Big Brother Chooses The Legal Deed Service For Housemates Surprise Name Change...

By Tina Clough, 8th June 2009

Deed poll specialists the Legal Deed Service have been chosen by Big Brother to change the legal names of two of this year's housemates. The firm, based in London and Market Drayton, was asked by programme makers Channel 4 to assist in the personal challenge task and help Big Brother change the names of contestants Sophie Reader and Freddie Fisher.

Blonde housemate Sophie Reade was required to change her name to 'Dogface' through The Legal Deed Service in order to become a Big Brother housemate. She renamed herself by signing a legally binding deed poll. Big Brother called Sophie to the diary room on day two of the show to receive her task. After clarification that a deed poll was a legally binding document Big Brother asked Sophie to read the deed aloud.  She said: "That is so insulting! I could be, like, a British bulldog, with them wrinkly faces."

Oxford University graduate, Freddie Fisher, who changed his name through The Legal Deed Service to 'Halfwit' said: "You like dogs. You'll be fine. I'm confident enough in my intelligence to be Halfwit." Later that evening Dogface started taking her new name seriously, pretending to be on a lead and to have a bone in a talent show staged by the contestants. Big Brother contestant Saffia later said: "Sophie looked quite sexy as a dog, didn't she?"

The Legal Deed Service was approached by program makers following a series of high profile name changes this year. Jamie Jackson, Chief Executive said, "We were over the moon to be asked to help Big Brother and were delighted to help the contestants complete their legal name changes in order to secure their places in the Big Brother house. Both housemates found the name change process quick and easy and will now be able to apply for a new passport and bank account as Dogface and Halfwit.

"It was extremely exciting and a huge honour to be chosen to conduct the name changes and we can't wait to see how these two contestants do this series."

Both Dogface and Halfwit will use their new monikers for as long as they stay in the Big Brother House. The Legal Deed Service were sworn to secrecy about the switch and helped Channel 4 carry out the name change as the much anticipated series 10 began on Thursday.  

The Legal Deed Service are well used to brushes with celebrity and earlier this year helped I'm A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here graduate Christine Hamilton to change her name by deed poll to Mrs British Battleaxe. Her husband, former MP, Neil Hamilton appeared on the popular Big Brother's Little Brother show on Sunday to explain the legal ramifications and processes of changing a name by deed poll.

Click here to see the Name Change Video No.1

  

 

Big Brother Chooses The Legal Deed Service For Housemates Second Name Change By Deed Poll

By Tina Clough, 14th August 2009 

Leading Deed Poll providers, the Legal Deed Service who changed two of the Big Brother contestant's names to Dogface and Halfwit, are helping the channel four show yet again in a bid to give the duo their identities back!

The firm, based in London and Market Drayton, has been asked again by programme to assist them in the helping Big Brother change the names of contestants Sophie Reader and Freddie Fisher back to their original names amidst fears that their new names could have a huge impact on their lives outside the confines of the show.

Jamie Jackson, from The Legal Deed Service, said, "We are all chuffed that Big Brother asked us to help them in another secret name change mission, and this revelation just goes to show that the producers do have a conscience!"

Click here to see the Name Change Video No.2

 

 

 

 

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