<P> Bentley was selected as the narrator of the Channel 4 (now Channel 5) Reality Television programme Big Brother, which originated in the Netherlands, and this remains his best - known work . The producers of Big Brother gave him the job of narrator because they liked the way he said "Chickens". His most notable catchphrase is "Day (x) (in the Big Brother house ...)". Bentley has narrated all seventeen series of the show to date, as well as the spin - off shows Celebrity Big Brother, Teen Big Brother, Celebrity Hijack and Ultimate Big Brother . </P> <P> Before Big Brother, Bentley starred in several TV adaptations of Catherine Cookson's novels where he honed his now familiar Geordie accent . He also starred in several TV commercials as well as minor parts in feature films, such as Mad Dogs and Englishmen, which starred Joss Ackland, C. Thomas Howell, and Elizabeth Hurley . </P> <P> Aside from Big Brother, Bentley could be heard on Channel 4 as a continuity announcer until he resigned after ten years, when he reprised his Big Brother narrator role on the revived Channel 5 series . </P> <P> Another of Bentley's roles is the unseen question master on Sky One quiz show, Dirty Money . </P>

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