Ultimate Big Brother

Ultimate Big Brother is the upcoming and final series of the UK reality television series to air on Channel 4, Big Brother. The show was axed by Channel 4 on 26 August 2009. The series will broadcast on Channel 4 for 18 days, from 24 August 2010 to 10 September 2010. It will be produced by Remarkable Pictures, a division of Endemol. The series will feature housemates from every series of Big Brother and a smaller section of housemates from Celebrity Big Brother, as well as the winner of Big Brother 2010. The series is sponsored by skincare brand Freederm. As with the eleventh series of Big Brother, the 24 hour live streaming is available via the Big Brother website as a fee-based service.

Production

The series was first announced during the launch night of the eleventh series of Big Brother. The first trailer for Ultimate Big Brother was shown on 13 August 2010 during a live eviction episode of Big Brother. On the same day, Channel 4 released a promo image for the series on the Big Brother website. The promo featured 15 of the previous 186 Big Brother housemates and 68 Celebrity Big Brother housemates, along with the tag line "Who goes in? We decide". Davina McCall will present the launch show (part of the Big Brother 2010 final) and eviction shows and Big Brother's Big Mouth throughout the series. Emma Willis and George Lamb will present Big Brother's Little Brother.

House

Since the third series in 2002, the programme has been filmed at Elstree Studios in Borehamwood, Hertfordshire. The House for Ultimate Big Brother is the same House used for the eleventh series and is mainly glass walled with floral designs. The entrance has a heaven theme with a single staircase and the Diary Room underneath, to the right hand side. The Diary Room reflected this heaven theme with wings on the chair and a sky scene as the backdrop. A small task room is located off of the Diary Room. Upon entering the living room, there is one large red sofa. In contrast to the kitchen and bathroom's modern effect, the bedroom consisted of Salvador Dali designs on the beds. As revealed in Big Brother 2010, the beds can be raised in order to wake the housemates. The bedroom also contains a walk-in wardrobe. The store room for the house is located off of the kitchen. The garden has a carnival theme and includes a carousel (for the smoking area) and a snug (called the nest). The garden also contains a mini pool/tub and outdoor showers. A large task room is located off of the garden and the garden toilet can be used to access a smaller task room. On the penultimate day of Big Brother 2010 it was revealed that a few changes had been made to the house prior to Ultimate Big Brother beginning. The glass for the shower has been made frosted and the cameras have been removed from the toilets in order to respect the privacy of the celebrity housemates.

The house also includes several features present from Big Brother 2010:

• Bob Righter - a fortune teller machine used to predict the future,
• Davina McCaw - a mechanical parrot in the living room used to recall previous conversations made by the housemates,
• Tree of Temptation - a chest of drawers in the bathroom made from the Tree of Temptation present in 2010's celebrity series.

Housemates

It has not been officially confirmed which former celebrity and non-celebrity Big Brother contestants will be joining the Big Brother 2010 winner.