8 episodes
The Bachelor Of Buckingham Palace Wondery
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4.1 • 17 Ratings
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This is the inside story of one of the world’s most bizarre and ballsy reality dating shows. In early 2013 a group of twelve unsuspecting American women were flown to a sumptuous Elizabethan estate in the heart of the Berkshire countryside, where they competed for a chance to win the affections of one of the world’s most eligible bachelors. “Oh my god,” shouts one of the contestants as their suitor arrives by helicopter, “That’s Prince Harry!”. The Bachelor Of Buckingham Palace tells the gripping, entertaining and unsettling story of how Fox duped a group of women into believing they were dating a man who was fifth in the line to the British throne.
Financial Times: "A hoot"
The Guardian: "Wild"
Podcast Rex: "You will want to listen to the whole show in one sitting"
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The Fairytale
Kimberly and Meghan audition for a secret new reality dating show. Producers won’t tell them anything about where they’ll be going, what they’ll be doing, or who they’ll be dating. What could possibly go wrong?
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Fever Dream
Just whose idea was this anyway? And how did they intend to pull off such an absurd stunt? Scott needs answers. And he knows just who he needs to speak to. Danny Fenton — the creator of ‘I Wanna Marry Harry’.
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The Believers
Film crews, cults and coercion. A handy guide on how to get people to believe what you want them to.
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Princess Material
Who is Matt Hicks? A questionable Prince Harry lookalike… but also the man who might be able to tell us what was really going on behind-the-scenes. All we need to do now is find him.
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Not So Happily Ever After
As filming wraps, the girls fly back home, and the producers have a surprise waiting for them when they land. As surprises go, this isn’t exactly a great one.
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In Reality
‘I Wanna Marry Harry’ makes its prime time debut. Things do not go as planned. Scott begins to question what we really mean when we call something “reality” TV?
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Customer Reviews
Bravo!
Just the fact that you made a podcast about this deserves a 5 star rating. When people ask me what my favorite reality dating show is/was, I always say “I Wanna Marry Harry.” It was such a bizarre concept, I loved it! Also, I was about the same age as the girls when this aired and I remember being so confused as to how they didn’t know what was going on because Prince Harry had been pretty popular in American magazines for years at that point (the first magazine I ever bought at age 13 had photos of him in it). That was part of the intrigue, wondering if they REALLY didn’t know or if they were faking. Ugh, so brilliant and yet strangely NO ONE seemed to have watched it. I’ve never met a single other person (other than my husband, who watched it with me) who saw it when it was on. So I love that you’re giving the weirdest dating show of all time the spotlight it deserves. 😂