Media Interest
Big Brother used to be highly publicised in the United Kingdom: most tabloid newspapers and gossip magazines covered the series. The show has also made headlines on television news channels. After leaving the house housemates usually remain newsworthy for only a short time. Endemol gives housemates a choice of agents when leaving the House. Some have gone on to have their own reality TV shows, perfumes, DVDs, singles, columns and more; some appear in magazines, newspapers, radio stations, and television programmes; they may attend film premieres and other red carpet events. For most, fame generally declines shortly after the series finale.
Ex-housemates who remained in the public eye include Jade Goody, who died in 2009; Brian Dowling, who does television presenting and voiceover work; Kate Lawler, who worked as a television presenter on Channel 4 programme RI:SE, and as of 2010 was a presenter for Kerrang Radio; Chanelle Hayes, who released her own single, launched her own perfume, had a part in another reality show and had 2008's third-best selling calendar; Jon Tickle, who went on to present 6 series of the Sky 1 show Brainiac: Science Abuse; and Alison Hammond, who as of 2010 was a presenter on ITV's This Morning.
A number of books have been written about Big Brother, including books about the show itself such as Big Brother: The Inside Story By Narinder Kaur (ISBN 978-0-7535-1294-4) and Big Brother: The Official Unseen Story By Jean Ritchie (ISBN 978-0-7522-1912-7), and books about the psychology of the show, such as The Psychology of Big Brother by Dan Jones (ISBN 978-1-4092-2825-7) and Visible Thought: The New Psychology of Body Language by Geoffrey Beattie (ISBN 978-0-415-30810-6).
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