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ARTICLE · 17 DECEMBER 2001

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Lee Penhaligan
Lee Penhaligan

Reality television worries me. Anyone who’s seen Big Brother or Survivor will know what I mean – and just how badly people can behave when in front of a live tv camera broadcasting to millions of viewers. The film EdTV satirised the dark side of reality tv, but it was touching as well as entertaining. Sadly, not the same can be said of the real-life real tv coming with increasing frequency and diversity direct into our homes. Competition is tough – just who will be able to bring the most base and tasteless offering to your tv screen? The latest recipe is Temptation Island: take several happy couples, fly them to a tropical paradise, split them up and subject each to a parade of promiscuous people making overt sexual advances. Too much to endure? Well, of course, that’s the idea.

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