Big Brother - Season 2
2001 • 66 episodes
About this season
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.
Episodes
Seasons & Episodes
Launch Show & Day 1 Highlights
Episode 1 • May 26, 2001
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.
Day 3 Highlights
Episode 2 • May 28, 2001
Day 4 Highlights
Episode 3 • May 29, 2001
Day 5 Highlights
Episode 4 • May 30, 2001
Day 6 Highlights
Episode 5 • May 31, 2001
Day 7 Highlights
Episode 6 • Jun 01, 2001
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.
Nominations
Episode 7 • Jun 01, 2001
Big Brother Reveals More
Episode 8 • Jun 02, 2001
Day 9 Highlights
Episode 9 • Jun 03, 2001
Day 10 Highlights
Episode 10 • Jun 04, 2001
Day 11 Highlights
Episode 11 • Jun 05, 2001
Day 12 Highlights
Episode 12 • Jun 06, 2001
Day 13 Highlights
Episode 13 • Jun 07, 2001
LIVE Show: Day 14 Highlights & Pre-Eviction
Episode 14 • Jun 08, 2001
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,
LIVE Show: Eviction
Episode 15 • Jun 08, 2001
Big Brother Reveals More
Episode 16 • Jun 09, 2001
Day 16/17 Highlights
Episode 17 • Jun 11, 2001
Day 18 Highlights
Episode 18 • Jun 12, 2001
Day 19 Highlights
Episode 19 • Jun 13, 2001
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Day 20 Highlights
Episode 20 • Jun 14, 2001
LIVE Show: Day 21 Highlights & Pre-Eviction
Episode 21 • Jun 15, 2001
LIVE Show: Eviction
Episode 22 • Jun 15, 2001
Big Brother Reveals More
Episode 23 • Jun 16, 2001
Day 23/24 Highlights
Episode 24 • Jun 18, 2001
Day 25 Highlights
Episode 25 • Jun 19, 2001
Day 26 Highlights
Episode 26 • Jun 20, 2001
Day 27 Highlights
Episode 27 • Jun 21, 2001
LIVE Show: Day 28 Highlights & Pre-Eviction
Episode 28 • Jun 22, 2001
LIVE Show: Eviction
Episode 29 • Jun 22, 2001
Big Brother Reveals More
Episode 30 • Jun 23, 2001
Day 30/31 Highlights
Episode 31 • Jun 25, 2001
Day 32 Highlights
Episode 32 • Jun 26, 2001
Day 33 Highlights
Episode 33 • Jun 27, 2001
Day 34 Highlights
Episode 34 • Jun 28, 2001
LIVE Show: Day 35 Highlights & Pre-Eviction
Episode 35 • Jun 29, 2001
LIVE Show: Eviction
Episode 36 • Jun 29, 2001
Big Brother Reveals More
Episode 37 • Jun 30, 2001
Day 37/38 Highlights
Episode 38 • Jul 02, 2001
Day 39 Highlights
Episode 39 • Jul 03, 2001
Day 40 Highlights
Episode 40 • Jul 04, 2001
Day 41 Highlights
Episode 41 • Jul 05, 2001
LIVE Show: Day 42 Highlights & Pre-Eviction
Episode 42 • Jul 06, 2001
LIVE Show: Eviction
Episode 43 • Jul 06, 2001
Big Brother Reveals More
Episode 44 • Jul 07, 2001
Day 44/45 Highlights
Episode 45 • Jul 09, 2001
Day 46 Highlights
Episode 46 • Jul 10, 2001
Day 47 Highlights
Episode 47 • Jul 11, 2001
Day 48 Highlights
Episode 48 • Jul 12, 2001
LIVE Show: Day 49 Highlights & Pre-Eviction
Episode 49 • Jul 13, 2001
LIVE Show: Eviction
Episode 50 • Jul 13, 2001
Big Brother Reveals More
Episode 51 • Jul 14, 2001
Day 51/52 Highlights
Episode 52 • Jul 16, 2001
Day 53 Highlights
Episode 53 • Jul 17, 2001
Day 54 Highlights
Episode 54 • Jul 18, 2001
Day 55 Highlights
Episode 55 • Jul 19, 2001
LIVE Show: Day 56 Highlights & Pre-Eviction
Episode 56 • Jul 20, 2001
LIVE Show: Eviction
Episode 57 • Jul 20, 2001
Big Brother Reveals More
Episode 58 • Jul 21, 2001
Day 58/59 Highlights
Episode 59 • Jul 23, 2001
Day 60 Highlights
Episode 60 • Jul 24, 2001
Day 61 Highlights
Episode 61 • Jul 25, 2001
LIVE Show: Day 62 Highlights & Pre-Eviction
Episode 62 • Jul 26, 2001
LIVE Show: Eviction
Episode 63 • Jul 26, 2001
LIVE Finale (Part 1)
Episode 64 • Jul 27, 2001
LIVE Finale (Part 2)
Episode 65 • Jul 27, 2001
Big Brother Reveals More
Episode 66 • Jul 28, 2001