Former Big Brother host Brian Dowling has admitted that he would have expected the celebrity version of the show to be back on air by now.
BB last aired in the UK in 2018, when Channel 5 decided to axe both the regular format and the celebrity edition in order to reinvest the budget into other programming.
Rumours of a comeback have surfaced multiple times since then, including last year for the show's 20th anniversary, but nothing has yet to come to fruition.
"I'm surprised CBB hasn't come back," Dowling - winner of series two and Ultimate Big Brother - told The Mirror.
"I think maybe it will come back, I just think now with the pandemic and the last couple of years it's tricky.
"But Celebrity should come back, people were always obsessed with it, people love seeing celebs without make up, and what they're really like, and the drama!
"I'm not so sure about the civilian one though. I think we have Love Island now and that's our fix with that."
Dowling can currently be seen on Celebrity Karaoke Club, airing all this week at 10.05pm on ITV2.
Neil Wilkes
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