The news Marcus wouldn't do the launch show meant I actually watched it. Was a bit flat and the pre-entrance interviews were not needed - far more interesting to see more of how the HMs introduce themselves to each other (especially in Celeb BB) than them talking pre-entrance.
Notable that 5 of the 8 so-called celebrities aren't even famous enough to have a wikipedia, and the pretence this is all about 100 years of the female vote has been seen through by viewers as the lazy twist it actually is - at least first time around in 2007 it was worth the experiment and fairly well executed, even though it wasn't brilliantly received and really the beginning of the end for Big Brother on C4. It might be more interesting this time if they just left it an all female house throughout, and actually sticking with 8 HMs on launch might mean most HMs get some airtime over the first few days compared to 16 nobodies fighting for the limelight as usual.