The Big Breakfast "The Big Breakfast", such as using the very same boudoir set and on-the-bed interviewing of guests. However, care was generally taken not to alienate viewers who were not so familiar with "The Big Breakfast". Three months after first appearing, Chris Evans, Gaby Roslin and Paula Yates hosted a live edition of the show, seeing in the new year of 1993. Zsa Zsa Gabor featured as a special guest. At 12.30am on 1 January 2000, a mammoth eight-hour live broadcast took place from Lock Keepers' Cottages to herald in the new century. Written by Ged Parsons and John Mann, "The Biggest
The Big Breakfast was slashed in value because of the fire of November 2002. The house has now been fully renovated, but some of the well-recognised aspects of the house from its use during the run of "The Big Breakfast" remain. The newly renovated house features in the BBC Two show "Neneh and Andi Dish It Up", BBC Three's "Singing With the Enemy", and most recently "Too Fat To Toddle" on ITV1. The cottages are located about 200 metres from the site of the main stadium used in the 2012 Olympic Games. In 2005, the cottages became part of a compulsory purchase order