The essential episodes of Big Brother
Watch these 15 in order and you've got Big Brother — each pick states its reason.
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Episode 1: The Houseguests Arrive
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 microphones to record their every move and sound. During their first few days in the house, the new housemates get to know each other, Anna reveals she is a lesbain, Mel and Andy get cosy, the group are set their first food challenge - a pottery contest - and Nichola uses the clay to decorate the house walls with images of her naked body. Before long, many others join in, too.
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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 Anna's friends and family in the studio and back home, she announces that the winner of Big Brother is...Craig! Anna leaves the house immediately and joins Davina in the studio, where she learns of her celebrity fans and speaks about her time in the house. Then, Davina actually enters the house for a guided tour and an interview with Craig, where he speaks about what winning means to him. Then, he leaves the house, and is presented with the £70,000 check by none other than Nicholas! Big Brother comes to a close with all 11 houseguests being reunited on the stage.
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Episode 1 - The New Housemates Live Arrival
12 new contestants enter a brand new house for the first time. There are a few refinements to the rules. Official warnings will be given to any contestant deemed breaking the house regulations. Three strikes and they're out of the house, plus personal belongings such as books and musical instruments now have to be earned. The new housemates are: Alex, Jonny, Lee, PJ, Sandy, Spencer, Adele, Alison, Jade, Kate, Lynne and Sunita.
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In this, the totally LIVE Launch Programme of Big Brother 5, Davina introduces us to all 12 brand new contestants. And it couldn't be a more controversial list. A transsexual, a lesbian, an ex-stripper and an outrageously camp gay, to name just a few. In part one, a brief explanation of the application process (accompanied by all new footage) and a tour of the brand new house, lead by Davina. From here on out, the show is dedicated to the new arrivals. One by one, all 12 housemates enter the building that could be their home for up to 10 weeks. There arrivals are accompanied by a short video that shows some of their more memorable audition moments and introduces them to the viewing public. When all 12 have begun their Reality TV journey, Davina announces plans for the following days task and in an added twist, the contestant that loses will not receive their suitcase, containing everything they wanted to take into the house, for as long as they remain in the game.
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Davina McCall returns to launch the sixth series of Big Brother, as thirteen housemates are welcomed into their new home for the next 78 days. However, one unlucky housemate will have to earn their place…
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Davina introduces us to the new house and the sixteen new housemates. The first four, Mario, Lisa, Luke and Stephanie enter and are given a secret mission by Big Brother. The other twelve; Rachel, Dale, Sylvia, Dennis, Michael, Alexandra, Rex, Mohamed, Rebecca, Darnell, Jennifer and Kathreya then enter the house. Before Davina reveals a further twist in the secret mission happening this Sunday.
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Davina presents the live launch show. Davina reveals that none of the people entering the house will be proper housemates yet and will have to earn that status. The housemates are introduced for the first time as they enter the house.
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Brian Dowling kicks off the 13th series of the fly-on-the-wall reality show. Over the next couple of hours he introduces a diverse group of fame-seeking individuals who have been chosen to spend their summer invading the nation's living rooms. But with an eviction already looming on Friday, it seems one of them will not be staying long.
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Emma Willis hosts the first of two launch nights for this year's Big Brother.
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After almost eight weeks, Emma Willis reveals the result of the public vote to choose the winner of Big Brother 2017. Whittling them down one by one, Emma leads the runners-up quickly through the best and worst of their time on Big Brother, until there is only one remaining. She chats to the winner about life in the house, why they think they have won and how it feels to be back in the outside world. There'll also be a roll-call of all the evictees from the series and a speedy look at what the housemates got up to yesterday. And fans needn't worry - the normal series may be over for another year, but Celebrity Big Brother promises to return soon. Last in the series.
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