Stone Roses To Be Reunited For Big Brother Series Three

John Squire expected to lead rest of housemates in cheery sing-song

It was announced this week that the original members of legendary disbanded indie group the Stone Roses will be reunited for the third series of Big Brother, with the band forming one third of the show's inmates.

The group very memorably split back in the past at some point after some big event or other, and have worked on separate musical projects since. The reunion comes after a bizarre twist of fate in which each member of the Roses applied for this coming series of Big Brother, attracted by the possibility of being gawped at by millions of people twenty-four hours a day, forced to perform embarrassing and demeaning tasks, and having their heads messed up in the name of entertainment. The band's selection as contestants came about during a production team brainstorm:

"We really needed someone who could play a guitar, since it wouldn't be Big Brother without a guitar player to lead the rest of the housemates in a few cheery sing-songs. Then we hit on the idea of having a celebrity guitarist in there, " Big Brother producer Dan Study-Text told NoiseMonkey, "We were going to have Jimi Hendrix, but then one of our researchers found out that he was dead, which set things back a bit. After a little rethink, we ended up flipping a coin between John Squire and Hank Williams. The rest is history. Or will be. When it happens, y'know?"

Channel 4 recently signed a deal to broadcast Big Brother until 2005. It is rumoured that after this third series is finished the show's makers will concentrate on filming three prequels set before the events of the first series. Ewan McGregor will play the young Craig, Graham Norton has been approached to play Brian's father, and the latest CGI techniques will be used to create an animated version of Bubble.