Big Brother has made a welcome return to our TV screens, with ITV's highly anticipated reboot of the hit reality show beginning on Sunday 8 October.
Sixteen contestants made their way into the iconic house during the pre-recorded launch show after meeting the hosts of the rebooted show, AJ Odudu and Will Best.
While there's new hosts and a swanky new house, many aspects of the show have remained the same including Marcus Bentley's iconic narration.
Marcus, 56, has narrated Big Brother since it first began back in 2000, with his distinctive Geordie accent becoming one of the most recognisable in the UK.
Marcus, who is also an actor and broadcaster, has narrated all nineteen series of the show to date, as well as the spin-off shows Celebrity Big Brother, Teen Big Brother, Celebrity Hijack and Ultimate Big Brother.
Prior to his role on Big Brother, Marcus starred in TV adaptations of Catherine Cookson's novels as well as commercials, and he also had small parts in feature films, including Mad Dogs and Englishmen. He also hosted Sky One quiz show Dirty Money in the early 2000s.
Away from the cameras, Marcus resides in Kent with his wife Jools, who stays out of the spotlight, and their three children.
Big Brother is understandably a huge part of Marcus' life and ahead of the launch of the reboot he admitted he would have been "devastated" if he hadn't been invited back to narrate.
“I’m so buzzing for it coming back – I would have been devastated if they didn’t ask me to narrate,” Marcus told OK! “There’s loads of things to come, things I’ve never done before and things that didn’t exist five years ago. It’s just been a thrill.”
He also praised the show, saying "nothing else comes close" to Big Brother thanks to the show's "unique format" which remains the same throughout each series.
“Things have moved on – there are changes in TV. I’m presuming there’ll be differences but what never changes is the housemates and the tasks, these strangers come from all walks of life.
"Who are they? We’ll find out all their idiosyncrasies and what makes them tick. We’ll have the ones we want to boo and the ones we love," he said.
He added: “That’s a thing that will never change. It’s a unique format that nothing else comes close to.”
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