Big Brother: Ben refuses army task!

Big Brother: Ben refuses army task!
Big Brother: Ben refuses army task!

Big Brother 11's Ben has incurred the wrath of his fellow housemates after he backed out of an army endurance task that was part of his Day Of Hell. The task was part of a punishment dished out by Big Brother after Ben told the other housemates about the secret task he was set by the Tree Of Temptation. After a morning surprise in which he had a cooked breakfast thrown over him he was then put through his paces with a work out from Army sergeant Mike Hawkes. However just ten minutes in to the gruelling challenge an exhausted Ben said he was quitting. Hawkes told him, You can not quit. If you quit, someone else in this house will take your place." However Ben accused him of using "psychological warfare" and subsequently chose Dave to take his place on the task - a move which left him less than popular with the others. "It was horrible," Dave said afterwards. "I was in there about 45 minutes, he wouldn't give me a break. I'm a fat boy - I don't even run to the takeaway!" He also dubbed Ben a "coward" for backing out of the task.

Patrick McLennan

Patrick McLennan is a London-based journalist and documentary maker who has worked as a writer, sub-editor, digital editor and TV producer in the UK and New Zealand. His CV includes spells as a news producer at the BBC and TVNZ, as well as web editor for Time Inc UK. He has produced TV news and entertainment features on personalities as diverse as Nick Cave, Tom Hardy, Clive James, Jodie Marsh and Kevin Bacon and he co-produced and directed The Ponds, which has screened in UK cinemas, BBC Four and is currently available on Netflix. 


An entertainment writer with a diverse taste in TV and film, he lists Seinfeld, The Sopranos, The Chase, The Thick of It and Detectorists among his favourite shows, but steers well clear of most sci-fi.