Big Brother set for UK return five years after being axed - and Jedward are up for presenting
02.08.2022 - 13:15
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TV viewers, this is Sky News. You are receiving the news that Big Brother is set to return - please do not swear. Yes, after a five-year break, the seminal reality show - which sees housemates living together with no access to the outside world, cameras capturing their every move - is making a comeback after being revived by ITV.
A new-look Big Brother will return on ITV2 and new streaming platform ITVX in 2023, it was confirmed during a promotional video that aired during the channel's Love Island finale. Irish singing duo Jedward, who appeared on the celebrity version of the show in 2011 and 2017, have thrown their hat into the ring for presenting duties, declaring themselves "Iconic Housemates" in a tweet.
The influential reality TV programme aired for 18 years in the UK, launching on Channel 4 in 2000 before moving to Channel 5 in 2011 and running for a further seven years. It was axed in 2018 following a slump in viewership.
Paul Mortimer, director of reality commissioning and acquisitions and controller of ITV2, ITVBe and CITV, said the new show would be updated for a modern audience. "This refreshed, contemporary new series of Big Brother will contain all the familiar format points that kept viewers engaged and entertained the first time round, but with a brand new look and some additional twists that speak to today's audience," he said.
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