Recognise that chap? Nah, probably not, but you'd recognise his voice: Marcus Bentley has been narrating Big Brother since day one.

What you might not have known is that Marcus has also had a career as an actor, appearing in The Bill and London's Burning. And, at the Edinburgh Fringe, he won an award for his work 'Dead Fish'.

But, of course, it's the voice that has gotten him where he is today. He claims that he got the Big Brother gig because of how he said "chickens". His pronunciation of that one word led to the stardom he now enjoys today. Whatever happened to the chickens anyway? I'd like them having something else to look after other than themselves.

Today I went off to YouTube in search of some Nasty Nick videos to accompany our interview, and I found something rather surprising.

Listen, ladies and gents, to the incredible changing accent of Marcus Bentley.

Watch this clip from series one:

Then compare it to series four:

"On the soooofaaas!"

And now, this year:

It's incredible! He's gone from sounding quite normal and lovely to a man who sounds like he's not quite the full omlette. Bring back the old accent Marcus! Please!

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