Celebrity Big Brother had a spin-off show, in 2008 (replacing the usual format) where a Celebrity Hijacker would be Big Brother for the day, leading diary room sessions and tasks. It appears that the BB contestants were the public and the “Celebrity” part referred to the hijackers.
Hosted by Dermot O’Leary it was broadcast on E4 (one of the C4 family of channels) between 3-28 January.
You can see on IMDB the list of Hijackers, here, and they included:
- Ep8 – Kelly Osbourne
- Ep15 – Chris Moyles
- Ep17 – Joan Rivers
- Ep18 – Leigh Francis
- EP24 – James Corden & Matthew Horne
- Ep28 – Roseanne Barr
- Ep29 – Jimmy Carr
Jimmy was the hijacker on the episode broadcast January 25th 2008. Filmed, I think, the day before (24th).
He mentions what great fun it was on The Chris Moyles Show, during a brief “prank” call – here.
The shows labelled with “animals” (in this playlist) have Jimmy’s name on – but I don’t have time to watch them all through. The ones below definitely feature him.
Big Brother Celebrity Hijack-day 22 part 1
From 2 minutes – entering the control booth
Big Brother Celebrity Hijack-day 22 part 2
Big Brother Celebrity Hijack-day 22 part 3
Big Brother Celebrity Hijack-day 22 part 4
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