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View Poll Results: Did you watch the first BB?
Yes, watched it at the time 18 52.94%
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Yea, but watched it later 7 20.59%
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I really miss when it was a more mainstream audience and everyone was chatting about it
I miss that with BB and The X Factor.
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No I started with BB 2
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I've seen bits of the original but I didn't get sucked in till I accidentally watched the launch of the Nikki Graham season.
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I started from Sada's eviction in series 1 and was instantly hooked, I haven't missed an episode yet!

It's been a long slog at times and it's sad to see the state the show is in now but I'll see it through until its next axe...
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I watched the preview programme they did over Christmas 1999 when they commentated on the Dutch version, and I think asked for applications for the UK show. Then watched BB1. I got more into BB2 with the live feed on E4 and BBLB.

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i watched the first series, including live feed when it aired
Was there ever a TV live feed, I know they had several webcams - dial up internet speeds though.

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I watched the preview programme they did over Christmas 1999 when they commentated on the Dutch version, and I think asked for applications for the UK show. Then watched BB1. I got more into BB2 with the live feed on E4 and BBLB.



Was there ever a TV live feed, I know they had several webcams - dial up internet speeds though.

When you could choose which camera to watch.
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Ah the 4 screen live feed.......bliss
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I’m sad for you (not in a patronising way) but I’m glad you’ve at least watched it. At the time there was such a hype for it as it was new and groundbreaking.
Absolutely.

Not my favourite series overall but it set the tone for the rest of the series.
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I watched the preview programme they did over Christmas 1999 when they commentated on the Dutch version, and I think asked for applications for the UK show. Then watched BB1. I got more into BB2 with the live feed on E4 and BBLB.



Was there ever a TV live feed, I know they had several webcams - dial up internet speeds though.

i remember watching something, i'm sure you could watch it 24/7

im a celeb started something like a couple of years later and it used to have live feed

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I did, it was such a big deal in the media with Nasty Nick etc. Front page stuff

I don't think I watched it from launch night back then, but not long after.
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You can watch the first series of Big Brother here - Big Brother (UK) : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive https://share.google/75fwgfrjbAVbfLRJf

First episode wasn't broadcast until the housemates were 4 days in.
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I watched it about a year ago or a year and a half ago for the first time. Though I'd seen bits and pieces here and there over the years (in documentaries and the like, e.g., Most dramatic television moments, that sort of thing).
Was it worth watching or did it feel dated?
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I’d give it a go. I’m sure the episodes (other than launch and evictions) were a lot shorter than they are now too.
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Yes I watched it live, it feels like a whole other lifetime since then!
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Ooooh you are a bit older than I thought? Who did you like?
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We watched as the lad who won was a friend of ours he knocked around with my brother, Craig Philips,so our town was always rooting for him and what celebrations we had when he won , he donated his winnings to a disabled girl called Jo,but sadly she did die a few years after. He has moved away now but still comes to visit us all now and again,so that was the reason we started watching it.
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I mean it's dated in the sense that I regarded as a cultural artifact and a nostalgic look back at the late nineties/early 2000s. But I really enjoyed it! I watched it basically concurrently with last year's series and found that it held my attention far more. The likes of Nasty Nick, Mel, Anne and co. were far more captivating and interesting than the likes of Ali, Marcello, Sarah and co. I'd give it a go, certainly!
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I mean it's dated in the sense that I regarded as a cultural artifact and a nostalgic look back at the late nineties/early 2000s. But I really enjoyed it! I watched it basically concurrently with last year's series and found that it held my attention far more. The likes of Nasty Nick, Mel, Anne and co. were far more captivating and interesting than the likes of Ali, Marcello, Sarah and co. I'd give it a go, certainly!
Cool thanks, I'm quite intrigued how it compares as someone who has only ever really known modern BB (end of C4 era onwards) so I might do that after this series

Also @Kazanne, never knew that Craig donated his winnings. That's incredible given the prize fund was bigger back then given inflation and all the housemates now can only think of holidays and things like that for the money
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Yea now if you mention you watch BB people take the piss, where it used to spark long convos about the show
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If we had it in the US, I would've been hooked. Our version is terribly boring.
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If and when I mention to other people that I watch it, I tend to go on a lil preamble about how I think everyone should be allowed to watch two pieces of trash television without fear of being judged. Because I know watching BB nowadays is equal to watching double the amount of trash.
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No I was 4 years old . Maybe I should look into watching some of the older series
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I didn't start watching properly until BB4... I only caught clips of 2 and 3, never saw 1.
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