Big Brother fans rage over hidden area 'never shown on TV' | Television and radio

Big Brother fans are scratching their heads over a key element of the show that has barely been glimpsed.

ITV2’s Big Brother has captivated audiences since it started earlier this month, with a non-stop stream of drama. However, some astute fans have noticed the curious absence of the smoking area from our screens.

This despite the fact that several housemates are smokers and vapers.

There was a fleeting glimpse of the smoking room earlier in the series when Marcello joked about kissing Ali in this hidden corner. Moreover, it surfaced at a time when Big Brother’s authority figure was dealing with a rule violation in the house.

But since those instances, the room has disappeared from view, leaving viewers puzzled and clamoring for answers, reports say the mirror.

Flocking to the social media platform Redditfollowers began to theorize and debate. One audience member started the discussion around the enigmatic space, asking: “Why did BB stop including it in the show? We all know that’s where the spicy tea is. I just checked and it’s not illegal or contrary to broadcast guidelines, as it is post-watershed. We are missing something.”

In response, a fellow fan reminisced: “Didn’t they have to buy cigarettes from the shopping budget in the past? The drama.”

Another offered a supposed explanation for the smoking area being off air: “It’s supposed to only allow one person in at a time to keep them from gossiping there.”

In a reveal by viewers, one suggested it may have been a deliberate move by the broadcaster, explaining: “It was a decision by ITV, they don’t want to be seen as encouraging smoking because society’s attitude to smoking has changed.”

Meanwhile, another fan expressed his frustration at the previous restrictions on airtime, saying: “It’s so annoying, in the last Channel 5 series we all wondered why Sian got ZERO screen time, literally less than Tom this season. Anyway , after she evicted she revealed it because she was chain smoking all day so they couldn’t use any of her scenes So much great content is being removed it really annoys me.

During Thursday night’s episode, viewers saw the Big Brother house divided for the latest challenge, which saw new rules imposed, including restricted access to certain areas, resulting in some contestants being excluded from the smoking room by their peers.