Big Brother

Big Brother UK is the British version of the Dutch Big Brother television format, which takes its name from the character in George Orwell's 1949 novel Nineteen Eighty-Four. The series was originally broadcast on Channel 4 and E4 from 18 July 2000 until 10 September 2010, after it was dropped from Channel 4's schedules due to declining ratings. The rights to the programme were acquired by Channel 5 in a two-year contract with Endemol to air on the main channel and subsidiary channel 5*. The re-launched version premiered on 18 August 2011 with a back-to-back series of Celebrity Big Brother and Big Brother. The host of the show for the duration of the run on Channel 4 was Davina McCall, who was replaced by Brian Dowling when the show...