[Bigbrotherin]

Entertainment
Big Brother: Live Launch
Highlight

Wednesday 30 May
9:00pm - 10:15pm
Channel 4

Help, it's back again! Heaven knows why millions of us get hooked on watching a bunch of sleep-deprived show-offs argue, flirt and sunbathe their way through the summer, but we do. How I dread that experience of gazing blankly at a screen wondering what some literally bored-to-tears housemate will do next, and yet every now and then BB throws up scenes of such screaming, comic strangeness that just for a moment, you love it. Yes, Davina McCall's a pain, yes, Geordie Narrator gets wearing, and yes, the whole edifice is pumped up to the point of horror (586 people now work on the production and its spin-offs), but summer would be duller without it. Tonight, Davina introduces the housemates, who walk past the placard-waving weirdos in the crowd and step, squealing for joy into their new home. Good luck to them.

Source: radiotimes.com

Why is it scheduled for just an hour and 15 mins? Surely they need longer than that to get 13-15 housemates in and do a house tour and show clips and have 5 mins of live feed . Plus why are radio times so negative about everything, the only programmes that get off lightly with them are those produced by their parent the BBC .

[Matt]

Originally posted by Bigbrotherin
The only programmes that get off lightly with them are those produced by their parent the BBC .

That's what I thought...

[Matt]

Oh, and remember there are two live shows on the Friday, so a second batch of housemates could go in then...

[Arneldo]

I think only 12 are going in on Wednesday.

[bb807]

Originally posted by Matt™
Oh, and remember there are two live shows on the Friday, so a second batch of housemates could go in then...

Or the first batch of housemates could all be evicted and we can all go home

[Scarlett.]

Originally posted by Bigbrotherin

Source: radiotimes.com

Why is it scheduled for just an hour and 15 mins? Surely they need longer than that to get 13-15 housemates in and do a house tour and show clips and have 5 mins of live feed . Plus why are radio times so negative about everything, the only programmes that get off lightly with them are those produced by their parent the BBC .

I never read the Radio Times, its too... old fashoned and Dr. Who obsessed. I prefer the TV Times, who always give a fair comment on each programme.

[Matt]

Originally posted by bb807

Or the first batch of housemates could all be evicted and we can all go home

Excuse me?!?!?!?!?!

[Bigbrotherin]

The first friday will be an eviction or something I'm not gonna get my hopes up for anything more. I'd rather though more hms because I dont think there should be an eviction till the end of the second week when we have given the evictee a good chance to entertain us and save themselves.

[Arneldo]

I dont think it will be an eviction on Friday. I think it will be more housemates or we will see the housemates split and some move into a second house.

[Bigbrotherin]

Originally posted by Arneldo
I dont think it will be an eviction on Friday. I think it will be more housemates or we will see the housemates split and some move into a second house.

DS have reported that the producers are not yet sure.

It might have something to do with the digital housemate thing.

[Bigbrotherin]

Originally posted by Matt™

That's what I thought...

I dont think a listings site/mag owned by a particular broadcaster should do listings for other channels.

[andybigbro]

See the digital housemate is that the online auditionee?

[BIG-BRO-FAN]

Is it just me or is the Launch show a bit shorter this year?

[andybigbro]

Dont know lol

i cant remember how long last times was on

[The_BB_Detective]

yeah same sorry

[BIG-BRO-FAN]

Lol, I think it was a tad bit longer than 1 hour and 15 minutes. Maybe I'm wrong? Roll on Launch!

[Corkie]

1 hour and 15 mins is the right amount of time I think...

[Bigbrotherin]

Originally posted by BIG-BRO-FAN
Lol, I think it was a tad bit longer than 1 hour and 15 minutes. Maybe I'm wrong? Roll on Launch!

Your right, I dont think we'll get many hms this year, minus c4's very long ad breaks, the house tour time and the series intro and clips they will only have about 2 and a haf minutes per housemate entrance. There again c4 may move desperate housewives to accommodate bb if it s over.. It's pre-recorded/delayed this year so they may fit it in by editing out bits of their entrances or by making their audition tapes shorter.

[RichardBB]

It was 1 hour and 15 minutes last year

[Ruth*Star]

I'm sure it was 1 hour and 30 mins last year.

[GhettoSuperstar]

It should be 2 hours.

[Sam]

Yeah i think twelve are going in to, twelve spaces in beds, and ten spaces in dining room, thats a bit odd for 13-15 housemates

[*M*a*TT*H*ew*]

Here are all the launch times and durations:

Big Brother 3: 9.00pm to 10.00pm (1 hour)
Big Brother 4: 8.30pm to 9.30pm (1 hour)
Big Brother 5: 10.00pm to 11.15pm (1 hour and 15 minutes)
Big Brother 6: 9.00pm to 10.15pm (1 hour and 15 minutes)
Big Brother 7: 9.00pm to 10.15pm (1 hour and 15 minutes)

For BB3 and BB4, there was a house tour and 12 housemates within 1 hour, but the house tours were rather brief.

[andybigbro]

So its the same as previous years

[Lil-Lindz]

well if it is shorter it is probably because there are fewer housemates going in. But if it is shorter they will fit it all in