Pete Bennett
Bennett at Brighton Pride in 2010
Born
Peter Alexander Bennett

(1982-03-22) 22 March 1982
London, England
Occupations
  • Television personality
  • actor
  • musician
Years active2006–present
TelevisionBig Brother 7
Spouse
Gemma Costin
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(m. 2010; div. 2021)​

Peter Alexander Bennett[1] (born 22 March 1982) is an English television personality, actor and musician, who rose to fame after winning the seventh series of the Channel 4 reality series Big Brother in 2006.[2] He has Tourette syndrome.[3][4]

Career

In 2006, Bennett was selected as one of the original 14 housemates for the seventh series. He won the series with 61.2% of the final vote.[5]

The show was criticized by some, who said the series was exploiting his Tourette's syndrome. The Tourette Syndrome Association (TSA) initially expressed concern that those with the condition would be mocked, though they later softened their stance. A TSA spokesperson said the series "has put Tourette's on the map".[6]

Later in 2006, Bennett was nominated for a National Television Award in 2006 for "Most Popular TV Contender"; however, this was awarded to fellow Big Brother contestant Nikki Grahame.[7]

Bennett's autobiography, Pete: My Story, was published in hardback in November 2006[8] and reissued in paperback in 2007 as My Journey With Tourettes.

Bennett was also the lead singer in a band called Daddy Fantastic, but he left the band after agreeing with a record label that he should become a solo artist.[9] He then wrote music with songwriter and record producer Guy Chambers. Bennett went on to form another band, Pete Bennett and the Love Dogs, which played at Glastonbury, and venues such as IndigO2 and The Cavern Club.[10]

In 2013, he guest starred on the web series GIFTED in the pilot episode.[11]

In 2016, he set up a cleaning business called Celebriclean.[12]

Filmography

Television and film roles
Year Title Role Notes
2006 Big Brother Himself Winner
2006 Friday Night with Jonathan Ross Guest
2007 The Friday Night Project Guest
2010 The Story of F***
2011 Big Brother's Bit on the Side 1 episode; panelist
2014 Mind Set Short film
2014 The Mothertown Reporter Film
2015 XD Junction Overlord Corson 1 episode
2015 The Slayers Vampire Film
2016 Female Zombie Riot Bertie Dumble Film
2016 Clown Syndrome Frizbee Television special
2016–2017 London Calling Himself 2 episodes
2017 Crispy's Curse Steve Smith Film
2018 I Need Help Roger Short film
2018 Jack Southeast Billy Short film
2018 Coulrophobia Twitch Grock Short film
2019–2022 Green Fingers Des TV series
2019 Tales of the Creeping Death TBA Film
2019 Rotten Cotton TBA Film
2022 The Nan Movie Bradley Film

References

  1. ↑ Index of Births, Marriages and Deaths in England and Wales, 1837-1983.
  2. ↑ Pete Wins Big Brother 2006 Channel4 Website URL last accessed on 1 October 2006.
  3. ↑ Big Brother 7. Pete Bennett. Accessed 21 May 2006. Archived 27 October 2007 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ↑ U.tv. Tourette's sufferer Pete 'very brave' Accessed 22 May 2006.
  5. ↑ "Big Brother - does anyone really still watch it? Yes, one in four of us actually", The Guardian website, 19 August 2006. Accessed on 10 September 2014.
  6. ↑ Allen, Liam. "BB Pete: Exploitation or education?", BBC News, 18 August 2006.
  7. ↑ Awards, National Television. "Winners | National Television Awards". www.nationaltvawards.com. Retrieved 31 March 2019.
  8. ↑ "Pete's BB Book" Amazon.co.uk URL last accessed on 16 January 2007.
  9. ↑ "PETE TO BAND: S*D OFF", Sunday Mirror, Accessed 11 September 2006. Archived 17 March 2008 at the Wayback Machine
  10. ↑ "Bennett makes most of his 15 minutes" The Scotsman Accessed on 21 November 2006.
  11. ↑ "Gifted Pilot 1x01". YouTube.
  12. ↑ "Big Brother 7 winner Pete starts new cleaning business venture". 3 October 2016.
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