Marcus Bentley has said that Big Brother will return to television screens next month.
The 'voice of Big Brother' appeared to confirm speculation that the series will return to its traditional summer broadcast slot in a post on his Twitter feed last night (May 10).
Bentley wrote: "Big Brother starts next month - the exact date is to be finalised."
However when pressed as to the exact date, he declined to answer, adding: "What I mean is, I know approximate dates [and] yes I'm contractually not allowed to divulge those dates. The exact date is not decided."
Bentley, who has narrated every series of Big Brother since it first launched on Channel 4 in 2000, also said that Channel 5 intends to decide the exact start date of the show next week.
He added that he does not yet know when confirmation will come.
Big Brother debuted on Channel 5 in a September time slot last year, preceded by a three-week celebrity edition of the show.
It was reported yesterday that viewers will be able to choose a wildcard contestant to join the housemates, in an echo of the second series' "Big Brother Election" in 2001.
