Old School Reality TV

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@abitoftheblubbly

Haha, Mr B's parents used to watch this! We were a couple of years older than the teens in the show but our holidays were definitely more boring than that!
 
smellsofbiscuits said:
I'm sure Channel 5 tried to bring back another version of this a couple of years ago. Off for a Google....

While I'm here.....

I vaguely remember a Channel 4 show about couple's sex lives. They put cameras in their homes including their bedroom (!) whilst experts analysed their..erm...antics.

The reason it sticks in my mind is you could quite clearly see a bloke furiously fingering his female partner under the duvet and the experts looking on in horror. The phrase "friction burn" was used 😬 Please tell me someone else remembers this car crash show!

Mr B and I were fond of Tool Academy but think that falls more into the late 00s?
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was that Sex Box? I never saw it but I do remeber the concept

Bitofthebubbly said:
Would Sun, Sex and Suspicious parents count as old school? I’m sure I watched it about 10 years ago! Parents would spy on their kids going off on their first holiday abroad without them and be shocked at all the shenanigans. They’d then show up on the last day and confront them/lecture them lol. Brilliant trash tv.
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There was a really interesting article in the guardian last week about (in part) this TV show - https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-...t-now-what-happened-to-the-kids-of-reality-tv
 
@emm

Definitely not Sex Box as they filmed them in their own homes. They asked one couple to role play and they were dressed in lab coats in their living room 🙈
 
smellsofbiscuits said:
@abitoftheblubbly

Haha, Mr B's parents used to watch this! We were a couple of years older than the teens in the show but our holidays were definitely more boring than that!
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Watching it probably gave 17 year old me ideas to be honest😅
emm said:
There was a really interesting article in the guardian last week about (in part) this TV show - https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-...t-now-what-happened-to-the-kids-of-reality-tv
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That was an interesting article. Not surprising at all to see that the producers encourage them to get up to antics.

There was another show where parents sent their misbehaving teenagers to other counties to live under another families rules and traditions in order to teach them a lesson or make them appreciate what they have or something. Can’t remember what it was called but it was on bbc3 I think.
 
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The Sex Inspectors

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Bitofthebubbly said:
Watching it probably gave 17 year old me ideas to be honest😅

That was an interesting article. Not surprising at all to see that the producers encourage them to get up to antics.

There was another show where parents sent their misbehaving teenagers to other counties to live under another families rules and traditions in order to teach them a lesson or make them appreciate what they have or something. Can’t remember what it was called but it was on bbc3 I think.
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World's strictest parents! also on youtube :LOL:
 
Plasticbox said:
hate to break it you but newlyweds was scripted and they were told how to act. Jessica says this in her book. I’m as full blown obsessed though, use to record them to tape to watch over and over 😂.
I also loved ‘til death do us part’ which was Dave Navarro and Carmen Electrca’s show.
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Yes, I read her book, but didn't feel as scripted as nowadays! Yes, I watch Dave and Carmen, I was in love with her Badgley Mischka dress!
 
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Bitofthebubbly said:
Oh my gosh I love this thread. I used to really enjoy the holiday based reality shows in the 00’s.

Airline used to be one of my favourite shows growing up, I think I watched it from a really young age and found it fascinating. I’m sure before they followed easyjet they followed Thomson holidays? I always remember people forgetting their passports and having to make the mad dash home or get someone to fetch it for them, they’d always get stuck in traffic but would make it just in time. Amazing tv, wonder if it can be watched online anywhere. They should just make a new series, I would definitely watch it.

Holiday Showdown was absolute tv gold. Two families spend a week on each other’s chosen holidays and you just watch the drama and tantrums unfold, usually it would be complete opposites like an all inclusive in Spain vs hiking in wales. Or a luxury resort in Egypt vs camping in the rainforest. Some episodes are on YouTube, but that’s another one I wish theyd bring back or at least show re runs of. They just don’t make shows like this anymore.
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HOLIDAY SHOWDOWN! I bloody loved that show.

Guys, there's full episodes of Club Reps and Ibiza Uncovered on YouTube!

Lalla said:
Brat camp was the show that absolute horror Jemma Lucy was in, wasn't it? She was a pain in the arse even then.

I used to love Wife Swap, and a few others that have been mentioned.

My favourite ones were wedding related - 4 weddings (where all the brides used to go to each others weddings and score them - basically slag them off for completely arbitrary reasons. Always used to turn into a total witch fest. The one where the bride was a pole dancer was a classic 😂😂😂 )

and there was a BBC one, I think it was called the Wedding?, which just followed different couples getting married. I'd love to watch that again and find out if any of them are still married (I doubt it given how incompatible most of them seemed!)
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I loved R Weddings! I recorded them all when they did a rerun a couple of years back. I remember the BBC one as well.
 
Lalla said:
I couldn't believe they got married after that. Can't imagine it lasted - every argument would be 'but you blew all the DTTB budget on going to bloody Vegas' 😂😂😂
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They got divorced about 18 months later!

smellsofbiscuits said:
I'm sure Channel 5 tried to bring back another version of this a couple of years ago. Off for a Google....

While I'm here.....

I vaguely remember a Channel 4 show about couple's sex lives. They put cameras in their homes including their bedroom (!) whilst experts analysed their..erm...antics.

The reason it sticks in my mind is you could quite clearly see a bloke furiously fingering his female partner under the duvet and the experts looking on in horror. The phrase "friction burn" was used 😬 Please tell me someone else remembers this car crash show!

Mr B and I were fond of Tool Academy but think that falls more into the late 00s?
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I think it was called The Sex Inspectors? Loved it. Simple communication would have solved so many of their problems.
 
I’ve just remembered Ladette to Lady. A show where a bunch of women who didn’t conform to female stereotypes and expectations and were often loud and rebellious went to this old house to be taught how to be ‘ladies’. I can’t even remember the ‘end game’ point of it now and premise is really sexist but the characters they had on there made it worth watching.

The uk had some proper trashy reality shows in the 2000’s, what a time to be alive😂
 
Okay, does anyone remember this (I feel like no one will but I'm praying someone does!):

A reality show about say 5 sets of couples all living in a house together trying to win 10k - the way they'd win was not being figured out as a real couple. If the other couples voted you as a real couple you got eliminated.

So the show would set games say like Spin the Bottle and your partner might have to kiss someone else, but you couldn't react or people would suss out you were the real couple.

It was on in around 2001/2002 I think on a channel like Trouble/Bravo...don't think it was MTV or Nickelodeon but definitely aimed at around a 15-20 year old demographic.

After coming across this thread last night I fell down a rabbit hole trying to find out what it was but its like I've made the entire thing up in my mind 🤣
 
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