Live Big Brother excites George Lamb

Saturday, 2nd January 2010

After presenting live Big Brother diary show Big Brother’s Little Brother for the past two years, George Lamb reckons nothing beats the thrill of doing live TV.

And with just days until Sunday’s Celebrity Big Brother Live Launch Show, he can’t wait to get back into the swing of it.

“The more television I do - and inevitably some of it isn't live - the more I realise how much I love doing live TV, he says.

“The adrenaline that gets going, you can't beat it. I don't drive very fast in cars, I'm not up for jumping out of aeroplanes, I just tried surfing and quite liked that, but what I really, really like is red lights coming on and being told I'm going live.”

George thinks that with a pretty chaotic show like BBLB going out live, occasional mistakes are almost part of the fun of the show.

Code Red

“I remember one show in particular where there was a ‘code red’ up at Elstree, they thought someone had got in the house, it meant the task couldn't happen, and our entire show was based around the task.

“We had 11 minutes until we were on air, and we were literally doing it by the seat of our pants, and making it up as we went along. We pulled the show into a different direction, it was a real team effort.

“What I had to do was make it look like I wasn't going insane, because I had voices in my ear the entire show rather than once every couple of minutes. But that's the fun, that’s what's exciting about it.

“There's no point in us coming on and banging on about what went on in the house yesterday - it's got to be absolutely up to the minute and reflect what's happening as we speak, so inevitably there might be a few trip-ups.

“If you make mistakes, so long as you make a little joke out of it and move on, everything's all right. It's when you try and ignore the mistakes that everything starts to look a little awkward.”

Photo: Channel 4