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Ex-lap dancer in Big Brother house

A member of the Women's Institute, a political protester and a former lap dancer are among the housemates on Big Brother 8.

Hours before the Channel 4 show kicks off once again, Big Brother has released some tantalising clues about this year's contestants.

They include the oldest housemate yet, a nanny and a relative of a Premiership footballer.

Two have children, nine are single and three have never been on a plane.

One was a child prodigy - she could read by the age of two.

And this year's house should be spick and span - one of the housemates is a cleaner.

This will be the first time a Women's Institute (WI) member has appeared on the show.

The WI were best known for their old-fashioned "jam and Jerusalem" image until a group of them famously posed nude - a stunt which became the subject of hit film Calendar Girls, starring Dame Helen Mirren and Julie Walters.

All will be revealed about the housemates in the live launch show at 9pm.

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