{"id":19639,"date":"2022-08-02T17:43:38","date_gmt":"2022-08-02T15:43:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1689652"},"modified":"2022-08-02T18:14:13","modified_gmt":"2022-08-02T16:14:13","slug":"big-brother-voiceover-icon-marcus-bentley-confident-hell-return","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/big-brother-voiceover-icon-marcus-bentley-confident-hell-return\/","title":{"rendered":"Big Brother voiceover icon Marcus Bentley \u201cconfident\u201d he\u2019ll return"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"rssexcerpt\"><\/p><p class=\"rssauthor\">By Lauren Morris\n                \t\t<\/p><p class=\"rssbyline\">Published: Tuesday, 02 August 2022 at 12:00 am<\/p><hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/><?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\" standalone=\"yes\"?>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body><p>When TV fans think of Big Brother, they immediately hear Marcus Bentley\u2019s Geordie twang announcing: \u201cDay 3 in the Big Brother house,\u201d and now that <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/reality-tv\/big-brother-itv-return-2023-teaser-newsupdate\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">ITV2 is rebooting the beloved reality show<\/a>, it\u2019s hard to imagine the series without those classic voiceovers.<\/p>\n<p>Bentley has now revealed in an exclusive interview with <a href=\"&quot;http:\/\/RadioTimes.com&quot;\">RadioTimes.com<\/a> that he\u2019s yet to be confirmed as the narrator for the new season, but he\u2019s \u201cconfident\u201d of his return to the show.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking about Big Brother coming back to our screens next year, the voiceover artist said: \u201cI\u2019m not confirmed. It\u2019s very early days. I think it sounds like I am. I\u2019m getting calls from [producers] and they\u2019re going to keep me updated. But they haven\u2019t chosen anything.<\/p>\n<div class=\"&quot;image-handler__container\" image-handler__container--aspect=\"\" style=\"&quot;padding-bottom:\" calc=\"\"> <picture><source media=\"&quot;(max-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2022\/08\/bigbrother01-fa9c524.jpg?webp=true&amp;quality=90&amp;resize=298%2C199,\" https:=\"\" type=\"&quot;image\/webp&quot;\"><source media=\"&quot;(max-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2022\/08\/bigbrother01-fa9c524.jpg?quality=90&amp;resize=298%2C199,\" https:=\"\" type=\"&quot;image\/jpeg&quot;\"><source media=\"&quot;(max-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2022\/08\/bigbrother01-fa9c524.jpg?webp=true&amp;quality=90&amp;resize=354%2C236,\" https:=\"\" type=\"&quot;image\/webp&quot;\"><source media=\"&quot;(max-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2022\/08\/bigbrother01-fa9c524.jpg?quality=90&amp;resize=354%2C236,\" https:=\"\" type=\"&quot;image\/jpeg&quot;\"><source media=\"&quot;(max-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2022\/08\/bigbrother01-fa9c524.jpg?webp=true&amp;quality=90&amp;resize=403%2C269,\" https:=\"\" type=\"&quot;image\/webp&quot;\"><source media=\"&quot;(max-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2022\/08\/bigbrother01-fa9c524.jpg?quality=90&amp;resize=403%2C269,\" https:=\"\" type=\"&quot;image\/jpeg&quot;\"><source media=\"&quot;(max-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2022\/08\/bigbrother01-fa9c524.jpg?webp=true&amp;quality=90&amp;resize=553%2C369&quot;\" type=\"&quot;image\/webp&quot;\"><source media=\"&quot;(max-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2022\/08\/bigbrother01-fa9c524.jpg?quality=90&amp;resize=553%2C369&quot;\" type=\"&quot;image\/jpeg&quot;\"><source media=\"&quot;(min-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2022\/08\/bigbrother01-fa9c524.jpg?webp=true&amp;quality=90&amp;resize=619%2C413&quot;\" type=\"&quot;image\/webp&quot;\"><source media=\"&quot;(min-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2022\/08\/bigbrother01-fa9c524.jpg?quality=90&amp;resize=619%2C413&quot;\" type=\"&quot;image\/jpeg&quot;\"><source media=\"&quot;(min-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2022\/08\/bigbrother01-fa9c524.jpg?webp=true&amp;quality=90&amp;resize=406%2C271,\" https:=\"\" type=\"&quot;image\/webp&quot;\"><source media=\"&quot;(min-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2022\/08\/bigbrother01-fa9c524.jpg?quality=90&amp;resize=406%2C271,\" https:=\"\" type=\"&quot;image\/jpeg&quot;\"><source media=\"&quot;(min-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2022\/08\/bigbrother01-fa9c524.jpg?webp=true&amp;quality=90&amp;resize=555%2C370&quot;\" type=\"&quot;image\/webp&quot;\"><source media=\"&quot;(min-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2022\/08\/bigbrother01-fa9c524.jpg?quality=90&amp;resize=555%2C370&quot;\" type=\"&quot;image\/jpeg&quot;\"><img class=\"&quot;wp-image-1689682\" align=\"\" size-landscape_thumbnail=\"\" image-handler__image=\"\" image-handler__image--aspect=\"\" no-wrap=\"\" js-lazyload=\"\" data-src=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2022\/08\/bigbrother01-fa9c524.jpg?quality=90&amp;resize=619%2C413&quot;\" width=\"&quot;620&quot;\" height=\"&quot;413&quot;\" alt=\"&quot;&quot;\" title=\"&quot;&quot;\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div><div class=\"&quot;caption-hold&quot;\"><figcaption class=\"&quot;wp-caption-text&quot;\"><span class=\"&quot;caption-copy&quot;\"><i class=\"&quot;icon-arrow\" icon-camera-circle=\"\"\/> ITV2 teased the show\u2019s return with this logo during last night\u2019s Love Island final<\/span><\/figcaption><span class=\"&quot;im-image-caption&quot;\"> <i>ITV2<\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<p>\u201cSo it\u2019s all up in the air. Nothing\u2019s been decided and I think it sounds like ITV just wanted to put this out at the end of <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/reality-tv\/love-island-2023-winter-summer-newsupdate\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">Love Island<\/a> but I\u2019m just absolutely delighted.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He went on to say that he\u2019s \u201cquietly confident\u201d that he\u2019ll get the call-up to narrate the new season.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEspecially since I\u2019ve been speaking to [producers] yesterday and I\u2019m just thinking, \u2018Well, you know what? I\u2019m going to enjoy it.&#8217;\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Speaking about when the show might air next year, he added: \u201cIt\u2019s going to be a while. I haven\u2019t actually been told but there are already strong indications that it\u2019s going to be next autumn or something, end of Love Island.\u201d<\/p> <p>ITV2 announced that Big Brother would return in 2023 during last night\u2019s <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/reality-tv\/love-island-2022-final-live-laura-whitmore-to-reveal-season-8-winners\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">Love Island final<\/a>, teasing that a new cast of \u201ccarefully selected housemates from all walks of life\u201d will live in the famous house for six weeks.<\/p>\n<p>While the channel is yet to announce a host for the reboot, <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/reality-tv\/rylan-clark-host-big-brother-early-days-newsupdate\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">Rylan Clark has said that he has not yet been asked to take on presenting duties<\/a> \u2013 but that it\u2019s \u201cearly days\u201d.<\/p>\n<div class=\"&quot;editor-content\" mb-lg=\"\" hidden-print=\"\" js-piano-locked-content=\"\">\n<p><strong>Big Brother will air on ITV2 is 2023. 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