Reality TV
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'Beast' of a lawsuit: YouTube star and Amazon sued by contestants over abuse claims
The Explainer Can the breakout YouTube star weather a growing scandal engulfing his forthcoming reality TV competition?
By Rafi Schwartz, The Week US Published
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Reality TV stars charged in 'finfluencer' crackdown
Speed Read Lauren Goodger and Rebecca Gormley among seven stars charged by the Financial Conduct Authority
By Arion McNicoll, The Week UK Published
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Big Brother, Gary Goldsmith and a Traitors twist: the beginning of the end?
Talking Point 'Pitiful' line-up makes new reality TV series 'tired and flat' say reviewers
By Chas Newkey-Burden, The Week UK Published
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The Traitors: the best reality show on television?
Talking Point With the gripping second season now under way, critics say the hit game show has entered the canon of 'truly great reality TV'
By Arion McNicoll, The Week UK Published
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Netflix's real-life Squid Game: 'reality epic' or 'shoddy knock-off'?
Talking Point 456 players battle it out for the biggest prize pot in reality TV history
By The Week UK Published
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Nigel Farage and I'm a Celebrity: another case of 'funwashing'?
Talking Point The former Ukip leader will join celebrity campmates in the Australian jungle
By Sorcha Bradley, The Week UK Published
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Banged Up review: an illuminating reality TV series about prisons
The Week Recommends Celebrities are sent to a decommissioned prison in Channel 4's entertaining new show
By The Week UK Published
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The Greatest Show Never Made review: stranger than fiction
The Week Recommends An oddly uplifting documentary about people being duped into joining a fake TV series
By Arion McNicoll, The Week UK Published
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‘Theatre of cruelty’: has the reality TV bubble burst?
Under the Radar A million fewer viewers watched the latest Love Island launch compared to last year
By Rebekah Evans Published
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Jerry Springer: former politician who presided over a tawdry TV circus
feature TV host who died last week earned millions from modern-day ‘freak show’
By The Week Staff Published
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Politicians on reality TV: pure narcissism or shot at redemption?
Talking Point Some MPs have rebranded themselves on the small screen but the move is ‘not without jeopardy’
By Chas Newkey-Burden Published
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Nadine Dorries and the ‘fake’ Channel 4 show
feature Commons committee condemns former culture minister for ‘groundless’ claims about reality TV programme featuring MPs
By The Week Staff Published
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The Week Unwrapped: Immunity, Tunisia and Big Brother
podcast Will a drug called Evusheld cut Covid deaths still further? Is the Arab Spring over? And are we ready for the return of reality TV?
By The Week Staff Published
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Could TV viewers still stomach the original Big Brother?
Talking Point Reality show is set to return after a five-year break
By Sorcha Bradley Published
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