{"id":20149,"date":"2022-08-11T17:59:13","date_gmt":"2022-08-11T15:59:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1693363"},"modified":"2022-08-11T18:19:09","modified_gmt":"2022-08-11T16:19:09","slug":"big-brother-narrator-says-rylan-clark-would-be-perfect-host","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/big-brother-narrator-says-rylan-clark-would-be-perfect-host\/","title":{"rendered":"Big Brother narrator says Rylan Clark would be \u201cperfect\u201d host"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"rssexcerpt\"><\/p><p class=\"rssauthor\">By Lauren Morris\n                \t\t<\/p><p class=\"rssbyline\">Published: Thursday, 11 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>With <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/reality-tv\/big-brother-2023-release-date\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">Big Brother<\/a> returning to our screens next year, reality fans can\u2019t wait to see who ITV2 will pick to front the reboot \u2013 including <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/reality-tv\/big-brother-voiceover-marcus-bentley-return-exclusive-newsupdate\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">narrator Marcus Bentley<\/a>, who is hoping one person in particular gets the call up.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to <a href=\"\/\/RadioTimes.com&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">RadioTimes.com<\/a> in an exclusive interview, Bentley \u2013 who has been the voice of Big Brother since 2000 \u2013 revealed that he\u2019s backing Rylan Clark as the next host.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI will be over the moon if either Davina [McCall] or Rylan [were to host] but on a personal level, Rylan. Rylan is perfect for it,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think he just absolutely adores the show. I know he does,\u201d he continued. \u201cHe\u2019s such a talented man as well. He\u2019s just a phenomenal presenter so I think he\u2019d be perfect for it.\u201d<\/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\/Marcus-Bentley-9e18425.jpg?webp=true&amp;quality=90&amp;resize=299%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\/Marcus-Bentley-9e18425.jpg?quality=90&amp;resize=299%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\/Marcus-Bentley-9e18425.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\/Marcus-Bentley-9e18425.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\/Marcus-Bentley-9e18425.jpg?webp=true&amp;quality=90&amp;resize=404%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\/Marcus-Bentley-9e18425.jpg?quality=90&amp;resize=404%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\/Marcus-Bentley-9e18425.jpg?webp=true&amp;quality=90&amp;resize=554%2C369,\" 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\/Marcus-Bentley-9e18425.jpg?quality=90&amp;resize=554%2C369,\" 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\/Marcus-Bentley-9e18425.jpg?webp=true&amp;quality=90&amp;resize=620%2C413,\" 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\/Marcus-Bentley-9e18425.jpg?quality=90&amp;resize=620%2C413,\" 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\/Marcus-Bentley-9e18425.jpg?webp=true&amp;quality=90&amp;resize=407%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\/Marcus-Bentley-9e18425.jpg?quality=90&amp;resize=407%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\/Marcus-Bentley-9e18425.jpg?webp=true&amp;quality=90&amp;resize=555%2C370,\" 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\/Marcus-Bentley-9e18425.jpg?quality=90&amp;resize=555%2C370,\" https:=\"\" type=\"&quot;image\/jpeg&quot;\"><img class=\"&quot;wp-image-1690529\" 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\/Marcus-Bentley-9e18425.jpg?quality=90&amp;resize=620%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=\"\"\/> Marcus Bentley, the voice of Big Brother.<\/span><\/figcaption><span class=\"&quot;im-image-caption&quot;\"> <i>Marcus Bentley<\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<p>He added that former presenters Davina McCall and Emma Willis would also be great choices.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRylan would be perfect but so would Davina and Emma. Emma seems to have distanced herself from [the show] so whether or not she\u2019s decided she wants to move, when the rumours were coming out this year, she was distancing herself from it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Bentley added that <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/reality-tv\/big-brother-2023-house-airfield-live-newsupdate\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">Big Brother<\/a> producers rang him to let him know that the show was coming back \u2013 and it\u2019s likely that they also let Rylan know.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI hope Rylan. I mean he was putting things out on Twitter today, \u2018I haven\u2019t been asked to do it. It\u2019s early days.\u2019 He\u2019s obviously had the same conversation as I have with producers.<\/p> <p>\u201cHe\u2019s like me, just hoping \u2013 fingers crossed and all that. There are rumours that they\u2019re looking at a new presenter and that\u2019s fair enough.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><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\">ITV revealed last week that Big Brother would be back<\/a> on our screens next year, with a new cast of \u201ccarefully selected housemates from all walks of life\u201d taking up residence in the iconic reality house.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Check out more of our\u00a0<a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">Entertainment<\/a>\u00a0coverage or visit our\u00a0<a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/tv-listings\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">TV Guide<\/a>\u00a0to see what\u2019s on tonight.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>The latest issue of Radio Times magazine is on sale now \u2013\u00a0<a href=\"\/\/radiotimes.com\/magazine-subscription?utm_term=evergreen-article&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\" data-auth=\"&quot;NotApplicable&quot;\" data-linkindex=\"&quot;0&quot;\">subscribe now<\/a>\u00a0and get the next 12 issues for only \u00a31. For more from the biggest stars in TV, listen to the\u00a0<a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/podcasts\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\" data-auth=\"&quot;NotApplicable&quot;\" data-linkindex=\"&quot;1&quot;\">Radio Times podcast<\/a>\u00a0with Jane Garvey.<\/strong><\/p><\/body><\/html>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Lauren Morris Published: Thursday, 11 August 2022 at 12:00 am With Big Brother returning to our screens next year, reality fans can\u2019t wait to see who ITV2 will pick to front the reboot \u2013 including narrator Marcus Bentley, who is hoping one person in particular gets the call up. 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