Reality TV

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The problem with The Rehearsal and Jury Duty

An emerging genre blurs the lines between reality TV and scripted comedy. But who is the butt of the joke?

The rise of reality star documentaries

Former cast members from Love Island or Made in Chelsea have a new route to relevance – presenting “serious” factual…

How Alison Hammond charmed Britain

The new Great British Bake Off presenter’s greatest strength is that she never seems to be presenting at all.

Even Claudia Winkleman can’t make The Traitors watchable

The BBC’s latest stab at a reality show, with a murder mystery-style twist, is a convoluted extravaganza of tedium.

The pandemic was a communal trauma, and we need culture to help us process it

I loathed the idea of lockdown novels or TV. In its own tragicomic way I’m a Celebrity has changed my…

Matt Hancock is sanitising his image on I’m A Celebrity. Everyone watching is complicit

Hancock is shamelessly deflecting from his political record by cheerfully eating worms on camera – and the British public are…