Big Brother (UK)

Name: Big Brother (UK)
Genre: Documentary

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The eye, and a theme built out of the sound of the house — the format that made surveillance into a light entertainment brand.

Big Brother (UK) rebuilt its titles: two distinct opening sequences are catalogued here across seasons 1 and 8, running between 17 and 18 seconds.

At 18 seconds at its longest, it opens well under the 37-second median for documentary sequences in this catalogue.

It arrived on Channel 4 in 2000, when Thomas & Friends, Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends and Birds of a Feather were also on the network.

Only 139 of the 2,618 shows catalogued here changed their titles at all; Big Brother (UK) did so once.

All 2 opening title sequences

17s

Fan upload of the first series' titles, from 2000.

18s

The eighth series, 2007, from a channel devoted to this programme's titles alone — the eye rebuilt for the seventh time in as many years.

2005–ABCDocumentary

The American Strictly, which runs two seasons a year and rebuilds its titles for most of them.

2000–CBSDocumentary

The competition format that rebuilt American primetime, and rebuilds its titles for every location.

2005–FoxDocumentary

Flames, a skull made of a chef's hat, and Gordon Ramsay shouting — the titles tell you exactly what the hour is.

2009–Logo / VH1 / MTVDocumentary

Eighteen seconds that get remade every season — new logo treatment, new track, new set of queens.

2002–Fox / ABCDocumentary

The talent format that ran American primetime for a decade, opening on a spotlight and a logo that spins.

2002–BBC TwoDocumentary

Twenty-one seconds of engine noise and a rock riff — a motoring programme that opens like a trailer for itself.