What are the guinea pig trials for BBUK all about?

[Eddie.]

I’ve heard it being mentioned several times, but what exactly are they?

[Matthew.]

this is when people trial out the big brother house for a while before the series starts, to check if things work alright and if it is an ok place to live. Katie Hopkins actually did it one year

[Eddie.]

Yeah for the first series right?

[Matthew.]

Yeah for the first series right?

think so, but they still do it nowadays i think?

[Morgan.]

think so, but they still do it nowadays i think?

I think so but it's only a couple of days now compared to a week iirc