Split Screen: Thrill Seekers
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A TV crew offers 12 ordinary people the chance to take part in the adventure of a lifetime. But there’s a catch. The audience knows everything but the contestants are kept in the dark. As the cameras roll, no questions are allowed. Split Screen: Thrill Seekers is a new 6 part series that exposes how a TV show left contestants struggling to trust what’s actually real. Host Nick van der Kolk (Love + Radio) asks: does reality TV only succeed when it exploits those involved? He talks to the set designers, crew, and the contestants themselves to learn what it took to permanently distort their sense of reality. 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.
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Season 1 Good, Season 2 Brilliant
9 Oct
The first season is insightful and engaging, although some of the sociocultural analysis feels like a bit of a stretch. Season 2 is phenomenal - incorporating pop culture, visual design, reality TV and interpersonal dynamics.
Shame
25 Sept
Have to subscribe after 1st episode as far as I could see
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- CreatorCBC
- Episodes17
- Seasons3
- RatingClean
- CopyrightCopyright © CBC 2024
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- ProviderCanadian Broadcasting Corporation
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