Kate Lawler shares throwback pics to mark 20 years since Big Brother appearance

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25 May 2022, 10:51

It has been 20 years since the amazing Kate Lawler appeared on Big Brother- can you believe it?

The former Virgin Radio presenter celebrated the milestone in a post to her Instagram with some pretty incredible throwback pictures of her in the house with the likes of Alison Hammond, Jade Goody and Adele Roberts.

In the caption, she wrote: “Wanna feel old?? On this day 20 YEARS AGO, I walked into the Big Brother house to take part in the third series of the O.G reality TV show.

“Swipe for some serious BB nostalgia. What were you doing this time 20 years ago? If you say you weren’t even born you can get in the bin! 😂”

Kate went on to win the third series of the hit Channel 4 show in 2022, which has gone down as the most viewed in the show’s history with an average of 5.8 million viewers per episode.

In the finale that led to Kate being crowned the winner, the show gained around 10 million viewers- making it the 10th most-watched episode to ever air on Channel 4.

Of course, Kate’s followers could remember the iconic series and flooded the comments with memories and praise for her appearance on the show.

One person wrote: “The best series ever!!! I remember being allowed to watch it and I was only 10 years old 😂😂😂”

Another said: “You and Alison on that outside table is still one of my favourite ever TV moments 😂”

Former Big Brother contestant Orlaith McAllister also commented and said: “Omg I will never forget your year - you were the reason I applied to do it @thekatelawler 🔥 #BigBrotherUk”.

In 2018, Channel 5 (who had taken over the series) announced that Big Brother and Celebrity Big Brother would not be returning after being on air for 18 years.

The final series was won by Cameron Cole in November 2018, but recently there have been rumours it could be making a comeback.

Davina McColl, former presenter of the show, would certainly be up for it.

Speaking about the possibility of a Big Brother revival earlier this year, she said: "The [prospect of] Big Brother returning is very exciting. I mean, I really, really hope it comes back, and I think if it's coming back to ITV2 then that is a really good home for it."

Davina added: "I'd just be interested to see how they do casting and change it up at all. It would be good to kind of, just get really interesting people in the house and maybe try a different mix. So yeah, very exciting."

Make it happen, Davina!”