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last year, I was on hollies on the Isle of Wight so was able to watch the final

this year, I will be in Cyprus hopefully
and will have to find a pub with a satellite channel
(and ask nicely, incase footie is on the other side!)

Papers are often wrong about a lot of things...but they always seem to get the number of HMs corrent , the start date correct and the length of the series correct. Depending on which rag you read, of course.

Same here.

I wonder how DS will manage to fit 16 boxes with question marks in each one into that space!

Ah but we still could.

No I agree with you - I was just trying to find the positive.

Half the housemates are always gay or bisexual, so we still could...

I knew when I posted it that someone would point this out to me.

You will find a brit pub in cyprus with satelite channels - however if you are going during the world cup I don't fancy your chances of persuading them to turn it over..

Pfft, they say I'm predictable but...

Me neither. They are almost as mad (if not worse) about football over in Cyprus than they are here in the UK.

plus its the da vinci code release on friday... im sure the nation will be off to see that instead

I'm am really, really happy about everything so far! I'd prefer it if they put BBLB on C4 about an hour before the launch, like they did with BB5, but apart from that I'm so happy!

I have a feeling that DS will start rolling out the new forum layout soon. Then there's the new logo which I really like now that we've seen it properley, and hopefully it will flash up during Lost tonight. Oh yeah, I'm off work on the Friday so I can watch BB all day! So much to look forward to!

Thursday is a strange day to start. Will we see the first eviction on Friday night?

Maybe the celeb will go in on the Friday night.....

They're already changing the schedule so it looks like things are still changing...

Friday 19th May 2006 now looks like:

7:00pm CHANNEL 4 NEWS
Includes sport and weather.

7:30pm UNREPORTED WORLD 5/10

8:00pm WILL & GRACE: Friends with Benefits (Part 1/2)
Series finale double bill. Will quits his job at the law firm and opts for a career as a writer, with help from Malcolm (guest star Alec Baldwin), who claims to have influential contacts… Grace agrees to design a hotel for her old flame Tom (guest star Eric Stolz), who is now married. Will their romantic feelings resurface? Jack struggles with a spoiled child star (guest star Seth Green). And Karen must make a public apology for spreading an embarrassing rumour about Beverly.

8:30pm WILL & GRACE: Kiss & Tell (Part 2/2)
Will starts his new job, but finds himself in an office with just a German shepherd and a Russian-speaking heavy. Guest starring Alec Baldwin and Eric Stolz. Last in the series.

9:00pm BIG BROTHER
Highlights of the new housemates' first 24 hours in the house. Exec Prods: Paul Osborne, Claire O'Donohoe; Series Editors: Michelle Langer, James McKinlay; Prod Co: Endemol UK

10:00pm GREEN WING 8/8
Part surreal soap, part comedy drama, critically acclaimed genre-defying comedy Green Wing continues to prove medical issues needn't have any relevance in a hospital setting. Paranoia reaches breaking point for Joanna (Pippa Haywood) and Statham (Mark Heap), and they're forced to take drastic action. Mac (Julian Rhind-Tutt), Guy (Stephen Mangan) and Martin (Karl Theobald) make an offer to Caroline (Tamsin Greig) that she can't refuse. Only she does. Or does she? Last in the series. Prod: Victoria Pile; Dirs: Dominic Brigstocke, Tristram Shapeero; Prod Co: talkbackTHAMES

11:05pm MY NAME IS EARL: Stole a Badge
While he's looking for stuff in the storm drain, Randy finds a badge Earl stole from a cop's shoe at the bowling alley. The gang had used it to get all sorts of free stuff, until Creepy Rodney stole it and started to abuse its power. But how will the cop react to Earl's list of all the bad things he's ever done?

11:35pm BIG BROTHER'S BIG MOUTH
The irreverent Russell Brand presides over the fast-paced and lively action, as all the news and gossip from the house is hotly debated in front of the live studio audience. Big Mouth features a panel of Big Brother experts including journalists, celebrities, obsessive fans, friends and relatives of the housemates, who discuss and debate the happenings in the house. Plus viewers can get involved by calling the studio to rant into the Big Brother's Big Mouth mouthpiece. Exec Prod: Iain Coyle; Series Prod: Mark Lucey; Prod Co: Endemol UK

12:05am BIG BROTHER LIVE
All the latest housemate action live and direct from the Big Brother house.

3:05am PUNK'D
Master prankster Ashton Kutcher punks more celebrities down to earth. Justin Timberlake punks Kelly Osbourne, more celebrities get the Punk'd treatment on the red carpet, and three locksmiths are framed for burglary.

http://press.channel4.com/listings/l...19_05_2006.htm

They most likely won't have a highlights show on Friday though, because it's always the day before they highlight. Do they normally just highlight the sort of 4 hours-ish after they go in? I'm not sure. No, something has to be set to happen on Friday night.

Yes they do, most of the HM's stay up late the first night so there's usually enough footage.

Do you think this will be the 'couples' year.

On Thursday 12 HMs will enter, then on Friday another 4 will enter, the 4 will be current partners of the Housemates.

Or maybe not, but it may be why there is that BB: The Lover's Stories on Launch night?

I'm missing 2 weeks cos im going to Egypt!! not the final though, thank god! I'm missing the middle weeks, so usually relatively dull anyway

This is great news anyway. There has to be some sort of twist going on though. Absolutely no way on God's earth that they'll shove 16 people in 75 minutes.

I hadn't even noticed until I read this. If you are slow, lord knows what that makes me. ...............HELP! Where am I?

glad it'll be back soon but theres still no mention of BBLB and the main show on for 9.00 - 10.15 i dont see how they can fit everything in but i guess they know what they are doing

i think theyll axe bigbrother love stories for another time and move that A team until 11 o clock and have it on fow two hours give time for a full into and house tur un rushed20 minutes and then one hour and 40 minutes for the (16 or 18 ) housemates to enter they will each get lot more time

something doesn't add up correctly. Surely with the extra weeks, we'd have more hm's...But there's isn't enough time? Putting 8 housemates in would make the housemates very suspicious...I presume they could put something like 11/12 hm's in.

Why would they axe with when they've added it? It's a new program, so it's not like it's a repeat or anything.

Also, where is Earl and Green Wing? :sleep: hmmm