Big Brother goes on holiday

Water fights, food fights and inflatables fights: the boys are making the most of Big Brother's "holiday" to run riot, and the girls aren't happy about it

The housemates discovered their new-found freedom after they spotted a giant postcard under the diary room door depicting "Margate by Night".

Richard and Aisleyne were the first to find a large telephone keypad in the diary room - and no Big Brother.

Instead a welcome message announced: "Welcome to Automated Big Brother. Your visit may be recorded for training and security purposes. Big Brother is unavailable at present. In order for your visit to be handled more efficiently, please choose from the following options."

The housemates can press a series of numbers to leave a message or make a request.

Mikey and Glyn - who was particularly excited about the latest twist in the Big Brother contest - celebrated with some bed jumping.

Then Richard and Pete got in on the act, and the four boys started hitting each other with inflatables and disrupting the nice slumber party the housemates were having.

It wasn't long before cake started flying, too, much to the girls' distress.
While Susie worried about whether they were going to get punished for trashing the house, the boys just got more excited.

"We're being good! We're not having fun, not trashing the place... we like that you're on holiday," Pete told Automated Big Brother as he and Glyn pressed all the buttons on the key pad and danced around on the gold chair.

But Aisleyne went into the Diary Room after the boys had finished their message and begged: "I want you back... I don't like it so come back. Hurry up."