English television personality and actor
Pete Bennett
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Born
| Peter Alexander Bennett
(
1982-03-22
)
22 March 1982
(age 42)
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Occupations
| - Television personality
- actor
- musician
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Years active
| 2006?present
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Television
| Big Brother 7
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Spouse
|
Gemma Costin
(
m.
2010;
div.
2021)
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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
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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
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Television and film roles
Year
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Title
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Role
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Notes
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2006
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Big Brother
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Himself
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Winner
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2006
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Friday Night with Jonathan Ross
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Guest
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2007
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The Friday Night Project
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Guest
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2010
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The Story of F***
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2011
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Big Brother's Bit on the Side
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1 episode; panelist
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2014
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Mind Set
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Short film
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2014
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The Mothertown
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Reporter
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Film
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2015
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XD Junction
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Overlord Corson
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1 episode
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2015
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The Slayers
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Vampire
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Film
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2016
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Female Zombie Riot
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Bertie Dumble
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Film
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2016
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Clown Syndrome
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Frizbee
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Television special
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2016?2017
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London Calling
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Himself
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2 episodes
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2017
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Crispy's Curse
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Steve Smith
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Film
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2018
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I Need Help
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Roger
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Short film
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2018
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Jack Southeast
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Billy
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Short film
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2018
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Coulrophobia
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Twitch Grock
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Short film
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2019?2022
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Green Fingers
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Des
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TV series
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2019
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Tales of the Creeping Death
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TBA
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Film
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2019
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Rotten Cotton
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TBA
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Film
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2022
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The Nan Movie
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Bradley
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Film
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References
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- ^
Index of Births, Marriages and Deaths in England and Wales, 1837-1983.
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Pete Wins Big Brother 2006
Channel4 Website
URL last accessed on 1 October 2006.
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Big Brother 7.
Pete Bennett.
Accessed 21 May 2006.
Archived
27 October 2007 at the
Wayback Machine
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U.tv.
Tourette's sufferer Pete 'very brave'
Accessed 22 May 2006.
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"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.
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Allen, Liam.
"BB Pete: Exploitation or education?"
,
BBC News
, 18 August 2006.
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Awards, National Television.
"Winners | National Television Awards"
.
www.nationaltvawards.com
. Retrieved
31 March
2019
.
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"
Pete's BB Book
"
Amazon.co.uk
URL last accessed on 16 January 2007.
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"PETE TO BAND: S*D OFF"
,
Sunday Mirror
, Accessed 11 September 2006.
Archived
17 March 2008 at the
Wayback Machine
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"Bennett makes most of his 15 minutes"
The Scotsman
Accessed on 21 November 2006.
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"Gifted Pilot 1x01"
.
YouTube
.
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"Big Brother 7 winner Pete starts new cleaning business venture"
. 3 October 2016.
External links
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Celebrity
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