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Radio 4,2 mins

Why TV looks for the 'right sort of madness to be entertaining'

Loose Ends

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Investigative journalist Jon Ronson speaks to Loose Ends about the strange world of television chat and game show participants and how mental illness can sometimes be used as an audience draw.

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