Overview of 'Big Brother' Season 6

Episode 1 - LIVE Launch Show

Release Date: 2005-05-27

Davina McCall returns to launch the sixth series of Big Brother, as thirteen housemates are welcomed into their new home for the next 78 days. However, one unlucky housemate will have to earn their place…

Episode 2 - Day 1 Highlights

Release Date: 2005-05-28

Big Brother gives Makosi a secret mission to carry out; and the thirteen housemates get to know each other.

Episode 3 - Day 2 Highlights

Release Date: 2005-05-29

The housemates attempt to compile their very first shopping list together. Meanwhile, arguments flare up all over the house, and Makosi’s secret mission continues.

Episode 4 - Day 3 Highlights

Release Date: 2005-05-30

Derek calls a house meeting, which goes as well as you would expect. Later, the housemates flex their artistic skills as they paint portraits of each other.

Episode 5 - Day 4 Highlights

Release Date: 2005-05-31

After the housemates perform a rap battle, they get to celebrate Mary's birthday in scary style.

Episode 6 - Day 5 Highlights

Release Date: 2005-06-01

In the highlights, housemates nominate for the first time; and Mary and Saskia have a major argument. Later, Davina and Big Brother reveal the outcome of Makosi's secret mission, live.

Episode 7 - Day 6 Highlights

Release Date: 2005-06-02

Makosi learns the outcome of her secret mission, before being given one final task to perform

Episode 8 - LIVE Show: Day 7 Highlights & Pre-Eviction

Release Date: 2005-06-03

In the highlights, Sam expresses some arousing emotions in the Diary Room, and Craig puts on a show for the housemates. Later, Davina reveals the result of the public vote, and names the first evictee of the series, live.

Episode 9 - LIVE Show: Eviction

Release Date: 2005-06-03

Big Brother 6's first Housemate to be evicted leaves the house, and is interviewed live by Davina.

Episode 10 - Day 8 Highlights

Release Date: 2005-06-04

A fun water fight preceeds a very real argument between Makosi and Roberto. Later, the Housemates react to the results of this week's public vote.

Episode 11 - Day 9 Highlights

Release Date: 2005-06-05

The Housemates embark on a counting task. Later, another fun water fights suddenly takes a very dramatic turn. Featuring psychological analysis of the Housemates’ behaviour.

Episode 12 - Day 10 Highlights

Release Date: 2005-06-06

There is still tension in the air following the previous night's incident. Meanwhile, the winner of the counting task is given a secret mission.

Episode 13 - Day 11 Highlights

Release Date: 2005-06-07

The second round of nominations takes place, but one Housemate breaks a fundamental rule. Meanwhile, the relationship between Lesley and Sam deteriorates, and Saskia dishes out a punishment as Big Brother.

Episode 14 - Day 12 Highlights

Release Date: 2005-06-08

The consequence for the previous day's rule-break is announced to the Housemates. Meanwhile, the Big Brother Hospital task begins. Later, Sam tries to put on a show for her Housemates, with hilarious consequences.

Episode 15 - Day 13 Highlights

Release Date: 2005-06-09

One Housemate gets reprimanded over threatening language; one Housemate ironically sustains a real injury during the Hospital task; two Housemates have a streak in the garden; and one Housemate snaps at another over cooking.

Episode 16 - LIVE Show: Day 14 Highlights & Pre-Eviction

Release Date: 2005-06-10

n the highlights, Saskia is taken to hospital to have her injury examined; Craig gives birth (!?); and an argument between Maxwell and Roberto gets…messy. Later, Davina announces the result of the second public vote, live.

Episode 17 - LIVE Show: Eviction

Release Date: 2005-06-10

The second Housemate to be evicted leaves the House, and is interviewed live by Davina.

Episode 18 - Day 15 Highlights

Release Date: 2005-06-11

The Housemates learn the results of the Hospital task. When the latest evictee leaves, the group listens to the hostile reception from the audience. Later, yet another injury is sustained by a different Housemate.

Episode 19 - Day 16 Highlights

Release Date: 2005-06-12

Housemates participate in the Box task, to see who can sit inside a cardboard box the longest. Featuring psychological analysis of the Housemates’ behaviour.

Episode 20 - Day 17 Highlights

Release Date: 2005-06-13

The Box task comes to an end, and the winners reap their rewards.

Episode 21 - Day 18 Highlights

Release Date: 2005-06-14

The Housemates embark on the Pirate task. Later, the third round of nominations take place, but three rule-breakers are about to be outed in dramatic fashion to the rest of the House…

Episode 22 - Day 19 Highlights

Release Date: 2005-06-15

Captain Science faces a mutiny from the other Housemates, as he begins winding almost everybody up; nomination results are revealed; and a series of Housemates are reprimanded after a spate of recent rule-breaking.

Episode 23 - Day 20 Highlights

Release Date: 2005-06-16

The disastrous Pirate task reaches its equally disastrous conclusion. Later, Science is issued with a formal warning, following his recent behaviour; and the Big Brother's Love Loft sees Housemates speed-date each other.

Episode 24 - LIVE Show: Day 21 Highlights & Pre-Eviction

Release Date: 2005-06-17

In the highlights, Maxwell makes some last minute changes to the shopping list; and the Housemates speculate over who might be evicted from the house. Then, Davina reveals the results of this week's public vote, live.

Episode 25 - LIVE Show: Eviction

Release Date: 2005-06-17

The third Housemate to be evicted leaves the House, and is interviewed live by Davina.

Episode 26 - Day 22 Highlights

Release Date: 2005-06-18

Science takes on a secret mission to win himself some toilet roll. Later, he has an argument with Roberto over dining habits. Meanwhile, certain Housemates continue to grow very close; and Kemal suffers a late night prank.

Episode 27 - Day 23 Highlights

Release Date: 2005-06-19

Housemates become chickens for the day, hoping to earn a special reward. Later, Maxwell's shopping substitutes causes friction. Featuring psychological analysis of the Housemates’ behaviour.

Episode 28 - Day 24 Highlights

Release Date: 2005-06-20

Housemates are given their third weekly shopping task in the Big Brother Workhouse. One unlucky Housemate does all the grunt work, unaware that all the other Housemates get to play!

Episode 29 - Day 25 Highlights

Release Date: 2005-06-21

Day 2 of the Workhouse task sees Maxwell sorting nuts and bolts, while the rest of the House are treated to a spa day. Later, the fourth round of nominations begins.

Episode 30 - Day 26 Highlights

Release Date: 2005-06-22

It’s the final day of the Workhouse task. Will a drunken Makosi give the game away to Maxwell? Later, nomination results are revealed; and Maxwell does not take kindly at all to Science taking his wine.

Episode 31 - Day 27 Highlights

Release Date: 2005-06-23

Maxwell learns the truth about the Workhouse task; the Housemates compile their weekly shopping list; Vanessa gets given a harsh punishment; and Derek undertakes a secret mission to earn some cigars and wine.

Episode 32 - LIVE Show: Day 28 Highlights & Pre-Eviction

Release Date: 2005-06-24

In the highlights, tempers are raised in the House. Housemates begin to notice a clear divide in the House, and speculate on what may be causing it. Then, Davina reveals the results of the fourth public vote, live.

Episode 33 - LIVE Show: Eviction & The Secret Garden

Release Date: 2005-06-24

As well as interviewing the latest evictee, Davina introduces the latest twist: a Secret Garden adjacent to the main House, where three brand new people will be living in secret! The newbies enter the Secret Garden, live.

Episode 34 - Day 29 Highlights

Release Date: 2005-06-25

Roberto becomes the latest evictee. Then, newbies Kinga, Eugene and Orlaith quietly enter their new home – the Secret Garden to the left of the Diary Room. Later, Maxwell suggests he may have played a rather disgusting prank.

Episode 35 - Day 30 Highlights

Release Date: 2005-06-26

A mysterious new installation arrives in the House – a button with the labels “Don’t Press This Button” and “Press Here”. Will it be pressed? Who’ll press it? And what’ll happen to them? Later, Big Brother cautions Maxwell.

Episode 36 - Day 31 Highlights

Release Date: 2005-06-27

Makosi continues her mission to provide for the Secret Garden. When these provisions include alcohol, the unwitting Housemates in the main House descend on Makosi. Cidergate begins – game on!

Episode 37 - Day 32 Highlights

Release Date: 2005-06-28

The morning after an intense argument, nominations begin – but two rule-breakers are banned from the process. Later, the Secret Garden is dramatically revealed to the Housemates, and Makosi must make a difficult choice.

Episode 38 - Day 33 Highlights

Release Date: 2005-06-29

Eugene and Orlaith settle into the main House, and the Housemates get to know them a bit more. Meanwhile, the results of this week’s nominations leave some Housemates reeling.

Episode 39 - Day 34 Highlights

Release Date: 2005-06-30

Housemates are set the task of performing Romeo and Juliet: The Ballet. Rehearsals create flirtation between some, animosity between others. Later, Maxwell and Saskia have a late night clash with Kemal.

Episode 40 - LIVE Show: Day 35 Highlights (Pt. 1) & Pre-Eviction

Release Date: 2005-07-01

In the first part of Day 35, Maxwell and Saskia's final full day in the house is anything but harmonious, as Kemal and Vanessa both vent their anger at the couple.

Episode 41 - LIVE Show: Day 35 Highlights (Pt. 2) & Eviction

Release Date: 2005-07-01

In the second part of Day 35, the Housemates perform their ballet. Then, Maxwell and Saskia's time in the House together comes to an end, as one of them is evicted and interviewed, live.

Episode 42 - Day 36 Highlights

Release Date: 2005-07-02

The Housemates react to Saskia’s harsh reception with the crowd, and Maxwell deals with her eviction.

Episode 43 - Day 37 Highlights

Release Date: 2005-07-03

The Housemates take part in an emotional task; and a plane banner causes excitement and curiosity in the House. Later, emotions run high with Craig and Maxwell; and Anthony and Makosi have a wild night in the pool.

Episode 44 - Day 38 Highlights

Release Date: 2005-07-04

Anthony and Makosi deal with the fallout of the previous night’s antics. Later, the weekly shopping task is revealed to the Housemates, as they are divided into holiday reps and holiday makers.

Episode 45 - Day 39 Highlights

Release Date: 2005-07-05

The holiday task continues, including a fashion show that reveals just a little too much of some Housemates. Meanwhile, drama ensues, as Makosi asks Big Brother for a pregnancy test.