Celebrity Big Brother

British reality television series

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2025 Series 24 sponsored by DUSK Furniture.
2024 Sponsorship by The Carphone Warehouse's TalkTalk previously valued at £2.5m per year for the Big Brother franchise.
2024 Celebrity Big Brother 17 became the first series of both Big Brother and Celebrity Big Brother to have no sponsor.
2024 Celebrity Big Brother was revived in the UK, this time broadcast by ITV after its previous cancellation.
2024 During an unspecified series, a race-related controversy led to sponsorship being cut off midway through the series.
2024 A sponsorship deal was made with a value of £800,000, with advertisements only shown after 9:00 pm.
2024 William Hill becomes the sponsor for series 23 of Celebrity Big Brother.
March 2024 Celebrity Big Brother returns, airing exclusively on ITV1 and STV, with a spin-off series 'Celebrity Big Brother: Late & Live' on ITV2 and a daily live stream on ITVX.
November 2023 During a live eviction episode, ITV officially announced the return of Celebrity Big Brother, set to air on ITV1 and STV in March 2024, continuing to be presented by AJ Odudu and Will Best.
October 2023 The twentieth civilian series of Big Brother launched on ITV2, hosted by AJ Odudu and Will Best, with reports of a Celebrity Big Brother revival beginning to circulate.
August 2022 ITV announced the revival of Big Brother, initiating plans to bring the show back to television.
2018 Celebrity Big Brother was sponsored by Pink Casino during series 21, marking its final year on Channel 5.
September 14 2018 Channel 5 confirmed the cancellation of both Big Brother and Celebrity Big Brother after 22 celebrity series.
September 10 2018 The UK aired its twenty-second and final Celebrity Big Brother series, concluding the show's original run.
September 10 2018 The twenty-second series of Celebrity Big Brother ended, which was the final series to air on Channel 5.
2017 Celebrity Big Brother 17 becomes the first series of both Big Brother and Celebrity Big Brother to have no sponsor.
2017 Celebrity Big Brother Series 20 sponsored by Castle Jackpot and Series 21 sponsored by Pink Casino
2016 Celebrity Big Brother Series 16 sponsored by Lucozade Energy
2015 Celebrity Big Brother Series 15 sponsored by Gumtree
January 2015 Celebrity Big Brother aired its first series with an all-female lineup of contestants, marking a significant milestone in the show's format.
2014 Celebrity Big Brother Series 12 was sponsored by SuperCasino with the slogan 'Feel it for real'.
2013 Celebrity Big Brother Series 11 sponsored by Dreams, with the slogan 'Britain's favourite bed specialist', and Series 12 sponsored by SuperCasino with the slogan 'Feel it for real'
2013 Celebrity Big Brother Series 10 was sponsored by Schwarzkopf Live Color XXL with the slogan 'If you've got the attitude, we've got the colour'. Series 11 was sponsored by Dreams, Britain's favourite bed specialist.
2012 Channel 5 extended its deal with Endemol to air two celebrity series of Big Brother annually, in addition to the civilian version.
2012 Celebrity Big Brother was sponsored by Plusnet during series 9.
August 2011 Channel 5 acquired Celebrity Big Brother, taking over the show from Channel 4 and beginning its tenure as the new broadcaster of the popular reality TV series.
August 18 2011 Celebrity Big Brother 8 officially launched with Brian Dowling as host, and was ultimately won by Paddy Doherty.
April 2 2011 The Daily Star reported that Big Brother would return on Channel 5 in August 2011 with a Celebrity edition.
January 2011 Channel 5 first acquired the rights to Celebrity Big Brother, taking over the series from Channel 4 and launching a new era for the show.
2010 Seventh Celebrity Big Brother series aired on Channel 4.
2010 Richard Desmond bought Channel 5 and expressed interest in acquiring Big Brother and Celebrity Big Brother.
2010 Channel 4 officially axed the programme after the seventh series.
2010 Seventh series of Celebrity Big Brother aired, continuing with Dreams as the sponsor
January 2010 Channel 4 broadcasts its final season of Celebrity Big Brother before the show transitions to a new network.

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