Davina McCall

Davina set for Big Brother return

Updated 11.17 Tue May 13 2008

Reality TV fave Big Brother is set to hit our screens next month with the ninth outing of the show.

BB is returning in June with host Davina McCall, despite reports that Channel 4 bosses were considering resting the series for a year.

Big Brother is returning in June with host Davina McCall despite reports that Channel 4 bosses were considering resting the series for a year

Last year's winner was Brian Belo, who beat the bookmakers' favourites, twins Sam and Amanda Marchant.

But the summer show failed to catch fire and viewing figures plummeted.

Spin-off show Celebrity Big Brother was canned in the wake of racism and bullying rows.

This year, it screened Big Brother: Celebrity Hijack, in its place, but the new format, screened on digital channel E4, only attracted an average 600,000 viewers.

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