[kaphc]

So far, it doesn't seem like the psychologists have put in an appearance on the Saturday night shows!

Have they stopped doing this now? I used to like that part of the show, as it showed us things about the housemates that you wouldn't necessarily pick up on yourself.

[Amy]

I thought they used to be on the sunday show and I'm actually quite gutted they are no longer on it! I wonder why they decided to axe them, all the info in mags etc says that they are going to be on the show but have not been as yet.

[kaphc]

Doh! I typed Saturday and meant Sunday .... !

[BigSister]

Yeah I miss them in a weird sort of way

[bananarama]

Yeah I was wondering that too and miss it. Perhaps there is so much good material that they have sacrificed the psycho babble to give us more coverage.

Or maybe this lot have sent them mad and we shall have to wait for them to recover..

[AndyJK]

Yeah where are they? I miss Geoff Beattie. He's my favourite of the Psychologists.

[BusyBee]

I miss them what a field day they would have with this lot.

[LEE]

Well the sunday night show is still billed as the psychologists show and I was even sent a list and write up of them all in a press release a little while ago. I never bothered posting it up at the time, but here it is now.

BIG BROTHER’S PSYCHOLOGY SHOW EXPERTS ANNOUNCED

Every Sunday evening (TX: 9pm, C4) Big Brother’s team of experts will give their scientific spin on what’s really going on in the house.

The team of seven have different fields of expertise in the areas of psychotherapy, psychiatry, criminology and psychology and every week will discuss the housemates’ body language, quirks, mannerisms and behavioural patterns to give viewers a real insight into the hidden dynamics of the Big Brother house. The first psychology show will be shown tomorrow evening (6th June at 9pm).

Professor Geoffrey Beattie
Dean of Psychological Sciences at Manchester University, Professor Geoffrey Beattie is one of Big Brother’s longest serving psychologists. He specialises in non-verbal communication, particularly the communicative nature of hand gestures, and conversation analysis. He received his doctorate from Cambridge University’s Trinity College and has a PhD from Cambridge University.

Among his many book publications is “Making Thoughts Visible: The New Psychology of Body Language”, which is based on his study of Big Brother contestants from the past three series and will be published this year.


Dr Sandra Scott
Dr. Sandra Scott trained as a psychiatrist at the Maudsley Hospital in South London. Her work has included family therapy, cognitive behavioural therapy and parent/child work. Sandra has also specialised in acute adult psychiatry with community and hospital-based duties and neuro-psychiatry.

Sandra has contributed to a number of magazine articles and is currently preparing a book for publication with the working title ‘How Not to Be Perfect’ and has contributed to a book on the first series of ‘Confidence Lab’, entitled ‘Confidence in Just Seven Days’.

She has degrees in Biochemistry and Chemistry, a BBS Degree in Medicine (The School of Medicine - St Barts) and is a member of the Royal College of Psychiatrists.


Professor David Wilson
David Wilson is Professor of Criminology at the Centre for Criminal Justice Policy and Research at the University of Central England (UCE) Birmingham. He undertook his postgraduate work at Selwyn College, Cambridge and was the St Andrews Scholar of New York (1979-1980). He was awarded a PhD from Cambridge and went on to follow a successful career as a Prison Governor at a number of prisons including HMPS Wormwood Scrubs, Grendon and Woodhill and later became Head of Prison Officer and Operational Training for HM Prison Service.

He is the author of numerous books and articles, including The Prison Governor – Theory and Practice (PSJ); What Everyone in Britain should Know About Crime and Punishment (OUP); Innocence Betrayed – Paedophiles, The Media and Society (Polity), and Images of Incarceration – Representations of prison and Prisoners in Cinema (waterside Press). He is the Editor of The Howard Journal of criminal Justice; the Founder of the Forum on prisoner Education; Patron of the Friends of Grendon and a member of the Perrie Lectures Committee.


Dr Jamie Arkell
Dr Jamie Arkell studied medicine and social and developmental psychology at Cambridge University has worked as a psychiatrist in London and Sydney. He trained at The Royal Free Hospital in North London and has worked in a variety of NHS London hospitals, dealing with a wide range of mental disorders including severe and enduring mental illness both in inpatient and community settings.

While living in Australia Jamie worked as a liaison psychiatrist at St Vincent’s Hospital in Sydney managing the psychiatric complications of physical illness. He has also worked for the WHO Clinical Research Unit for Anxiety Disorders treating mood and anxiety disorders using cognitive behavioural therapy.
Jamie currently works as a specialist registrar in an NHS eating disorders unit. In addition to this he is training as a systemic family therapist.


Dr Gareth Smith
Dr Gareth Smith has spent the last 9 years working in psychiatry. He is a member of the Royal College of Psychiatrists, and as Specialist Registrar in General Psychiatry has held a variety of psychiatric posts throughout the West of Scotland. His is currently a Consultant in Community Psychiatry at the Southern General Hospital, Scotland and he has specialised in Sex and Gender issues.

He has a wealth of experience as a Psychiatric advisor and has appeared as a resident on-screen Psychiatrist for a variety of television and radio shows. Gareth is also a Medical Columnist for “The Sunday Mail”.


Rachel T Morris
Rachel Morris trained initially as an addiction counsellor before attaining a Diploma in Hypnosis & Psychotherapy (DHP) in 1995. She has since undertaken further training in Bereavement, Psychopathology, Ethics, Pain Management, Group Dynamics, Stress Management and Human Development, before working in clinical practice both privately and for the NHS treating a variety of issues including: eating disorders, childhood abuse, sex, sexuality, parenthood, relationship problems, grief, suicide, panic/anxiety disorders and depression.

Rachel is a qualified Counsellor Supervisor and practices all therapeutic undertakings in accordance with British Association of Counsellors (BAC) recommendations and Code of Ethics.

Earlier this year, Rachel flew to Chicago to appear as a relationship expert on The Oprah Winfrey Show where she helped the American nation decide if they’re sex lives were normal.


Honey Langcaster-James
Honey is a Teaching Fellow at The University of Hull, lecturing in Psychology. Her research specialist area is Work and Organisational Psychology. Honey’s expertise within this broad area includes group dynamics, the psychology of human interaction and the ways in which teams form and work together.

Honey is founder and Managing Director of The Coaching Psychology Group, a consultancy that specialises in providing Coaching Psychologists to both corporate and private clients.

Honey is a member of The British Psychological Society, The Association of Business Psychologists, The Coaching Psychology Forum and the BPS Division of Occupational Psychology.


The experts will appear on Big Brother every Sunday night at 9pm on Channel 4. The hour-long special offers a revealing insight into the habits and traits of the housemates gleaned from the week gone by.

[Princess Pink Pants]

On channel 4 when they were saying what was on when they said sunday night was the psychologists!!
They actually said that on channel 4 so I dont no whats happened???

[bananarama]

The psychologists are in another secret room waiting to become the next housemates. They will enter the house via a trap door under the toilet and will be armed with tranqilizers and straight jackets.

[AndyJK]

Originally posted by bananarama
The psychologists are in another secret room waiting to become the next housemates. They will enter the house via a trap door under the toilet and will be armed with tranqilizers and straight jackets.

Brilliant!

[ribbonstring5145]

I think that there's just so much unexpectedly good coverage of the house that they don't have time to put in psychologists. They seem to be making it out as if it's a "one off" every Sunday, but then put it off again the next week. It says in all the TV guides that psychologists are on and last Sunday on Channel 4 they apologised and said that the psychologists weren't going to be on that night. So who knows..maybe they'll resort to them when things get boring- although I do like seeing their views.

[Stu xxx]

Heat magazine this week said that the channel 4 would be making sure the pyschologists are back on from next sunday thet havent been on so far because of the amount of great reality that has been on so far xxx