[2] He worked in the City of London as a broker before taking part in Big Brother.
[2][3] Bateman first came to public prominence as a contestant on the first series of the UK version of Big Brother.
During his stay at the Big Brother house, he was the only contestant never to receive a single eviction nomination.
However, he was soon dubbed "Nasty Nick" by the tabloid press because of his duplicitous nature, playing members off against one another.
After 34 days, he was finally exposed by the other housemates after being tipped off by producers, who confronted him over his behaviour and also uncovered his attempts to manipulate fellow housemates' votes in the weekly eviction process, in violation of Big Brother rules.