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Old 18-07-2025, 08:29 AM #1
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So many great memories.

To this day my fave argument is still Science vs Orlaith over the clothes horse. Sadly, all clips of it have been taken down.

Series 1 one was great though. Anna and Caroline made that series for me (as did Nick).
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I can quite believe that there i was as a 14 year old watching the first ever episode
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I was 16
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Those 2000-2006 big brother years were such a magical time and for some reason life just seemed a lot more uncomplicated back then, pre smartphones etc., probably just the nostalgia of it all
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I remember one of the girls at work asking if I had watched the first episode. I hadn't and so she was telling me about it. I said "it sounds a bit ****, but I'll give it a watch tonight" and then fast forward a bit, I was booking the day of the final off as everyone came to mine for drinks, food and to watch. We did first and last episode parties for years after
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…I was reading a nice article about this, this morning …updating on some of the lives of the original cast…

Craig is married with two children and he and his wife have a DIY YouTube channel…

Nick went into panto for a while, as we know and also wrote a book and did some TV presenting…he lives in Australia now…

Anna is the host of The Great Irish Bake-Off…she and Davina stay in touch and a very good friends…

Darren never got over the loss of Marjorie…I think he lives a hermit life now…

Melanie has four children and runs a vintage clothing business…

Tom runs a property business in Cornwall…

Clair and her husband own a luxury beach resort in Marbella….

Nicola is hopefully doing better and living with her daughter ….

Caroline, I’m not really sure…she has had some TV work but I don’t know any recent update …

Sada lives in South America../…she married an Argentine musician…

Andrew founded a consumer research company…

…that’s all of them, I think…the originals…
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…I think that the 24 hour live-feed added so much, didn’t it..I mean the whole concept of BB was for the viewer to become BB in a way, in that we were always watching…whereas now, we have highlights which are always open to manipulation etc so it really isn’t the same concept at all…you’re right though, Kev…it was a magical time…I mean, that magic created this forum and this group of people, didn’t it…we wouldn’t have come together if it hadn’t been for a lil old TV show, which is weird is a good way…
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I didn't watch the first season when it was on, I was 13. Started on bb3 and was hooked!
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…I think that the 24 hour live-feed added so much, didn’t it..I mean the whole concept of BB was for the viewer to become BB in a way, in that we were always watching…whereas now, we have highlights which are always open to manipulation etc so it really isn’t the same concept at all…you’re right though, Kev…it was a magical time…I mean, that magic created this forum and this group of people, didn’t it…we wouldn’t have come together if it hadn’t been for a lil old TV show, which is weird is a good way…
Absolutely, And it's also great that it's still on our TV screens for us to talk about even if it will never be what it used to be
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I remember it well…
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Happy birthday. I remember watching the first season with the fam. We were in Manchester at the time.

I bought the first 3 seasons box set
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I was too young to watch the first series at the time so surprisingly I don't think I've ever seen the first episode. I really should watch it.
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