-07-200048m

    10 average people - Andrew, Anna, Caroline, Craig, Darren, Melanie, Nichola, Nicholas, Sada and Thomas - enter the Big Brother house, a space-aged bungalow filled with cameras and...

  • Ep 2

    2.Highlights Days 4 - 7

    21-07-200024m

    Another daily update on how the contestants of Big Brother are getting along. The housemates give Clay Painting a go to break the ice.

  • Ep 3

    3.Highlights Day 8-10

    23-07-200049m

    Another daily update on how the contestants of Big Brother are getting along. The boys are getting tired of Sada....

  • Ep 4

    4.Highlights Day 11

    24-07-200024m

    Its the first round of Nominations in the house and after only two weeks, its clear that some habits of the others are causing annoyance and ultimatley - Nominations. In this firs...

  • Ep 5

    5.Highlights Day 12

    25-07-200024m

    Another daily update on how the contestants of Big Brother care getting along. The results of the first nominations are revealed to the housemates....

  • Ep 6

    6.Highlights Day 13

    26-07-200023m

    Another daily update on how the contestants of Big Brother care getting along. Sada and Caroline are getting nervous about the pending Eviction vote.

  • Ep 7

    7.LIVE Show: Day 14 Highlights & Pre-Eviction

    27-07-200025m

    Another daily update on how the contestants of Big Brother care getting along. Craig & Caroline are starting to annoy each other, how long will the peace hold out?

  • Ep 8

    8.LIVE Show: Eviction

    27-07-200024m

    Live on Channel 4, Sada Walkington was evicted from the Big Brother house. After saying goodbye to the others and walking through the crowd of cheering fans, she joined Davina McCa...

  • Ep 9

    9.Highlights Day 15

    30-07-200024m

    Another daily update on how the contestants of Big Brother care getting along. The BB Physcologists take a detailed look at the contestants behaviour

  • Ep 10

    10.Highlights Day 16+17

    30-07-200024m

    Another daily update on how the contestants of Big Brother care getting along. The BB Psychologists take a detailed look at the contestants behaviour

  • Ep 11

    11.Highlights Day 18

    31-07-200024m

    It's the start of Week 3 and the second round of Nominations. The antics of 'Nasty Nick' are making him very unpopular with the viewing public, but his housemates don't seem to hav...

  • Ep 12

    12.Highlights Day 19

    01-08-200024m

    Another daily update on how the contestants of Big Brother care getting along. The housemates continue with the Week 3 task.

  • Ep 13

    13.Highlights Day 20

    02-08-200024m

    Another daily update on how the contestants of Big Brother care getting along. The housemates have a house meeting and some pet hates are revealed.

  • Ep 14

    14.LIVE Show: Day 21 Highlights & Pre-Eviction

    03-08-200024m

    Another daily update on how the contestants of Big Brother care getting along. Andrew & Caroline get ready for the pending Eviction Vote Results. Anna is upset by the prospect of...

  • Ep 15

    15.Live Show: Eviction

    03-08-200025m

    Caroline continued her popularity run with the public when she survived eviction in Week 3. Her popularity came at a cost for fellow nominee Andrew. His Big Brother experience was...

  • Ep 16

    16.Highlights Days 22 - 24

    07-08-200050m

    Another daily update on how the contestants of Big Brother care getting along. The BB physcologists analyise the contestants behaviour.

  • Ep 17

    17.Highlights Day 25

    08-08-200024m

    It's the third round of Nominations and its clear that things are starting to get personal. Yet again, Caroline is up for eviction. Thomas has been getting close to eviction the pa...

  • Ep 18

    18.Highlights Day 26

    09-08-200024m

    Another daily update on how the contestants of Big Brother care getting along. The housemates continue with the ""Semaphore Signalling"" weekly task.

  • Ep 19

    19.Daily Highlights Day 27

    10-08-200024m

    Another daily update on how the contestants of Big Brother care getting along. The housemates learn who is up for evicti0on on Friday.

  • Ep 20

    20.Pre-Eviction

    11-08-200025m

    Another daily update on how the contestants of Big Brother care getting along. Caroline & Thomas get ready for the Eviction result on Friday. Nichola has an argument with Darren.

  • Ep 21

    21.Eviction

    11-08-200024m

    Caroline, who has escape eviction two weeks before this, Week 4, finally got her marching orders from the public. She was cleary dissapointed when the news was first announced, bu...

  • Ep 22

    22.Daily Highlights Days 29 - 31

    14-08-200050m

    Another daily update on how the contestants of Big Brother care getting along. The Big Brother Physcologists take a look at the housemates behaviour.

  • Ep 23

    23.Daily Highlights Day 32

    15-08-200024m

    Another week and another round of increasingly volatile nominations! This week starts normally but events on Thursday (See Guide to Episode ""Nick Evicted"") were to change the co...

  • Ep 24

    24.Daily Highlights Day 33

    16-08-200024m

    Another daily update on how the contestants of Big Brother care getting along. The housemates continue with the ""Cycling Challenge"" weekly task. Thomas tells Craig about Nick's...

  • Ep 25

    25.Daily Highlights Day 34 & 35

    17-08-200041m

    The nation had been watching eagerly for five weeks to see who Nick would be backstabbing next, who was next on his hit-list and ultimately how long it would take to backfire on hi...

  • Ep 26

    26.Pre-Eviction

    18-08-200050m

    Another daily update on how the contestants of Big Brother care getting along. The housemates try to cope with the loss of Nick, and Craig & Nicholas also have the eviction vote t...

  • Ep 27

    27.Eviction

    18-08-200024m

    Nicholas's eviction was somewhat shadowed by the incredible events surrounding Nicholas the day before. On the Wednesday and Thursday, viewers votes dried up because nobody knew if...

  • Ep 28

    28.Daily Highlights Days 36 - 38

    21-08-200050m

    Big Brother rules state that if somebody leaves by choice or is expelled for any reason, another housemate must be brought in to replace them. Nicholas was expelled and this episod...

  • Ep 29

    29.Daily Highlights Day 39

    22-08-200024m

    Another daily update on how the contestants of Big Brother are getting along. The BB Psychologists take a look at the contestants behaviour.

  • Ep 30

    30.Daily Highlights Day 40

    23-08-200024m

    It's week 6 and the nomination process continues. This week, however things are very different. Maybe its the arrival of Claire, maybe its Nick's departure. Whatever the reason, Th...

  • Ep 31

    31.Daily Highlights Day 41

    24-08-200024m

    Another daily update on how the contestants of Big Brother are getting along. The contestants continue with the ""Memorise 100 Heads"" task.

  • Ep 32

    32.Pre-Eviction

    25-08-200024m

    Another daily update on how the contestants of Big Brother are getting along. Thomas, Anna, Darren & Craig all prepare for the Eviction results.

  • Ep 33

    33.Eviction

    25-08-200024m

    It was second time unlucky for Thomas who had survived eviction in Week 4 but didn't live another day on Week 6. Unusually, he was up against THREE other contestants Anna, Darren &...

  • Ep 34

    34.Daily Highlights Days 43 - 45

    27-08-200050m

    Another daily update on how the contestants of Big Brother are getting along. The Big Brother psychologists take a look at the housemates' behaviour.

  • Ep 35

    35.Daily Highlights Day 46

    28-08-200024m

    Another daily update on how the contestants of Big Brother are getting along. The housemates continue with another weekly task.

  • Ep 36

    36.Daily Highlights Day 47

    29-08-200024m

    It's getting even tougher now that the housemates left are so close to the end, but its business as usual and the Nominations continue. However, there is a huge mix-up. Darren sho...

  • Ep 37

    37.Daily Highlights Day 48

    29-08-200024m

    Another daily update on how the contestants of Big Brother are getting along. The housemates learn who is facing eviction on Friday.

  • Ep 38

    38.Pre-Eviction

    01-09-200024m

    Another daily update on how the contestants of Big Brother are getting along. Craig & Claire get ready for news on the eviction vote.

  • Ep 39

    39.Eviction

    01-09-200024m

    She had only been in the house for 13 days, but Claire's short stay brought fun for the housemates. But now, at the end of Week 7, she must leave. She ran down the gridded floor t...

  • Ep 40

    40.Daily Highlights Days 50 - 52

    04-09-200050m

    Another daily update on the how the Big Brother contestants are getting along. The Big Brother psychologists take a detailed look on the housemates' behaviour.

  • Ep 41

    41.Daily Highlights Day 53

    05-09-200024m

    Another daily update on the how the Big Brother contestants are getting along. The contestants continue with another weekly task.

  • Ep 42

    42.Daily Highlights Day 54

    06-09-200024m

    It's Week 8 and the final round of nominations There are just four contestants remaining and just two weeks of Big Brother left, but who will be the final Nominees? Predictably, A...

  • Ep 43

    43.Daily Highlights Day 55

    07-09-200024m

    Another daily update on the how the Big Brother contestants are getting along. The contestants learn who is up for eviction on Friday.

  • Ep 44

    44.Pre-Eviction

    08-09-200024m

    Another daily update on the how the Big Brother contestants are getting along. Melanie, Darren & Craig all prepare for news on how the public have voted on the final eviction. Who...

  • Ep 45

    45.Eviction

    08-09-200024m

    It was the first time flirtatious Melanie had been up for eviction, and just 7 days before the finale she so desperately wanted to reach came around, she was chosen to leave. A te...

  • Ep 46

    46.Daily Highlights Day 57 - 59

    11-09-200040m

    Another daily update on the how the Big Brother contestants are getting along. The Big Brother physcologists take a detailed look on the housemates' behaviour.

  • Ep 47

    47.Daily Highlights Day 60

    12-09-200024m

    Another daily update on the how the Big Brother contestants are getting along. The final three find out about the final task, ""Mind, body & Soul""

  • Ep 48

    48.Daily Highlights Day 61

    13-09-200024m

    Another daily update on the how the Big Brother contestants are getting along. The final three enjoy the final week. Darren has the ""Soul"" part of the task, which includes a ver...

  • Ep 49

    49.Daily Highlights Day 62

    14-09-200024m

    Another daily update on the how the Big Brother contestants are getting along. Anna, Darren & Craig continue with the Mind, Body and Soul task.

  • Ep 50

    50.Live Finale (Part 1)

    15-09-200051m

    With just two and a half hours to go before the winner is announced, we see the final day in the house, including the final night Spanish party Anna, Craig and Darren shared, and t...

  • Ep 51

    51.Live Finale (Part 2)

    10.0
    15-09-200055m

    It's the end of Big Brother, and only Anna and Darren remain. Davina McCall reunites the eight previous evictees, from Sada to Darren, and after we get input from both Craig and An...

  • Ep 52

    52.52

    TBA
  • Ep 53

    53.53

    0.5
    TBA

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