As the Big Brother contestants adjusted to life in a house stripped of all creature comforts today, Channel 4 was given an unwelcome surprise of its own: viewing figures for launch night were down for the second year in a row.

Irishman Brian Dowling has topped a recent poll of Big Brother personalities.

GORDON Brown has made it into a list of the world’s 100 sexiest men — with the top place handed to Take That.

The wife of the late wildlife presenter Steve Irwin paid an emotional tribute to Sir David Attenborough at Britain’s TV Oscars.

Big Brother’s Nikki Grahame says she has been “destroyed” by co-star Pete Bennett’s decision to dump her.

Love Island’s grand finale was watched by 4.4 million viewers last night – a drop from the 5.9 million who tuned into last year’s end show.

Tourette’s sufferer Pete Bennett tonight won the seventh series of Big Brother.

Tourette’s sufferer Pete Bennett tonight won the seventh series of Big Brother.