Castaway 2000
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A look back at an early reality TV series - competitors remember the drama.
Extract from a documentary revisiting 'Castaway 2000', an early reality TV series broadcast on BBC One, where volunteers had to survive for a whole year in a new community on a deserted island off the west coast of Scotland. Includes titles from other popular soap-documentaries, action from the series and interviews with Castaway 2000 participants on what had happened to them since the series ended.
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31 July 2008
Teachers' notes
Age Group : 14-16
Subject : Media Studies
Topic : Reality genre
Keywords : Soap-documentaries, Jeopardy,
Notes : Analyse the clip with respect to features of documentaries. Analyse the target audiences - an audience for the series itself vs an audience solely for series star and celeb -in-waiting, Ben Fogle. Why are programmes like this so popular?
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