Christian Howes (born 16 January 1973) is a public speaker and English television
social media
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pundit, best known for working on the ''
Big Brother
Big Brother may refer to:
* Big Brother (''Nineteen Eighty-Four''), a character from George Orwell's novel ''Nineteen Eighty-Four''
** Authoritarian personality, any omnipresent figure representing oppressive control
** Big Brother Awards, a sat ...
'' spin-off show ''
Bit on the Side'', providing a weekly update with
Emma Willis.
Television
''Big Brother's Bit on the Side''
For ''
Big Brother 12'', Howes provided a weekly update on the sofa with
Emma Willis.
[Christian's online update]
Channel 5, 21 Jan 2012 Christian analyses social media data and creates visualisations to provide content and discussion around what television audiences think of programmes and shows.
Howes continued his analysis role in ''
Big Brother 13'' in 2012. He also wrote a blog for the ''Big Brother'' website and
Facebook
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page.
[Christian's social media blog]
Official Big Brother Website 14 June 2012 Howes has also blogged for the fansite ''BBSpy''.
[Christian's blog]
BBspy 16 June 2012
BT Sport
From 1 August 2013, Howes will appear on three shows each week;
[BT Press release]
BT website 30 July 2013 including ''The Clare Balding Show'',
[Clare Balding release](_blank)
James Grant website 1 August 2013 ''BT Sports Panel'' and ''BT Sport Live'' on Mondays and Fridays.
[JG press release]
James Grant Website 30 July 2013
''This Morning''
In 2013, Christian appeared three times a week on ''
This Morning Summer
''This Morning'' is a British daytime magazine programme that is broadcast on ITV1. It debuted on 3 October, 1988 and is broadcast live every weekday from 10:00am to 12:30pm across the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland. The programme feat ...
'' providing analysis for the viewers at home, of the topics that were discussed in show.
Other work
Howes has also started to do the same analysis for the
National Lottery and appeared on
EuroMillions shows alongside
O.J. Borg on 18 May 2012 and Matt Johnson on 20 July 2012
And more recently appeared on Channel4's alternative election night in 2015
Comedy.co.uk
He has also used the same social data to analyse public opinion to world events.
[King of Popular Media: Michael Jackson’s Death]
NMK, 27 July 2009
Evening Standard, 25 Oct 2010
References
External links
Christian Howesat James Grant Group Ltd.
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Official website
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Living people
1973 births
British television presenters