reality tv Archives - The F-Word

“Just like Ibiza in the 1990s”: Welcome to Love Island for the over 30s

Emma Kernahan16 August 2018

Emma Kernahan pitches follow-up series to Love Island, full of new hot and exciting contestants...

A lesson in reality

Nick Beard27 September 2015

Nick Beard watches UnREAL, a drama that takes a wry look at the construction of reality TV and its effects on both the contestants and those behind the scenes...

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New review: Black Mirror’s ’15 Million Merits’ and ‘White Bear’

Holly Combe7 February 2015

Gemma Varnom takes a second glance at Black Mirror's '15 Million Merits' and 'White Bear' episodes and wonders if we are inching ever closer to the horrifying a...

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“And you just watched”

Gemma Varnom7 February 2015

Gemma Varnom takes a second glance at Black Mirror's '15 Million Merits' and 'White Bear' episodes and wonders if we are inching ever closer to the horrifying and oppressive society they depict ...

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I’m a Celebrity… give me a break!

Guest Blogger20 November 2014

Lucy Drewery asks why mocking a person's appearance is still just seen as 'banter' ...

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The ‘bridezilla’ television trope and the traditional wedding norm

Guest Blogger18 April 2013

Marriage equality might be on the way but it seems the fripperies and rituals of the traditional wedding are still coveted as the superior choice. Olivia Rudgard looks at the role of the TV show 'Bridezilla' in all this and asks, what about wedding equality? ...

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Call for television reviewers

Holly Combe17 April 2013

Would you like to write TV reviews for The F-Word? Find out more here! ...

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Happily ever after?: The state of the TV dating show

Danielle Almond28 March 2012

Take Me Out has recently returned for a second series on ITV. Danielle Almond wondered what this latest incarnation of the prime time dating show had to say about mainstream ideas of gender roles ...

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New review: Happily ever after? The state of the TV dating show

Mathilda Gregory28 March 2012

Take Me Out has recently returned for a second series on ITV. Danielle Almond wondered what this latest incarnation of the prime time dating show had to say abo...

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5 Live discussion about politics, partners and CBB

Holly Combe23 August 2011

Do the partners of people in politics have a responsibility not to draw too much attention to themselves? This was one of the questions in a debate I recently...

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