1. The Social Experiment: Big Brother Is Watching You

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  BBC sounds, music, radio, podcasts.

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  The dumbest genre in entertainment or the one that tells us the most about ourselves.

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  Since its conception, reality TV has divided its viewers.

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  But we think it's possible to enjoy it whilst also questioning the ethical foundations upon which it was built.

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  I'm journalist and broadcaster Pandora Sykes.

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  And I'm investigative journalist Shirin Kahler.

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  And a large part of our friendship has been spent discussing reality Team tv.

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  We've both been fans since we first watched Big Brother as preteens and we've spent a fair amount of time defending reality TV when people are snobby about it or dismiss its importance in our wider culture.

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  But we've also been troubled by the exploitation, the lack of aftercare, the impacts of sudden fame.

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  In this 10 part audio documentary for BBC Radio 4, we'll be bringing an analytical eye to a genre that influences almost every walk of life.

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  Celebrity, music, fashion, beauty, dating and even politics.

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  Over the last six months, we've rewatched hundreds of hours of reality TV and spoken to over 60 show creators, producers and iconic reality stars in order to chart reality TV's evolution and explore the ways in which the format needs to change.

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  This is unreal.

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  A critical history of reality tv.

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  Please note there will be strong language throughout the series.

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  Big Brother house.

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  Hello, this is Davina, you are live on Channel four.

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  Please do not swirl.

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  The votes have been counted and verified and I can reveal that the ninth person to leave the Big Brother house will be Jade.

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  That's host Davina McCall welcoming Jade Goody out of the Big brother House in 2010 too.

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