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Thrill Seekers, Episode 1: Are You a Thrill Seeker?

Thrill Seekers, Episode 1: Are You a Thrill Seeker?

Released Monday, 23rd September 2024
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Thrill Seekers, Episode 1: Are You a Thrill Seeker?

Thrill Seekers, Episode 1: Are You a Thrill Seeker?

Thrill Seekers, Episode 1: Are You a Thrill Seeker?

Thrill Seekers, Episode 1: Are You a Thrill Seeker?

Monday, 23rd September 2024
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Would you go on a reality show if you didn’t know what it was about? Even if they promised you the adventure of a lifetime? In 2005, 12 people did just that. They answered an ad that read “Thrill Seekers wanted” and began auditioning for a show unlike any other in British television history.


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Split Screen: Who Replaced Avril Lavigne?

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There’s a story going around, that punk-pop sensation Avril Lavigne ISN’T who you think she is. That she was replaced at the start of her career by a look-a-like. It’s an internet conspiracy theory which has been eating comedian Joanne McNally ALIVE, and she’s going to do something about it.Joanne immerses herself in a mind-bending world of fake celebrity deaths, doppelgangers, conspiracies in an effort to understand how this rumour started, and if there’s any truth to it. Produced by What’s The Story Sounds – for BBC Sounds and CBC.Welcome to Split Screen, an examination of the utterly captivating, sometimes unsettling world of entertainment and pop culture. From reality TV gone awry, to the cult of celebrity, each season of Split Screen takes listeners on an evocative journey inside the world of showbiz. Ex-contestants, producers, and cultural critics uncover complicated truths behind TV’s carefully curated facades, and question what our entertainment reveals about us. Split Screen: sometimes reality is twisted.Season 1 | Kid Nation: The true story behind one of reality TV’s most controversial experiments.Season 2 | Thrill Seekers: A multi-million dollar media experiment. Would you fall for it?

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