The world may be in lock down but these top ten reality TV programs will let you look into the lives of people from all walks of life. Check out these ten reality TV titles for that time when all you need is a good reality series.
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The Great British Baking Show
- 2010 TV Show
- 3.8/5
‘The Great British Baking Show’ has been immensely popular with audiences since it first aired in 2010, still running, the show has recently wrapped up in its tenth season and is set to return again for an eleventh season. ‘The Great British Baking Show’ showcases amateur bakers that each week compete in a series of baking challenges, hoping to win the coveted title of Britain’s Best Amateur Baker. This series showcases the high and lows, the mistakes, mishaps and miraculous recoveries of the contestants and has all the baking inspiration you could hope for. ‘The Great British Baking Show’ features a whole array of delicious looking treats and shows off the real skill and talent of the contestants. ‘The Great British Baking Show’ is an incredibly entertaining show that should not be forgotten.
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Project Runway
- 2004 TV Show
- 3.9/5
For anyone with an interest in the fashion industry, you cannot go past the TV series ‘Project Runway’. The American reality series showcases talented fashion designers as they compete in various challenges in the hopes of winning a chance to design a collection at New York Fashion Week. One of the best known fashion reality series, ‘Project Runway’ is incredibly popular with audiences and has attracted big name judges including Heidi Klum, Nina Garcia and Michael Kors. The series showcases some real skill in the fashion design sector while still having all the drama to go along with it. ‘Project Runway’ is a great series for anyone interested in the fashion industry of just looking for some quality reality TV to watch.
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The Voice
- 2011 TV Show
- 4.1/5
‘The Voice’ is a classic in the reality TV genre. Following the journey of music industry hopefuls as they battle it out on the voice stage to be crowned the winner of the contest. The show is unique for its famous blind auditions, in which judges can’t see the contestant until the audition is finished unless they wish to take them to the next stage of the competition. Over the years the series has unearthed some real talent and has had big name judges including Meghan Trainor, will.i.am, Boy George and Olly Murs. ‘The Voice’ is great for when you are looking for something easy to watch, it showcases some great voices and is a lot of fun for viewers.
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First Dates
- 2013 TV Show
- 3.5/5
The British reality program ‘First Dates’ takes place in a restaurant in which all the couples are on a first date. It follows these couples on their blind first dates, capturing all the awkward interactions, cringey comments and sweet moments. After all the ups and downs of the couple’s dates, they are both asked the ultimate question, do they want to see each other again? ‘First Dates’ features couples from all walks life, backgrounds and ages and gives viewers a front row view to the start of budding relationships and to dates that crash and burn. A show that is at times hilarious, awkward and incredibly adorable, ‘First Dates’ is one that ticks all the boxes.
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Shark Tank
- 2009 TV Show
- 4.1/5
For anyone with an entrepreneurial spirit, ‘Shark Tank’ is a series not to go past. A reality series based in the US, UK and Australia, ‘Shark Tank’ is a show that has found vast success all around the globe. The show gives viewers an inside look into the world of business, as budding entrepreneurs pitch their products and businesses to a room of successful business people that are potential investors. From the brilliant to the bizarre, ‘Shark Tank’ has seen a variety of ideas come through its doors. ‘Shark Tank’ allows you to dream about your own business ideas and see what else other people are dreaming up to bring to the market.
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The Island With Bear Grylls
- 2014 TV Show
- 2.9/5
‘The Island with Bear Grylls’ is an incredibly entertaining show that asks the question of how do the instincts of modern man compare to those of his ancestors? The show, created by survival expert Bear Grylls takes ordinary men and women to a remote deserted island, with limited tools and only enough water for one day, the participants must try and survive for a month. The survivors film themselves, meaning they have no outside interaction or help for the thirty days. ‘The Island’ is a show that tests the true strength of people, putting them in a situation where the luxuries of the modern world are all thoroughly stripped away and they find themselves in situations that are quite literally life and death. The show captures all the tears, triumphs, frustrations and friendships that the participants face, creating a show that is real, honest and fascinating to watch.
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My Strange Addiction
- 2010 TV Show
- 3.7/5
‘My Strange Addiction’ is a reality TV series that explores the lives of people with unusual, and sometimes dangerous, addictions. These addictions include everything from eating toilet paper to the desire to be identical to another person to thumb sucking. The show talks to psychologists to try and understand why these people have developed these habits and follows them as they work to overcome their addictions and get their lives back. A very unusual reality TV series and one not for the faint of heart, ‘My Strange Addiction’ is a show that will take you on a deep dive down the rabbit hole of some of the most unusual addictions out there.
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Hoarders
- 2009 TV Show
- 3/5
The American reality TV series ‘Hoarders’ delves into the lives of people who are unable to discard even the smallest of their possessions. As their homes and lives have filled to the brim with years worth of stuff, experts go in to try and help these people turn their lives around. This is a fascinating series that looks at the lives of people with a severe problem that is largely hidden from society. Sometimes painful to watch, ‘Hoarders’ represents those in the show in a compassionate light and really does have the focus on helping people that are suffering from this condition. A fascinating reality series that does a deep dive into the lives of people being overwhelmed by hoarding.
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Hotel Hell
- 2012 TV Show
- 3.9/5
‘Hotel Hell’ is an immensely popular series that follows highly successful chef and businessman Gordon Ramsay as he travels to failing hotels, inns and bed and breakfasts in an effort to try and help the owners and staff create a successful enterprise. Showing his signature brand of brutal, no nonsense honesty Gordon does his best to turn these businesses around. Watch the tantrums, tears and transformations that erupt in this show as all manner of business missteps are revealed. A series that will shock you, disgust you, entertain you and make you laugh, this is one reality series not to be missed.
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Naked And Afraid
- 2013 TV Show
- 3.6/5
‘Naked and Afraid’, made by the Discovery Channel is a reality TV show that tests the limits of human survival when they are stripped of everything. Each episode two survivors are dropped off in the wilderness facing a challenge to survive with no supplies, no food, no water and no clothing. The participants don’t know each other and must survive for twenty one days in the wild. Each episode features two new survivors and the show films in a variety of locations, including jungles, savannas and woodland environments. Needless to say, some participants do better than others in the series. It is an immensely interesting show, giving viewers the chance to see how well people can cope in the wild when they have nothing.
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