Ep 8: Return to the Island Podcast with Jacques Peretti cover art

Ep 8: Return to the Island

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Twenty-five years after that first death and the suicides continue. Three alone in the time we’ve been making this series. The story that started on an island returns to an island, the Love Island. Jacques investigates the UK TV industry’s attempt to grapple with the human cost of reality TV and whether, in the end, it’s all smoke and mirrors.

This episode contains strong language and discussions around mental health and suicide which some listeners may find upsetting. If you feel affected by any of the themes in the show please visit the show page for the series where you will find links to organisations that can help you.

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I think this is what we all already knew but somehow laid bare in this way makes for interesting listening. Great podcast.

Interesting insight into reality TV

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Interesting and well reached piece of investigative journalism podcast. And a lesson to us all not to watch reality TV.

Great insightful pod

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Brilliant, shocking and compelling.
A must listen. A really reality check.
I will think on this for a long time to come.

Unexpected Gem

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Harrowing and insightful, this series is superbly presented and produced offering a window into the reality of reality tv shows

A must listen

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This is very interesting and while there are no massive surprises it does make one question ones own role as a viewer in perpetuating behaviours and also the amount of blame on social media. As with the producers he is exposing though, Peretti has his own agenda and has obviously chosen his interviewees and edited their stories to emphasise that they are victims. Of course the production teams have a duty of care that should be properly carried out and‘participants’ should be paid for some of the huge profits they draw in but they also need to take some personal responsibility if they have not researched what previous shows were like or read the contracts they are signing.

Interesting but

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