The reality TV fever dream that started it all — with worse furniture and better chaos.
In 2001, six celebrities entered the Big Brother house in honour of Comic Relief. It was eight days that had the nation hooked and helped raise millions of pounds. 22 years on since the original broadcast, the original housemates take a look back at this extraordinary moment in television history. From dancing in underpants to Vanessa writing on the furniture and Jack Dee’s great escape, revisit where celebrity reality TV was born.
Editing
Razor-sharp archive cuts between then and now.
Production
Rebuilt house details that'll wreck millennial brains.
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This special basically invented 'Celebrity Big Brother' as a format — Channel 4 saw those ratings and never looked back.
The original 2001 broadcast raised over £500,000 in phone votes alone — viewers literally paid to torture Jack Dee.
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