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Watching Us

20 years ago a TV show launched which changed history, revolutionising TV and transforming our ideas about truth, surveillance, technology and politics. The show was Big Brother.

Radio 4,5 episodes

Episodes

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Week 1
Jamie Bartlett looks at the impact of 20 years of reality TV on culture and society.
07 Jun 2020,14 mins
Week 2
How did reality TV turn surveillance into entertainment?
14 Jun 2020,14 mins
Week 3
A new type of reality show blurs the lines between truth and fiction.
21 Jun 2020,14 mins
Week 4
How reality TV set the tone for our behaviours on social media
28 Jun 2020,14 mins
Week 5
Twenty years after Big Brother hit our screens and reality TV has produced a president
05 Jul 2020,14 mins