The smoking area has no cameras..
 

.. but it does have a microphone or 2. Looks like its inside though which i found interesting but surely it cant be because of smoking laws in the UK?

It's connected via a brown door in the garden, im assuming it will be used for vaping too!

Does it definitely have no cameras? Are there mirrors? I think the old smoking area cameras were sometimes across the other side anyway?

(I'm avoiding pictures etc until the night so don't want spoilers)

To quote Richard Arnold of GMB during his 'garden tour'

Hmm! I'm not sure what that's about!

I would imagine they just don't want to televise people smoking. If it's like Love Island, I think they only let one person in the smoking area at a time so no-one wants to just watch someone puffing away
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'The smoking area has no cameras...'

Hardly Big Brother then.

It has to have cameras. Too much gossiping happens there. That’s where they go after fights. Big brother isn’t big brother unless they can see everything. I think this is just as accurate as the yes/no on 24/7 live feeds.

smoking habits have changed a lot since the original BB. It will be vapers most probably, that go in for a quick puff and straight back out. Also smoking is not allowed by law inside public buildings

You're totally correct.

It does have a camera, but one for producers only. It's no big deal that we won't see inside. We can still listen in if anything gets said. And it's only big enough for 1 HM at a time anyway.

I don't actually know anyone who (still) smokes tbh.

Vaping isn't as "objectionable" to those who don't than cigarettes, so I'd guess vapes are allowed anywhere in the garden, while individual fag smokers would have to go in the shelter?

Won't be much of a gossip area if it only fits one housemate at a time so no biggie if there's mics in there.

I mean...they literally decide what to cut to and what not to anyway even if it was set up to film so they can't play any new edit tricks on you they already wouldn't have been able to.

The smoking area was always good for a bit of bitching and arguing

The cameras cover everywhere but they may choose not to show a particular activity.

If a couple go for a grope and snog in the smoking area we'll se it. If they have a ciggie afterwards we won't.

Maybe BB doesn't see it all. :laugh:

Isn't it vapers these days?

I remember in BB2 when they made a joint out of Banana skins. It was Dean's Idea. Good on him. I bet Bez was dying for a joint when he was in the celebrity version.

I'm sure Bez said once in the diary room that he was missing his weed.

Maybe the non camera smoking area is for the weed smokers

Every area will have cameras - just like the toilets. It’s just when and if they decide to use them for broadcast.

Day 23, viewing figures have dipped.

Its 10 am, big dougie is going for his morning dump.

Wankers.

Sorry. Just checking in. James knows I'm allowed to push boundaries.

BB Spy said in their article on the garden photos that ITV might have a blanket policy to not show or promote smoking, which is why it’s never shown on LI.

It’s a shame they won’t show the area as can imagine it’s where a lot of the good gossip occurs haha ��

Haha yeah they better not all go in there for hand gestures communication

There's a camera in the smoking room, but only for producers.