Big Brother has assigned it’s latest task, and straight after nominations finish this evening the Big Brother housemates will have to swim the English Channel.

Well, no, not the actual channel, but they will have to swim the equivalent distance in their very own swimming pool. Big brother boffins have calculated that the housemates can cover the necessary 34km in a mere 7556 lengths of the pool.

The housemates can decide which way they want to organise the task, but when one person is swimming, two people must remain in the boat by the side of the pool. Lengths will only count if two people are present in the ‘lifeboat’ and the two people present will be responsible for counting said lengths.

At the end of the task, the person who swam the most will be rewarded and he/she who swam the least will be punished. Carole is in for some trouble I would imagine!