Originally Posted by Carnelian:
Considering how many readers that paper has, the odds must be at least, er... five to one 
and if you've got big tits, those odds must shrink in inverse proportion to the size of your tits.
Rules me out 
Originally Posted by slimfern:
Originally Posted by Carnelian:
Lots of C5 Big Brotherliness then. What will the CSI, Steven Segal and Jean Claude Van Dam fans do now?
Isn't their a second 5 channel - like ch4 had e4 am sure I asked this the other day & someone said about another channel - or was I dreaming it ??
Things get more difficult to remember as one ages 
I know CSI is on one Fiver ..
Don't like ninja films 
There's Fiver and FiveUSA, FiveUSA only shows US programs. I think Fiver is the second channel and similar to e4 but doesn't seem to have a distinctive special identity, like e4 has. I hope they don't put it on Fiver as that channel drops off my Freeview reception from around Early May to late October.
Originally Posted by erinp:
Story here:
http://www.dailystar.co.uk/new...L-5-ALL-NEW-BIG-BRO/
"A SENSATIONAL Golden Ticket contest" to "win a place in the all-new Big ÂBrother house." 
"ÂĢ500,000 top prize" 
Originally Posted by erinp:
Surely that story has to be made up just to raise the profile of the series? I wonder how the shire blue rinse brigade of dwindling Express readers will take to BB being rammed down their throats - not very well I'd imagine!
I really can't see plummy Joanna Lumley wanting to do BB or the program's audience taking to her in that role. Mylene Klass would be ok, but I still can't see her doing it and Martine McCutchen's boring.
Originally Posted by Carnelian:
There's Fiver and FiveUSA,
Following the takeover, they were rebranded as 5* ("Five Star" ) and 5USA.
Still essentially the same channels, though - at least for the time-being...
Daily Express
BIG Brother is set to make a dramatic return to TV this summer in an exclusive Âmultimillion pound deal with Channel 5.
And to the delight of the showâs millions of fans, it returns with a sexed-up, ârock and rollâ house where stars will be encouraged to party like never before.
Channel 5 will host the celebrity version of the showâs highly-anticipated return to British TV screens first.
Originally Posted by Carnelian:
I really can't see plummy Joanna Lumley wanting to do BB
I can't either. At best, this sounds like pure "wish list"...
Originally Posted by Eugene's Lair:
Originally Posted by Carnelian:
There's Fiver and FiveUSA,
Following the takeover, they were rebranded as 5* ("Five Star" ) and 5USA.
Still essentially the same channels, though - at least for the time-being...
Oh, looks like another Freeview retune is in order
Originally Posted by Eugene's Lair:
Originally Posted by Carnelian:
I really can't see plummy Joanna Lumley wanting to do BB
I can't either. At best, this sounds like pure "wish list"...
Daily Express readers are going to love their paper covering BB extensively about as much as they'd love Gordon Brown coming to their house, calling them bigots and offering to sell their gold.
Originally Posted by Carnelian:
Originally Posted by Eugene's Lair:
Originally Posted by Carnelian:
There's Fiver and FiveUSA,
Following the takeover, they were rebranded as 5* ("Five Star" ) and 5USA.
Still essentially the same channels, though - at least for the time-being...
Oh, looks like another Freeview retune is in order
I retuned my Freeview box recently: I didn't even know I could get 5* until I checked just now!
As far as BB is concerned: I would imagine that 5USA's a non-starter (barring a major re-orginization).
5* is a possible, but unlike E4 it's doesn't broadcast 24/7. (I don't know the rules here, i.e. is 5* restricted to broadcasting 9am till midnight, or can Desmond apply to extend it? 
)
Also from the Daily Express
The last series of Big Brother aired in summer 2010 on Channel 4 and was a ratings hit, with many viewers lamenting its loss from their screens. In just one year since the show disappeared, almost 60,000 fans joined a campaign to Bring Back Big Brother on social networking site Facebook.
http://www.express.co.uk/posts...er-bigger-and-sexier
huh? Ratings hit? Not to my recollection.
Originally Posted by Eugene's Lair:
Originally Posted by Carnelian:
Originally Posted by Eugene's Lair:
Originally Posted by Carnelian:
There's Fiver and FiveUSA,
Following the takeover, they were rebranded as 5* ("Five Star" ) and 5USA.
Still essentially the same channels, though - at least for the time-being...
Oh, looks like another Freeview retune is in order
I retuned my Freeview box recently: I didn't even know I could get 5* until I checked just now!
As far as BB is concerned: I would imagine that 5USA's a non-starter (barring a major re-orginization).
5* is a possible, but unlike E4 it's doesn't broadcast 24/7. (I don't know the rules here, i.e. is 5* restricted to broadcasting 9am till midnight, or can Desmond apply to extend it? )
No, neither do I, those minor Freeview channels are forever going into partnerships and chopping and changing their broadcast times. Just checked the Five* site and they list for Teleshopping, so I guess they own those times and lease those hours (or it's a Desmond business concern), so my guess is they could easily extend their broadcast hours. Only an assumption, though!
TBH, I don't know why C4 ever bothered with through the night coverage. Mostly pointless after 3:00am.