A quiet child, Rachel was an obsessive reader, but she wanted to become a vet. “My passions were animals and books,” she says.

Although Gemma Carcaterra was steeped in theatre from an early age, the artistic director and CEO of Glór in Ennis, Co Clare, was more interested in working behind the scenes than in performing. 

Big Brother competitor Narinder Kaur was scared she would offend Asian communities by going on the hit show, her husband has admitted.