Elstree Calling

Big Brother 10 eye. Image: © Channel 4/Brighter Pictures/Endemol UK

Big Brother Feature:

Introduction:

The UK version of the game show Big Brother started in the summer of 2000. In 2002, the show moved to Elstree Studios (then known as Elstree Film & TV Studios) and has been based there ever since.

In this special feature I take a look at some of the facts connected with the show and give information on where you can find out further information, including how to obtain free tickets to the eviction night broadcasts and the spin-off shows, BBLB (Big Brother's Little Brother) and BBBM (Big Brother's Big Mouth).

Big Brother - Latest News Headlines: 

• Big Brother 10 is currently being made at Elstree Studios.
• Davina McCall is presenting a weekly edition of Big Brother's Big Mouth this year on Friday nights. McCall also continues to present the eviction night shows.
• George Lamb has returned to host Big Brother's Little Brother.
• Please click here to read a new feature on where the Big Brother house is situated.

Big Brother 10 - Audience Tickets:

• For details of how to obtain official tickets for Big Brother 10 eviction night shows, please click here.
• For details of how to obtain official tickets for Big Brother's Little Brother, please click here.
• For details of how to obtain official ticekts for Big Brother's Big Mouth, please click here.

Big Brother Official Website:

Please click here to visit the official Big Brother 10 website.

Digital Spy - BB Live Updates:

Please click here to visit Digital Spy's Big Brother website.

Big Brother - Facts:

Here are some interesting facts you may or may not know about the UK version of Big Brother:

• Big Brother in the UK is made by Brighter Pictures/Endemol UK for Channel 4 & E4.
• The Big Brother is made at Elstree Studios in Borehamwood, Hertfordshire.
• The Big Brother house is situated on top of the one surviving exterior studio water tank (click here to see feature). 
• The water tank on which the Big Brother house is situated has been used for various films including Moby Dick and The Dam Busters (click here to see feature).
• The Big Brother house stands close to where the exterior set for the Overlook Hotel was built for the film The Shining (click here to see feature).
• To date, there have been eight main runs of Big Brother (inc. BB10), four Celebrity editions of Big Brother and one run of Celebrity Hijack made at Elstree Studios.
• Big Brother and BBLB (Big Brother's Little Brother) are both made in The George Lucas Stage at Elstree Studios which is situated close to the house.
• Efourum and BBBM (Big Brother's Big Mouth) were both broadcast from an adapted Workshop 2 at Elstree Studios. Since BB8, Big Mouth has been broadcast from an adapted Workshop 1.
• Permission has been granted to allow a Big Brother house to remain at Elstree Studios until the end of 2010.
• Most of the housemates' shopping is purchased from the Tesco's supermarket next door to the studios. This branch of Tesco's stands on a piece of land which used to belong to the studios (click here to see feature).
• The makers of the CBB6 are said to have spent £150,000 on fireworks and champagne for the finale night.