The first of nine weekly shows taking a look at how the contestants get on when put to the test with thier weekly task - live.

The housemates must gamble 10%-90% of thier weekly shopping budget on a series of general knowledge questions.

LIVE Task

Davina McCall

Marcus Bentley

Day 8/9 Highlights

LIVE Show: Eviction

12 new contestants enter a brand new house for the first time. There are a few refinements to the rules. Official warnings will be given to any contestant deemed breaking the house regulations. Three strikes and they're out of the house, plus personal belongings such as books and musical instruments now have to be earned.

The new housemates are: Alex, Jonny, Lee, PJ, Sandy, Spencer, Adele, Alison, Jade, Kate, Lynne and Sunita.

Episode 1 - The New Housemates Live Arrival

Big Brother 3 begins with the first of many daily shows taking a look at how the housemates have been getting along.

Psychologists have a look and evaluate the new contestants.

Day 1/2 Highlights

Big Brother 3 continues with another nightly show, airing all the best bits from the past 24 hours in the house.

Episode includes the ""Miss Big Brother"" paegant.

Day 3 Highlights

Big Brother 3 continues with another nightly show, airing all the best bits from the past 24 hours in the house.

In tonights show the housemates start speculating about who everyone fancies. Alex admits to being attracted to Kate, But Spencer remains tight lipped about who he has his eye on. Sunita is feeling low and chats to Big Brother about how she is considering walking.

Day 4 Highlights

Big Brother 3 continues with another nightly show, airing all the best bits from the past 24 hours in the house.

An innocent game of truth or dare gets out of hand, with a few shocking revelations and even more shocking dares. PJ and Lynne begin to wind each other up and exchange harsh words.

Day 5 Highlights

Big Brother 3 continues with another nightly show, airing all the best bits from the past 24 hours in the house.

25-Year old Barrister Sunita admits defeat and asks Big Brother to leave. The housemates are all shocked when she tells them, particually Jade.

Day 6 Highlights

Big Brother 3 continues with another nightly show, airing all the best bits from the past 24 hours in the house.

Tonight's episode looks at the events leading up to Sunita's decision to leave the house after just 7 days and her departure.

LIVE Show: Day 7 Highlights & Pre-Eviction

They had been told to expect the unexpected and sure enough Big Brother stayed true to his word. After all 12 contestants entered the house the voting lines were opened and viewers were encouraged to vote out the contestant they wanted to leave. Although unlike most evictions, the public didn't have the last word, the housemates did with the two people with most votes being up for eviction the housemates must choose which of the two would go.

Tonight's episode saw the housemates evict Lynne over Jade. In the later edition of the show we saw Lynne evicted. The awaiting crowed outside booed and hissed at her as she made her way to the studio, where she gave a frank interview about who she got on mist well with, who she didn't and how she feels about being the first contestant to be voted out of the most infamous house in Britain.

The first of nine weekly shows in which psychologists analyse the contestants behaviour.

In this weeks show the experts take a look at the role Jade is playing in the house, and how she survived Eviction on Friday. Adele and Lee are also in the spotlight as the experts talk about their relationship in the house.

Big Brother 3 continues with another nightly show, airing all the best bits from the past 24 hours in the house.

In todays episode we see the new arrival - Sophie settle in to the house. The housemates also complete their weekly shopping list and splash out with the £400 they earned from Saturdays task.

Day 10 Highlights

Big Brother 3 continues with another nightly show, airing all the best bits from the past 24 hours in the house.

In tonight's edition we see the first nomination process and the telephone lines are opened at the end of the show to the viewing public.

Adele voted for: Alison and Kate  Alex voted for: Jonny and Alison  Alison voted for: Alex and Sandy  Jade voted for: Jonny and Alex  Jonny voted for: Alex and Sandy  Kate voted for: Alex and Sandy  Lee voted for: Kate and Jade  PJ voted for: Alex and Sandy  Sandy voted for: Jonny and Alison  Spencer voted for: Alison and Alex

Newcomer Sophie was exempt from the nomination process as she has only been in the house for one day.

Day 11 Highlights

Big Brother 3 continues with another nightly show, airing all the best bits from the past 24 hours in the house.

The housemates are told who is up for eviction on Friday, with gasps of shock from the contestants since nobody was expecting Alison to be on the hit list. Later, Alison breaks the outdoor table in a comical fashion while trying desperately to catch a glimpse of the outside world. The laughter continues when Jade falls over repeatedly while on a jog leaded by Alison and Kate.

Day 12 Highlights

Big Brother 3 continues with another nightly show, airing all the best bits from the past 24 hours in the house.

Jade's Birthday is celebrated by a school disco with music, uniforms and decorations supplies by big brother. The party leaves Alex's gender in question.

Day 13 Highlights

Big Brother 3 continues with another nightly show, airing all the best bits from the past 24 hours in the house.

Alex launches an attack on everyone in the house - but it backfires on him and even some of his ex-buddies begin to dislike him. All three nominees prepare for the eviction voting results tomorrow night.

LIVE Show: Day 14 Highlights & Pre-Eviction

Its the second eviction of Big Brother 2002 and things are already hotting up. The Big Brother phone lines are jammed, as thousands of fans try to get their votes in before the lines close and this week every vote really does count. Alex has most votes all week but the gap is constantly closing and Alison is on the verge of losing her place in the house. In a result that shocked even Big Brother officials, Alison is evicted by the public. Alex had most votes all week but in the last few minutes Alison haters phones their votes in and got their way - just.

An hour later she left the house to a crowed that was unrecognisable from last weeks harsh crowed who had booed at Lynne as she left. Cheers, Chants and Banners all in support of Alison greeted her back into the real world. Her interview with Davina revealed who she wants to win and who she wants out next.

Live Coverage From The House At Elstree.   Housemates Attempt Their Weekly Task To A Live Audience.

The first of nine weekly shows in which psychologists analyse the contestants behaviour.

In this weeks show the experts take a look at how the contestants react around the nomination process.

Day 15/16 Highlights

Day 17 Highlights

Its Week Three and the third round of nominations. In tonight's edition of the show, we see all of the contestants making their choices and revealing who they most want to leave the house on Friday.

Lee and Jonny are facing eviction this week.

Day 18 Highlights

Big Brother 3 continues with another nightly show, airing all the best bits from the past 24 hours in the house.

The results of the Week Three nominations are revealed to the contestants.

Day 19 Highlights

Big Brother 3 continues with another nightly show, airing all the best bits from the past 24 hours in the house.

Sandy escapes from the big brother house by climbing onto the roof.  A new replacement arrives soon.

Day 20 Highlights

Big Brother 3 continues with another nightly show, airing all the best bits from the past 24 hours in the house.

The contestants continue life in the house without Sandy. To celebrate his time in the house, all contestants are set a task to circle the pool continuously for a set amount of time, as Sandy did every morning!

LIVE Show: Day 21 Highlights & Pre-Eviction

Despite events surrounding Sandy's escape from the house, the game must go on and an eviction announcement follows that signals the end of Lee's time in the house.

Lee is greeted by a huge crowed and most importantly, his friends and family. Due to his flirting with new girl Sophie, Lee's girlfriend doesn't attend his eviction but she did give Davina a statement that she reads to not only Lee but the millions of viewers.

Live Coverage From The House At Elstree.    Housemates Attempt Their Weekly Task To A Live Audience.

Big Brother 3 continues with another nightly show, airing all the best bits from the past 24 hours in the house.

The Big Brother Physiologist's are on hand to provide insights into the minds of the remaining contestants.

Day 22/23 Highlights

Big Brother 3 continues with another nightly show, airing all the best bits from the past 24 hours in the house.

Remaining housemates struggle to complete their shopping list in time, with everyone throwing their weight around and demanding they buy what they want.

Day 24 Highlights

Big Brother 3 continues with another nightly show, airing all the best bits from the past 24 hours in the house.

Results of the latest nominations are revealed to the contestants and its Alex and Spencer who face the chop on Friday. Voting is opened to the public for what is going to be the second closest eviction vote of the series.

Day 25 Highlights

Big Brother 3 continues with another nightly show, airing all the best bits from the past 24 hours in the house.

Day 26 Highlights

Big Brother 3 continues with another nightly show, airing all the best bits from the past 24 hours in the house.

Spencer confides in Kate, telling her he is not ready to be evicted on Friday and wants to stay.

Day 27 Highlights

Big Brother 3 continues with another nightly show, airing all the best bits from the past 24 hours in the house. Kate and Spencer spend their final night together alone, discussing their time in the house and the voting process outside, Spencer wonders if he will be the next to go.

LIVE Show: Day 28 Highlights & Pre-Eviction

In the second closest eviction vote of Big Brother 3, Spencer is voted out of the house edged out by Alex. Kate is devastated at the news and the entire house is shocked at the public's decision. Spencer leaves to a rowdy audience and Davina for his interview, in which he discusses his time in the house with her.

Another Saturday night task is transmitted LIVE on Channel 4.

Big Brother 3 continues with another nightly show, airing all the best bits from the past 24 hours in the house. Resident Big Brother psychologists dig deeper into the minds of the remaining contestants revealing intriguing insights into their personalities and actions.

Day 29/30 Highlights

Big Brother 3 continues with another nightly show, airing all the best bits from the past 24 hours in the house. The housemates are set another weekly task.

Day 31 Highlights

Big Brother 3 continues with another nightly show, airing all the best bits from the past 24 hours in the house. The contestants nominate again and its Jonny and Sophie who receive most nominations and who face public vote this week.

Day 32 Highlights

Big Brother 3 continues with another nightly show, airing all the best bits from the past 24 hours in the house. The Week Five nominations are announced, and Sophie is resigned to the fact she will be evicted while Jonny is bemused as to why he has been nominated by his fellow contestants.

Day 33 Highlights

Big Brother 3 continues with another nightly show, airing all the best bits from the past 24 hours in the house. Contestants are getting ready for the fifth weekly task which ends the following day.

Day 34 Highlights

Big Brother 3 continues with another nightly show, airing all the best bits from the past 24 hours in the house. The contestants are tested on their fifth weekly and task, they pass.

LIVE Show: Day 35 Highlights & Pre-Eviction

In the fifth eviction vote of Big Brother 3, its late arrival Sophie Prithcard who is shown the door by the viewing public who opted to save Jonny Regan once more. Sophie had admitted that she was predicting her own eviction and seemed pleased to be leaving in Week 5, having spent a month in the Big Brother house (she arrived in Week 2). In her interview with Davina she revealed how she wanted to meet up with in-house love interest Lee, in the future, her arguments with Jade, and who she wanted out next, who she wanted to win.

Big Brother 3 continues with another nightly show, airing all the best bits from the past 24 hours in the house. Another task is set by Big Brother for the housemates to take, the outcome of which will determine which side of the house divide the contestants end up on. Who will be rich and who poor?

Big Brother 3 continues with another nightly show, airing all the best bits from the past 24 hours in the house. Adele's bitching is coming back to haunt her with the nominations approaching, she's looking a hot favourite to be on the chopping block.

Day 36/37 Highlights

Big Brother 3 continues with another nightly show, airing all the best bits from the past 24 hours in the house. The housemates make their nominations. Adele, Jade and Kate all face eviction from the house this week.

Day 38 Highlights

Big Brother 3 continues with another nightly show, airing all the best bits from the past 24 hours in the house. The results of the nominations are announced to the group.

Day 39 Highlights

Big Brother 3 continues with another nightly show, airing all the best bits from the past 24 hours in the house. Adele is getting worried about possible eviction from the house this week.

Day 40 Highlights

Big Brother 3 continues with another nightly show, airing all the best bits from the past 24 hours in the house. Jade tells Adele that she thinks the public will evict herself and not Adele, but she disagrees telling Jade she doesn't have a chance. Who will be proved right?

Day 41 Highlights

Big Brother 3 continues with another nightly show, airing all the best bits from the past 24 hours in the house. The group receive their weekly shopping. Kate is starting to get nervous about the eviction announcement.

LIVE Show: Day 42 Highlights & Pre-Eviction

In the sixth eviction of Big Brother 3, Adele Roberts - a fitness fanatic from Birmingham is told she is the latest evictee of the Big Brother house. After Davina's big announcement, Jade and Kate help Adele get ready for her big exit. When the moment finally comes, everyone is nervous. When the doors open and Adele walks through, a huge BOO from the audience awaiting is audible. Alex is devastated and wonders why the public hate his ex-housemate so much. The whole group is severely shaken up by events of the evening.

The group are part of the next live task of Big Brother 4. For the first time in several weeks, the house divide is removed and the group reunited - there will be no Rich and Poor 'side' for the rest of Big Brother 4! A simple test on their time in the house is their task tonight. They will have their shopping budget to worry about, as its what will be decided upon by tonight's test.

After a tense task, the group are relieved to be able to go about the business as usual in the house. And as usual, Jade is bitching again - this time long-time victim Kate is the victim of her rants, once again.

Day 43/44 Highlights

The results of the task, which also determined the nominations for the week are revealed. Facing the axe this week are Kate, who has been up for the chop before, and PJ, who has never experienced nomination.

Day 45 Highlights

After the nomination result has settled into the group, fears and worries are starting to appear. PJ is fearful of getting evicted and the reception he will receive from the public.

Day 46 Highlights

Kate wonders about her chances of surviving the looming eviction vote. PJ assures her that she will be safe, and that he is more likely to get the boot.

Day 47 Highlights

Alex is the subject of ridicule when he accidently falls over in the garden. THREE TIMES. His blunder doesn't go unnoticed and his fellow housemates make sure he doesn't forget about it.

Day 48 Highlights

As eviction looms, nominated housemates PJ and Kate prepare a meal for their fellow contestants which proves a big success. But, though the smiles may be wide at the dinner table, a still concerned PJ wonders what will become of him, in the privacy of his own room.

LIVE Show: Day 49 Highlights & Pre-Eviction

He may have been a liked and respected member of the house in the opinions of the housemates he shared his time with, but PJ was most definatley not a hit with the public. Voted out with more than 80% of the votes, there was simply no denying that his time in the house had come to an end. A delighted Kate was safe for another week, and PJ would have to face the world, a new celebrity.

On his exit, he recieved a good reception from the audience and press. His interview with Davina proved a hit, and in it he spoke openly about his time in the house, his thoughts and his opinions. But most importantly, he was coy when asked about the infamous late-night 'action' with Jade, did she give PJ a BJ? Well, for two weeks at least, the world wouldn't know.

In the penultimate task, the contestants are a mess and fail to win. They miss out on a huge shopping budget, and must make-do with only the bare essentials for the following week. Jade complains to Big Brother in the diary room, in the hope her pleas for a big shopping trolley full of delicious food and drink will not be in vain. They are.

The housemates shopping arrives, and since they failed their task - it's less than impressive. Once again, they appeal to Big Brother for some sort of a treat or gift to help the strain of a tiny shopping budget, but they leave the diary room without success.

Day 50/51 Highlights

It's the final time they will be expected to do so, but the housemates must make their nominations for the week once again. Despite being the last time, no changes to procedure are made and the votes are private.

Day 52 Highlights

The nominations are announced, and it's Johnny and Tim who will face the chop this final eviction week.

Day 53 Highlights

The group discuss who is up for eviction, and Kate makes it clear she will be keeping her fingers crossed for Johnny to stay, while Jade, although privately, admits she wants him out.

Day 54 Highlights

In preparation for the eviction result, Tim and Johnny shake hands and  agree to put their past difficulties behind them. The group discuss changes in the world, after the terrible events of 9/11.

Day 55 Highlights

The housemates await nervously the eviction results for the final time. Who will fall at the final hurdle and miss out on a chance to be in the Big Brother 3 final four?

LIVE Show: Day 56 Highlights & Pre-Eviction

Who would have thought a replacement housemate, a person rejected for the final cut, would bring the nation such entertainment? Although most of it was through laughing AT and not WITH him, or wondering if he actually knows what's coming out his mouth, there is no denying what entertainment he brought to the proceedings of Big Brother 3. But, hated by the public as he was, he couldn't survive the first public vote he was put in and was booted out.

On his exit, the audience were less than welcoming. An ever arrogant Tim makes confident gestures and wills the audience to continue their booing. Inside the studio, his revealing interview with Davina lays to rest several of his more shocking and intriguing moments. Davina's upfront interviewing technique means she also asks the question the nation wants the answer to - is Tim Ginger?

The housemates must bet on a former housemate who they think will win an egg race. They pick Sophie, who goes on to win the race, and the housemates get a shopping budget of £400.

A chance to catch up on Sunday's happenings, and the opportunity to look again at the final task.

Day 57/58 Highlights

More action from the London house, including a disaster when Alex's cooking skills prove they leave a lot to be desired.

Day 59 Highlights

The final approaches, but the contestants are STILL not taking the high road with each other, and Jade confronts Alex about a comment he may have made about her in the first week!

Day 60 Highlights

It's day 62, and the contestants, who have made it to the finals, are given a surprise hamper box by Big Brother to celebrate their success.

Day 61 Highlights

In the last of the nightly highlight programmes, we see how the contestants are getting along on the sixty third day of the show, knowing their freedom and chance at victory is just around the corner.

Day 62 Highlights

After nine weeks of back-stabbing, bitching, flirting, oral sex (possibly), tears, arguments and nudity, London girl Jade Goody is finally evicted from the Big Brother house. After surviving eviction twice, the final public vote couldn't save her, and Jade came fourth. On her exit, Jade was welcomed by a huge group of fans and the press. Jade would turn from a disliked Big Brother housemate to a much loved and respected celebrity.

But for Alex, the Big Brother ride was finally over. After surviving the eviction vote on numerous occasions, his game was finally up. In third place, the original favourite to win, did well to surpass arguments, scandals, rumours and bitching to last the full 64 days. A hyped up audience and press awaited him too.

And so it begins, the final-final-FINAL countdown. Just two contestants remain. Kate and Johnny! For one, the crown of Big Brother, and for the other the bittersweet title as 'runner up'. Who Wins - The Public Decides.

LIVE Finale (Part 1)

The last hour of Big Brother 3, the hour that all twelve contestant had wanted to reach, but only two had got there. Jonny and Kate awaited the news of who would win Big Brother. Meanwhile, Davina introduced the latest clips from the house, and interviewed tenth evicted housemate, Alex Sibley.

Then, the announcement came that Jonny and Kate had been waiting for. The winner of Big Brother 3 was Kate, the first ever female winner of the UK show. Jonny was evicted seconds later, and interviewed by Davina, who then proceeded into the house itself to interview winner Kate. She was then walked out to centre stage to be awarded her £70,000 prize.

LIVE Finale (Part 2)

Day 64 Highlights

A British reality television game show in which a number of contestants live in an isolated house for several weeks, trying to avoid being evicted by the public with the aim of winning a large cash prize at the end of the run.

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