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The Big Brother contestants from the very first series

We take a look back at the contestants from the first series of Big Brother in 2000

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    • Channel Four game show's Big Brother winner Craig Phillips, with the show's host Davina McCall, leaves the Big Brother House in east London, Friday September 15 2000.

    With Big Brother back on our screens very soon, we take a look back to the very first series when eleven contestants, known as 'housemates' moved into the house. The news series first launched in 2000 and immediately caused controversy. It showed the physical and mental strain for contestants with housemate Nick Bateman causing many incidents. This gained him the name of 'Nasty Nick'.

    Nick was reported to have smuggled a mobile phone into the house, but after a search, no phone was found. On day 24 a mobile helicopter was flown over the the garden and dropped leaflets into the house asking that Nick be nominated for eviction, the leaflets were removed before the housemates discovered them.

    On day 35 it was revealed that Nick had tried to manipulate the nomination process and was removed from the house with Craig Phillips going on to win the show.

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    Big Brother 2023 will see a new cast of carefully selected housemates, from all walks of life, become the first people to take up residence in the brand-new Big Brother house as they arrive at the famous destination in front of a live studio audience. Given its own contemporary new look ready for this reimagining of the show, the iconic Big Brother house will play host to all the action - clever tasks, nail-biting nominations and live evictions will be back.

    The new series will be hosted by AJ Odudu and Will Best, and will kick off on Sunday 8th October and will air across ITV1, ITV2 and ITVX.

    1. Channel Four game show's Big Brother winner Craig Phillips leaves the Big Brother House.

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    2. Craig Phillips in the Big Brother House.

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    3. Channel Four game show's Big Brother winner Craig Phillips, with the show's host Davina McCall, leaves the Big Brother House in east London, Friday September 15 2000.

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    4. Channel Four Big Brother contestant Anna hugs her friend Tanya Paice after she left the Big Brother House in east London, Friday September 15 2000.

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