Channel 4 (UK) Documentaries
The Great Reality TV Swindle
2002 • E13 Dec 2, 2002
Thirty contestants; £100,000 up for grabs. To the young hopefuls who jacked in everything for the chance to take part in a reality show, it sounded perfect. But there was no show, no production company, and the man behind it left an army of potentially destitute people in his wake. Welcome to the moment reality TV came off the rails.