ITV has announced a new series of Celebrity Big Brother for 2024.
Produced by Banijay’s Initial, the Big Brother relaunched this autumn on new home ITV with the celebrity edition airing on ITV1 and STV next year.
Celebrity Big Brother will be followed each night by Celebrity Big Brother: Late & Live – giving viewers an additional hour of content. Airing on ITV2 and ITVX, Celebrity Big Brother: Late & Live will be the place to watch the famous evictees first live interview “alongside an array of unmissable exclusive features including access to the camera runs, special guest commentary and debate.”
The Celebrity Big Brother: Live Stream will also return to screens, airing seven nights a week on ITVX and STV Player, “giving fans the opportunity to watch live footage into the small hours” after Celebrity Big Brother: Late & Live.
Alongside Celebrity Big Brother, other reality commissions in 2024 include Love Island: All Stars, a second series of My Mum, Your Dad and the forthcoming The Fortune Hotel.
Celebrity Big Brother is commissioned for ITV1, STV and ITVX by Paul Mortimer, Director of Reality Commissioning & Acquisitions and Controller, ITV2 and ITVBe and Peter Tierney, Commissioning Editor. The return of Big Brother and Celebrity Big Brother was secured by entertainment and format producers Natalka Znak and Claire O’Donohoe for Initial (part of the Banijay Group). Big Brother and Celebrity Big Brother are overseen by Initial’s Managing Director Katy Manley and Creative Director Tamsin Dodgson.
Paul Mortimer, Director of Reality Commissioning & Acquisitions and Controller, ITV2 and ITVBe said: “The reception from our viewers to Big Brother’s return has been fantastic. We’re therefore thrilled to announce that we’ll be bringing our very own celebrity edition to ITV1 and ITVX next year. Casting is underway to find a new batch of famous faces who are sure to provide more iconic and unmissable BB moments.”
Natalka Znak, CEO of Initial, Remarkable Entertainment and Znak TV added: “The launch series on ITV2 has been so much fun to make and we’re glad Big Brother has found a whole new audience on ITV2. It’s been a joy working with ITV and we’re excited to do it all over again and this time with celebrities and on ITV1.”
Jon Creamer
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