last episode of Castaway airs on BBC America tonight. The British show that followed about 30 people living on an island for a whole year runs its final episode tonight on BBC America–also at 8 p.m. EST, against that other show about castaways on a different island.
UK reality TV shows
Castaway marathon on BBC America today. The BBC’s Castaway–about a group of 36 people stranded on an island for an entire year–reruns a whole days worth of episodes today.
Public Property is “Web-driven, reality TV.” Britain’s new Public Property, which airs on ITV, allows viewers to interact directly with the cast, actually controlling what they do. It’s even more interactive than last summer’s Big Brother, which saw fans and detractors alike flying planes over the compound and attempting to communicate with the hamsters. Viewers …
the cast of Castaway on the BBC leaves their island–after one year. The 30-person cast of the BBC’s Castaway left the island they inhabited for a year on Monday, and it was a bittersweet farewell. But they’re not done being filmed yet: Cameras will still follow them to watch how they adapt to civilization.
UK show will be a sex- and gender-swapping Big Brother.Eight men and women will live as members of the opposite sex for three months as a part of a new reality TV series on Britain’s Channel 4. None of the contestants will be permanently altering their sex, nor are they transsexuals or transvestites; rather, they’re …
Castaway is “Survivor without the greed.” BBC America just started airing a year-long quasi-Survivor show. For one year, 28 adults and eight children will live on the Hebridean island of Taransay just “for the hell of it.” Like the CBS show, they’re followed by cameras and live in two tribes, but they’re not competing against …
break out of prison; win £100,000. Britain’s Channel 5 debuts Jailbreak on Tuesday, which features 10 people trying to escape from a specially-constructed prison. While the prison is covered in cameras, guards will only be able to see seven surveillance cameras. Also, “viewers can e-mail prisoners with suggestions and ideas,” the Independent reports; if a …