Big Brother makes its Australian debut. Host Gretel Killeen welcomes twelve contestants into the Big Brother house, situated at the Dreamworld theme park, where they will be constantly monitored with no access to the outside world. Each week one contestant would be evicted from the house, eventually leaving one contestant as the series winner.

Big Brother became a hit for Ten, continuing for eight seasons, and sparked the reality TV format in Australia.

(This listing excludes community Channel 31 which is not listed in TV Week)

Big Brother at 20 [2021]

Source: TV Week, 21 April 2001

	ABC	SEVEN	NINE	TEN	SBS
6AM	6am Lifelong Learning: 6am Marketing, 6.30 Dragon’s Tongue	6am Seven News Sunrise	6am National Nine Early News	6am Sports Tonight (Rpt) 6.30 Aerobics Oz Style	6.05am Worldwatch: 6.05 Cantonese News, 6.25 Mandarin News, 6.55 Telegiornale, 7.30 Das Journal, 8am Ta Nea Ton Ennea, 9am Le Journal, 9.30 Sevodnia, 10.10 Telediario, 11am Siaran Berita, 11.30 The Journal, 12pm Business Report
7AM	7am Mixy 7.05 Franklin 7.25 Thomas The Tank Engine And Friends 7.30 Teletubbies 7.55 Maisy	7.30 All Music Video	7am Today	7am Cheez TV. Jade Gatt, Ryan Lappin
8AM	8am Hairy MacLary 8.05 Johnson And Friends 8.15 Magic Mountain 8.30 Sesame Street	8.30 The Book Place		8.30 In The Box
9AM	9.25 Bananas In Pyjamas 9.30 Play School	9am Denise. Denise Drysdale	9am Hi-5 9.30 Here’s Humphrey	9am Good Morning Australia. Bert Newton
10AM	10am Saltwater Country	10am Concentration 10.30 Seven Morning News	10am Our Country Australia 10.30 Fresh Cooking
11AM	11am Wolf Man: The Diary Of Paul Balenovic	11am Ricki Lake	11am National Nine Morning News 11.30 Entertainment Tonight	11am Huey’s Cooking Adventures 11.30 Ten News
12PM	12pm The World At Noon 12.30 Australian Story (Rpt)	12pm Movie: Not Our Son. 1995 [IMDB]	12pm Days Of Our Lives	12pm Hope Island	12.30pm Movie: Imperial Venus. 1963 (Italy) [IMDB]
1PM	1pm Four Corners (Rpt) 1.45 Littlemore (Rpt)		1pm The Young And The Restless	1pm Judge Judy 1.30 Beauty And The Beast
2PM	2pm GP	2pm Heartbeat	2pm Movie: Home Song. 1996 [IMDB]	2.30 Oprah	2.45 Weatherwatch, Music
3PM	3pm Bear In The Big Blue House 3.25 Adventures Of Spot 3.30 Play School	3.10 Passions	3.50 Nine Lives	3.30 Neighbours (Rpt)	3pm TV Ed 3.30 Sophie Grigson’s Herbs
4PM	4pm Bananas In Pyjamas 4.05 Thomas The Tank Engine And Friends 4.10 The Plonsters 4.15 Bob The Builder 4.25 Little Monsters 4.30 Where’s Wally 4.55 Fly Tales	4pm The Big Arvo 4.30 Home And Away — The Early Years	4pm Cushion Kids 4.30 The Cool Room	4pm Totally Wild 4.30 The Bold And The Beautiful	4pm Futbol Mundial 4.30 World Sports (Rpt)
5PM	5pm Rugrats 5.25 The Trap Door 5.30 Angela Anaconda 5.55 Freaky Stories	5pm Bewitched 5.30 Wheel Of Fortune. Rob Elliott, Sophie Falkiner	5pm The Brady Bunch 5.30 Burgo’s Catchphrase	5pm Ten News. Mal Walden, Raquel Stevens	5pm Newshour (PBS)
6PM	6pm Shadow Raiders 6.30 As Time Goes By	6pm Seven News. Peter Mitchell 6.30 Today Tonight. Naomi Robson	6pm National Nine News. Peter Hitchener 6.30 A Current Affair	6pm The Simpsons 6.30 Neighbours	6pm Global Village 6.30 World News. Mary Kostakidis
7PM	7pm ABC News. Ian Henderson 7.30 The 7.30 Report. Kerry O’Brien	7pm Home And Away 7.30 Better Homes And Gardens	7pm Sale Of The Century. Includes Keno 7.30 Russell Gilbert Was Here!	7pm Big Brother PREMIERE Gretel Killeen	7pm World Sports 7.30 Fetching Shorts
8PM	8pm Back To The Floor 8.30 The Bill	8pm The Great Outdoors 8.30 All Saints	8pm Flat Chat. Jean Kittson, Richard Healy, Alexandra Davies 8.30 CSI Crime Scene Investigation	8.30 Charmed	8pm Michael Moore: The Awful Truth 8.30 The Crossing
9PM	9.30 Love Is A Four Letter Word	9.30 Cold Feet	9.30 Water Rats	9.30 Rove Live. Rove McManus, Corrine Grant, Peter Helliar	9.20 Hotline 9.30 World News Tonight
10PM	10pm Spaced 10.30 Lateline	10.40 Talking Footy. Bruce McAvaney	10.30 The West Wing	10.30 Ten News	10pm Movie: Little Tony. 1998 (Netherlands) [IMDB]
11PM	11pm Movie: Lost Patrol. 1934 (B&W) [IMDB]	11.40 Seven Late News. Natalie Barr	11.30 Nightline	11pm Sports Tonight 11.30 Beverly Hills 90210	11.40 The Storm Rages Twice (Lebanon)
12AM	12.05am Movie: Malta Story. 1953 [IMDB]	12.10am Australian Soccer	12am Star Trek Deep Space Nine	12.30am British Sex	12.35am Movie: Three Seasons Three Sisters. 1996 (Greece) [IMDB]
1AM	1.45 Movie: The Chiltern Hundreds. 1949 (B&W) [IMDB]	1.10 Today (NBC)	1am The Late Show With David Letterman	1.30 Married With Children
2AM			2am Entertainment Tonight 2.30 Sessions At West 54th	2am Home Shopping	2.05 Close
3AM	3.15 Movie: The Lucky Number. 1932 [IMDB]	3.10 Home Shopping	3.30 Home Shopping
4AM	4.30 Lifelong Learning: 4.30 The Global Economy, 5am Out Of Empire, 5.30 French In Action (Continues to 6am)			4am Life In The Word 4.30 Kenneth Copeland
5AM		5am Anzac: Tarakan (B&W) 5.30 Anzac: Balikapan (B&W) (Continues to 6am)	5am 48 Hours (Continues to 6am)	5am Marilyn Hickey 5.30 This Is Your Day (Continues to 6am)	5.30am Worldwatch: Japanese News (Continues to 6.05am)