Big Brother: Series 3
Big Brother 2002, also known as Big Brother 3, was the third 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 24 May 2002 and lasted nine weeks until the live finale on 26 July 2002. The third edition saw a ratings increase for the series. The finale had a total of 10 mil
Season 3 Lore Primer
Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.
- Directly follows the overarching narrative developments of Big Brother Season 2.
- Faction dynamics and core character alliances shift under escalating external stakes.
- Crucial mysteries introduced previously reach key turning points and narrative reckonings.
- Sets up serialized story arcs that build directly toward the climactic season finale.
Season overview
Big Brother 2002, also known as Big Brother 3, was the third 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 24 May 2002 and lasted nine weeks until the live finale on 26 July 2002. The third edition saw a ratings increase for the series. The finale had a total of 10 million viewers which is not only the most watched episode of Big Brother to date but, based on Live +7 data supplied by BARB, is Channel 4's most watched broadcast since the channel's inception in 1982. In total, over 8.6 million votes were cast to determine the winner of the series. In terms of average viewers, Big Brother 3 is the highest rated series of the show to date, averaging 5.9 million viewers throughout the whole season. It is one of only two seasons of the main series to have over five million average viewers. More than 150,000 viewers applied to be on this season, more than double the amount of applicants from the previous edition. Davina McCall returned as host.
This series saw a number of changes and a number of firsts which would continue in future series: it was the first series to be filmed at Elstree Studios, where it still operates as of 2013, interviews with the housemates took place inside the George Lucas Stage and remained here until Ultimate Big Brother in 2010. It was the first and only series to issue a 'three strikes and you're out' form of disciplinary, all succeeding series have simply issued formal warnings to a housemate who breaks the rules. Big Brother 3 also started the eviction process not being limited to housemate nominations, in Week 1, the public made the nominations and the housemates made the final decision on who would go, in Week 7, two housemates faced eviction simply for being given video messages from home, future series also began experimenting with the eviction process. The first eviction took place a week earlier than the previous two series', rather than wait two weeks to evict a housemate, the first eviction took place just one week after the housemates entered, evictions in the first week have since become common in subsequent seasons. It was the first non-celebrity series to feature a Live Launch Show - although the previous celebrity series featured one. Previously, 10 housemates would enter the house on Day 1, usually with one other housemate arriving later on in the series, Big Brother 3, saw the arrival of 12 housemates on launch night, two housemates left the house voluntarily - this was the first time this happened, but quitting has become more common over the years - both were replaced by standby contestants, making it the first time to feature more than one non-original housemate, again late entry housemates have become more common in subsequent series. Big Brother 3 saw the house divided into 'Rich/Poor' for four weeks, a live task broadcast on Saturday nights would determine which side the housemates would end up living for the week. The Rich/Poor divide was not used again until the ninth series in 2008, where it was renamed Heaven/Hell.
Episode Guide
Season 3 Progress Shield
Episode 1 - The New Housemates Live Arrival
May 24, 2002 · 49 min
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
Day 1/2 Highlights
May 26, 2002 · 49 min
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 3 Highlights
May 27, 2002 · 24 min
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 4 Highlights
May 28, 2002 · 25 min
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 everyo
Day 5 Highlights
May 29, 2002 · 24 min
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 sho
Day 6 Highlights
May 30, 2002 · 25 min
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
LIVE Show: Day 7 Highlights & Pre-Eviction
May 31, 2002 · 23 min
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 decis
LIVE Show: Eviction
May 31, 2002 · 24 min
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
LIVE Task
Jun 1, 2002 · 24 min
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 s
Day 8/9 Highlights
Jun 2, 2002 · 49 min
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 h
Day 10 Highlights
Jun 3, 2002 · 25 min
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
Day 11 Highlights
Jun 4, 2002 · 25 min
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 t
Day 12 Highlights
Jun 5, 2002 · 25 min
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 gas
Day 13 Highlights
Jun 6, 2002 · 25 min
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, unifor
LIVE Show: Day 14 Highlights & Pre-Eviction
Jun 7, 2002 · 24 min
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 backfire
LIVE Show: Eviction
Jun 7, 2002 · 24 min
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 lin
LIVE Task
Jun 8, 2002 · 24 min
Live Coverage From The House At Elstree. Housemates Attempt Their Weekly Task To A Live Audience.
Day 15/16 Highlights
Jun 9, 2002 · 50 min
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 nominat
Day 18 Highlights
Jun 11, 2002 · 24 min
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 th
Day 19 Highlights
Jun 12, 2002 · 25 min
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 cont
Day 20 Highlights
Jun 13, 2002 · 24 min
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
LIVE Show: Day 21 Highlights & Pre-Eviction
Jun 14, 2002 · 24 min
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 celeb
LIVE Show: Eviction
Jun 14, 2002 · 24 min
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
LIVE Task
Jun 15, 2002 · 24 min
Live Coverage From The House At Elstree. Housemates Attempt Their Weekly Task To A Live Audience.
Day 22/23 Highlights
Jun 16, 2002 · 49 min
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 int
Day 24 Highlights
Jun 16, 2002 · 24 min
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 t
Day 25 Highlights
Jun 17, 2002 · 25 min
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
Day 26 Highlights
Jun 18, 2002 · 25 min
Big Brother 3 continues with another nightly show, airing all the best bits from the past 24 hours in the house.
Day 27 Highlights
Jun 19, 2002 · 25 min
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 evicte
LIVE Show: Day 28 Highlights & Pre-Eviction
Jun 20, 2002 · 24 min
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
LIVE Show: Eviction
Jun 21, 2002 · 24 min
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 pub
LIVE Task
Jun 22, 2002 · 24 min
Another Saturday night task is transmitted LIVE on Channel 4.
Day 29/30 Highlights
Jun 23, 2002 · 50 min
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
Day 31 Highlights
Jun 24, 2002 · 24 min
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 32 Highlights
Jun 25, 2002 · 25 min
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
Day 33 Highlights
Jun 26, 2002 · 25 min
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
Day 34 Highlights
Jun 27, 2002 · 25 min
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
LIVE Show: Day 35 Highlights & Pre-Eviction
Jun 28, 2002 · 24 min
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 pas
LIVE Show: Eviction
Jun 28, 2002 · 24 min
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 admit
LIVE Task
Jun 29, 2002 · 24 min
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
Day 36/37 Highlights
Jun 30, 2002 · 50 min
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 a
Day 38 Highlights
Jul 1, 2002 · 24 min
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 fac
Day 39 Highlights
Jul 2, 2002 · 25 min
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 40 Highlights
Jul 3, 2002 · 25 min
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 thi
Day 41 Highlights
Jul 4, 2002 · 24 min
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
LIVE Show: Day 42 Highlights & Pre-Eviction
Jul 5, 2002 · 23 min
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 ne
LIVE Show: Eviction
Jul 5, 2002 · 25 min
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 announcemen
LIVE Task
Jul 6, 2002 · 24 min
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
Day 43/44 Highlights
Jul 7, 2002 · 50 min
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
Day 45 Highlights
Jul 8, 2002 · 25 min
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 ne
Day 46 Highlights
Jul 9, 2002 · 24 min
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 47 Highlights
Jul 10, 2002 · 24 min
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 48 Highlights
Jul 11, 2002 · 25 min
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 abo
LIVE Show: Day 49 Highlights & Pre-Eviction
Jul 12, 2002 · 23 min
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,
LIVE Show: Eviction
Jul 12, 2002 · 24 min
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 ou
LIVE Task
Jul 13, 2002 · 25 min
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.
Day 50/51 Highlights
Jul 14, 2002 · 50 min
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 s
Day 52 Highlights
Jul 15, 2002 · 24 min
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
Day 53 Highlights
Jul 16, 2002 · 24 min
The nominations are announced, and it's Johnny and Tim who will face the chop this final eviction week.
Day 54 Highlights
Jul 17, 2002 · 24 min
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 o
Day 55 Highlights
Jul 18, 2002 · 24 min
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
LIVE Show: Day 56 Highlights & Pre-Eviction
Jul 19, 2002 · 23 min
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: Eviction
Jul 19, 2002 · 24 min
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
LIVE Task
Jul 20, 2002 · 24 min
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.
Day 57/58 Highlights
Jul 21, 2002 · 50 min
A chance to catch up on Sunday's happenings, and the opportunity to look again at the final task.
Day 59 Highlights
Jul 22, 2002 · 25 min
More action from the London house, including a disaster when Alex's cooking skills prove they leave a lot to be desired.
Day 60 Highlights
Jul 23, 2002 · 25 min
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 61 Highlights
Jul 24, 2002 · 25 min
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 62 Highlights
Jul 25, 2002 · 25 min
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 jus
LIVE Finale (Part 1)
Jul 26, 2002 · 49 min
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
LIVE Finale (Part 2)
Jul 26, 2002 · 65 min
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. M