Series 2 Plot

Big Brother 2001, also known as Big Brother 2, was the second series of the British reality television series Big Brother. It is based upon the Netherlands series of the same name, which gained notoriety in 1999 and 2000. The series premiered on Channel 4 on 25 May 2001 and lasted nine weeks until the live finale on 27 July 2001. The second series continued the success of the original, being a ratings success for the company. There was a total of 7.3 million votes in the final week. In terms of ratings, it matched the success of the first with a series average of 4.6 million viewers. The premise of the series remained largely unchanged from the previous installment in the series. The series revolves around ten strangers living in a house together with no communication with the outside world. They are filmed constantly during their time in the house, and can have no communication with those filming them. Each week, each contestant, referred to as "housemates", choose two people to be up for nomination. The two or more people with the most votes will be nominated to leave the house. The viewers then decide which of the nominees should leave, with the selected person leaving during a live show. This process continued until only three housemates remained, in which the viewers would decide which of the housemates would win the £70,000 grand prize. A housemate can be ejected from the show for breaking rules, such as discussing nominations when not permitted. Later in the season, an intruder entered the game, the first in Big Brother history, bringing the total number of housemates to 11. The series ended after 64 days, in which housemate Brian Dowling was crowned the Winner, and Helen Adams the Runner-Up.

Big Brother Series 2 aired on May 26th, 2001.

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Series 2 Episodes

1. Launch Show & Day 1 Highlights

May 26th, 20011 hr

10 new houseguests move in to the Big Brother house. We are introduced to Amma, Brian, Bubble, Paul, Helen, Narinder, Dean, Elisabeth, Penny and Stuart through a series of biography clips and we then see them enter the house, in small groups. During their first day together, Penny and Elisabeth compete for the mom role, Brian admits that he is gay and the houseguests get a surprise when they find a den in the backyard. ~A National Obsession Begins!~ Big Brother 2 launched a first for Big Brother UK history, Live Streaming! Although it had been launched for Big Brother 2000 via the Internet, Live Streaming was to prove a real hit when it began on the Channel 4 digital station E4. Viewers could even have an Interactive service which would enable them to read news from the house, select a choice of 2 different live feeds and highlights and also to vote to evict a housemate.

2. Day 3 Highlights

May 28th, 20011 hr

3. Day 4 Highlights

May 29th, 20011 hr

4. Day 5 Highlights

May 30th, 20011 hr

5. Day 6 Highlights

May 31st, 20011 hr

6. Day 7 Highlights

June 1st, 20011 hr

In a special 1-hour episode, the houseguests nominate for the first time - live. Davina McCall speaks to friends and family of the houseguests and shows some clips from the last day in the house. The nominations are as follows: Amma - Paul and Penny Brian - Helen and Elisabeth Bubble - Paul and Penny Dean - Narinder and Penny Elisabeth - Penny and Helen Helen - Bubble and Narrinder Narinder - Helen and Bubble Paul - Amma and Helen Penny - Helen and Amma Stuart - Penny and Narrinder This means that Penny and Helen are the first two nominees for eviction, and now the public must vote. Meanwhile, Davina McCall reveals that the person to replace the first evictee will be...Josh.

7. Nominations

June 1st, 20011 hr

8. Big Brother Reveals More

June 2nd, 20011 hr

9. Day 9 Highlights

June 3rd, 20011 hr

10. Day 10 Highlights

June 4th, 20011 hr

11. Day 11 Highlights

June 5th, 20011 hr

12. Day 12 Highlights

June 6th, 20011 hr

13. Day 13 Highlights

June 7th, 20011 hr

14. LIVE Show: Day 14 Highlights & Pre-Eviction

June 8th, 20011 hr

The house is rocked when new arrival Josh enters the house, and Big Brother lets them in on a secret hot tub in the backyard. Meanwhile, Josh's announcement that he is gay changes Brian's attitude, Narrinder and Helen get in to a heated argument, the group is set a new weekly task: to memorise 15 facts about each other, Bubble opts for a bald head and Brian changes bedrooms and moves in with the girls,

15. LIVE Show: Eviction

June 8th, 20011 hr

16. Big Brother Reveals More

June 9th, 20011 hr

17. Day 16/17 Highlights

June 11th, 20011 hr

18. Day 18 Highlights

June 12th, 20011 hr

19. Day 19 Highlights

June 13th, 20011 hr

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20. Day 20 Highlights

June 14th, 20011 hr

21. LIVE Show: Day 21 Highlights & Pre-Eviction

June 15th, 20011 hr

22. LIVE Show: Eviction

June 15th, 20011 hr

23. Big Brother Reveals More

June 16th, 20011 hr

24. Day 23/24 Highlights

June 18th, 20011 hr

25. Day 25 Highlights

June 19th, 20011 hr

26. Day 26 Highlights

June 20th, 20011 hr

27. Day 27 Highlights

June 21st, 20011 hr

28. LIVE Show: Day 28 Highlights & Pre-Eviction

June 22nd, 20011 hr

29. LIVE Show: Eviction

June 22nd, 20011 hr

30. Big Brother Reveals More

June 23rd, 20011 hr

31. Day 30/31 Highlights

June 25th, 20011 hr

32. Day 32 Highlights

June 26th, 20011 hr

33. Day 33 Highlights

June 27th, 20011 hr

34. Day 34 Highlights

June 28th, 20011 hr

35. LIVE Show: Day 35 Highlights & Pre-Eviction

June 29th, 20011 hr

36. LIVE Show: Eviction

June 29th, 20011 hr

37. Big Brother Reveals More

June 30th, 20011 hr

38. Day 37/38 Highlights

July 2nd, 20011 hr

39. Day 39 Highlights

July 3rd, 20011 hr

40. Day 40 Highlights

July 4th, 20011 hr

41. Day 41 Highlights

July 5th, 20011 hr

42. LIVE Show: Day 42 Highlights & Pre-Eviction

July 6th, 20011 hr

43. LIVE Show: Eviction

July 6th, 20011 hr

44. Big Brother Reveals More

July 7th, 20011 hr

45. Day 44/45 Highlights

July 9th, 20011 hr

46. Day 46 Highlights

July 10th, 20011 hr

47. Day 47 Highlights

July 11th, 20011 hr

48. Day 48 Highlights

July 12th, 20011 hr

49. LIVE Show: Day 49 Highlights & Pre-Eviction

July 13th, 20011 hr

50. LIVE Show: Eviction

July 13th, 20011 hr

51. Big Brother Reveals More

July 14th, 20011 hr

52. Day 51/52 Highlights

July 16th, 20011 hr

53. Day 53 Highlights

July 17th, 20011 hr

54. Day 54 Highlights

July 18th, 20011 hr

55. Day 55 Highlights

July 19th, 20011 hr

56. LIVE Show: Day 56 Highlights & Pre-Eviction

July 20th, 20011 hr

57. LIVE Show: Eviction

July 20th, 20011 hr

58. Big Brother Reveals More

July 21st, 20011 hr

59. Day 58/59 Highlights

July 23rd, 20011 hr

60. Day 60 Highlights

July 24th, 20011 hr

61. Day 61 Highlights

July 25th, 20011 hr

62. LIVE Show: Day 62 Highlights & Pre-Eviction

July 26th, 20011 hr

63. LIVE Show: Eviction

July 26th, 20011 hr

64. LIVE Finale (Part 1)

July 27th, 20011 hr

65. LIVE Finale (Part 2)

July 27th, 20011 hr

66. Big Brother Reveals More

July 28th, 20011 hr

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