Hi Stuart! Nice to hear from you again. Some of us will never forget BB2. The best ever. I kept on watching the follow up series but they have never captured the same feeling again have they?
They didn't mess with the formula in 2001, apart from bringing in Josh after week 2.
They just put in a group of (fairly) normal people and watched them become friends, get drunk, get on each others nerves, flirt, fall for each other, and get heart-breakingly ripped apart.
No-one was punished for discussing nominations (which Dean and Brian did all the time), and there was no 'fix' to keep favourites like H&P together.
(Not like the blatant efforts made week after week to keep Charlie in)
Actually, I wished they had done a fix on that one at the time, but it all seemed a lot fairer and above board then.
I think subsequent BB's have just about cured me of my obsession now, but happy memories still in all.
All things must pass.