Hi all

Just thought i'd share with you my experience yesterday, when I went up to Elstree...

We saw the house, and here's what I could pick up.

The garden looks like it's been made bigger for this year. Certainly from the outside, it looked larger than previous years.

The door to the house has been completed. From what we could see, it looked similar to BB3, with the black/blue logo on a two-part sliding door.

The ground level door, used last year to enter the house, looks to have been turned into an escape route. It certainly didn't look like it would be used for any programme purpose.

There was at least one set of two screens mounted close to the house. These are the type that we see house footage played on all the time. The interesting point was that there were two mounted one on top of the other. Two houses???

All in all, it's looking great, as is the newly branded Big Brother's Big Mouth. Russell Brand is back and this time he's got a foot long stick microphone and by golly he's gonna use it!!!

There's a new studio for BBBM and the format is more of a discussion programme. As a member of the audience, we couldn't stop laughing all the way through. Russell is one zany chap and I hope this comes across when the series goes live from Monday!

Welcome back, BB!

Thanks Patrice,

You must be feeling the hype even more than most of us now.

Did you meat up with Dane?

I must admit when I saw him on the adverts yesturday I thought he looked 'new and improved' ( a polite way of saying not as ugly as he used to be). Absence makes the heart grow fonder?

Yeah, I met Dane (if you're on here, missus, get posting!!!)and a guy called Paul. We were chinwagging all the way back to the car-park.

It was an excellent occasion for meeting like-minded BB obsessives like myself!

I had such a great time, i couldn't sleep all night!!!

Russ was funnier than ever, and the new format builds on last year with more audience interaction and a more discussiony feel about it.

I think it's a winner!

Is he open to suggestions?

If you know Russell, then I think that's VERY likely!!!

He's very funny with it! I won't say anymore!

Heh heh

Hi there Patrice

What a fab time we all had!!!!!!

I really liked the new format of the forum, I think it works better than last year

Russell Brand was absolutely brilliant - he had us in absolute stitches during the advert breaks, what a rude man

I'm looking forward to going back up there!!!!

Maybe a pint before the show would be in order next time Patrice

Why does Russel Brand say at the end of every show "Shanti" or "Hare Krishna" ?

Hi hon

You betcha.... Now I know who you are, and you've got my number, let me know when you're going and if we are on the same show together, it would be a pleasure to share a pint with you and your poor hubby!

I really laughed when Nat asked him to get more involved....

Bless!

I think he's spiritually inclined....

Hare Krishna

Are you gonna be there on Monday Patrice?