Reality Television – Journalism, Media and Culture

Goodbye Jeremy Kyle Show – Hello Surjury

July 18, 2019 John Jewell Jeremy Kyle, Reality Television, Surjury

As Kyle’s show ends, Surjury has been commissioned. The show will have a jury of “peers and experts” deliberating on whether members of a group of young people deserve to have plastic surgery.

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The Circle closes in

September 20, 2018September 27, 2018 John Jewell Reality Television

Channel 4’s new reality show, The Circle, is more than a rehashed Big Brother.

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What would Emily Davison do?

December 8, 2017December 14, 2017 John Jewell Reality Television, Suffrage

Celebrity Big Brother has announced that it will celebrate its 21st series (yes, really) with a “salute to a centenary of women’s suffrage”.

Jeremy Corbyn is on Gogglebox with Jessica Hynes

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Reality Bites

October 28, 2017November 1, 2017 John Jewell Jeremy Corbyn, Margaret Thatcher, Reality Television

When Jeremy Corbyn appears on Gogglebox, he will be following in the reality tv footsteps of politicians from all parties.