John Phipps

The cruelty of reality TV was part of the appeal

BBC Sounds's ten-part series Unreal: A Critical History of Reality Television fails to understand why we loved these unethical spectacles

There’s no better example of a name made, sullied and ultimately subsumed by reality TV than Jade Goody. Photo: Trinity Mirror / Mirrorpix / Alamy Stock Photo
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