[James]

13 Aug 2003

Big Brother boffin Jon Tickle has landed a role as a TV presenter - on a wacky science show.

Jon, who became a cult figure in the House for his nerdy behaviour, will conduct experiments on an anarchic new show for Sky One which launches in the autumn.

The physics graduate will be a guest host on Brainiac which is aimed at making science more fun, with stunts that viewers can pull off at home.

Station controller Sara Ramsden said: "He took a while deciding whether he wanted to get into telly or not and he has decided this feeds his interests.

"I just loved watching him on Big Brother and we thought he might be suitable when he started getting more and more popular and realised how bright he was.

"We started chatting to him as soon as he came out of the house. It's going to be a completely anarchic show. It will be things like putting various chemicals down a toilet to make it erupt like Mount Vesuvius.

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