Updated 14/03/2021 06:00 GMT
Vanessa Feltz Reflects On Her Memorable Stint On Celebrity Big Brother, 20 Years On: It Was Ghastly
It s been two decades since that incident involving chalk, a leopard print dressing gown and some rather fruity language.
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It’s now been 20 years since the first episode of Celebrity Big Brother aired, and a reality TV behemoth was born.
CBB would eventually run for 18 years and 22 series, becoming one of the UK’s most talked-about shows and paving the way for an endless stream of star-studded reality series including I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here! and Strictly Come Dancing.
The six stars of Celebrity Big Brother 2001 pose together outside the house
4. For most of Big Brother’s UK run, the same house at Elstree Studios in Borehamwood was used every series – but that wasn’t the case in 2001
Big Brother’s first two series – and first celebrity run – actually took place at a specially-built house in Bow, East London near 3 Mills Studios.
This was actually where the first series of RuPaul’s Drag Race UK was also filmed, but like Big Brother, they also moved to Elstree Studios for subsequent years.
5. The Big Brother house barely changed from the civilian series