Jonathan Parmer Tickle (born 8 May 1974) is a British television presenter who initially rose to fame as a contestant on the fourth series of the British television show '' Big Brother''.''Jon Tickle - The Big Brother Legend''
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brother and a younger sister.

''Big Brother''

Tickle was allowed to return to the ''Big Brother'' house after having been evicted into the outside world (although during his second time in the house he was not eligible to win). He returned after the public voted on which evicted housemate could return to the house. He was also a contestant on a celebrity edition of ''

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'', winning £6,500 for

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. In September 2018, after ten years off television, Tickle appeared on ''

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'', to mark the final series of the reality show.

Brainiac

Tickle received a 3rd class physics degree from the

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. He has gone on to co-present '' Brainiac: Science Abuse'', a series of science-based shows on the UK television station

. His best-known stunt, shown on other shows such as QI and

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was of Tickle walking on a

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full of custard powder and water.''Brainiac: Science Abuse, Season 1, Episode 2''
tv.com, retrieved 23 May 2011 He was the only presenter to appear in all six seasons of the show. Tickle has had many ideas and one of his most famous is the "time-delay toaster." "What's the problem with

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delay?" He is also known for the segment 'Tickle's Teaser', where he asks the viewer a tough scientific question.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Tickle, Jon 1974 births English television presenters English twins Alumni of the University of Leicester Living people Big Brother (British TV series) contestants Media personalities from Norwich