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'Shocking' UK Reality TV Show Retraces Refugee Journeys

Britain's newest reality TV show has been slammed as "insensitive", "voyeuristic" and even "nauseating" for recreating with six Britons the often fatal journeys made by thousands of refugees to the UK. Bluntly titled "Go Back to Where You Came From", the part-documentary, part-reality TV show by Channel 4 follows the…

International Business Times

Big Boys Season 3 on Channel 4 review: As warming as a bowl of hot chicken soup

4/5 Big Boys returns for its final season on Channel 4, offering warmth, laughter, and charm

Evening Standard

Big Boys: it’s the final season of TV’s funniest sitcom – and it’s as sharp, wise and filthy as ever

Jack Rooke’s zinger-packed comedy channels the classics as it plumbs loss, friendship and Britishness. Be warned, though: Jon Pointing’s performance will shred your heart

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TV tonight: Yorkshire farmer Amanda Owen’s mega renovation project

It’s not easy doing up an old barn in one of the country’s most remote places. Plus: cry your heart out to gut-wrenching songs. Here’s what to watch this evening

The Guardian - UK

BBC and ITV slash big-budget TV spend as US streamers pour money into UK

Channel 4, Channel 5 and Sky also among UK broadcasters making cuts as Netflix, Disney and Amazon pile on pressure

The Guardian - UK

‘Desperate for change’ – but is UK gen Z really disillusioned with democracy?

Recent research claims young people are attracted to authoritarianism, populist politics and ‘strong man’ leaders

The Guardian - UK

TV tonight: the hilarious spin-off from Sharon Horgan’s Motherland

Lucy Punch is snobby Amanda in this brilliant comedy. Plus: the return of Daisy May Cooper’s Am I Being Unreasonable? Here’s what to watch this evening

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Go Back to Where You Came From: Channel 4’s social experiment makes a spectacle of empathy for refugees

The new Channel 4 programme Go Back to Where You Came From is unsettling viewing, almost unbearable at times. It takes six British citizens – some staunchly anti-immigration, others more open – and drops them into lives shaped by conflict and displacement.

The Conversation

‘Does my character have to be so horny?’ Big Boys star Jon Pointing on lust, laddishness and leaping into blockbusters

As the coming-out, coming-of-age hit student sitcom returns for a charged final season, the actor who plays super-straight bestie Danny reveals how his unique brand of blokeyness gets him hugs and thank-yous in gay clubs

The Guardian - UK

Celebrity Bear Hunt cast: who's who guide

In Celebrity Bear Hunt we'll see some household names being chased through the Costa Rican jungle...

WhatToWatch

TV tonight: director Joe Wright’s drama about the rise of Mussolini

Italy’s fascist figurehead gets the biopic treatment. Plus: tents relations in the company of David Mitchell. Here’s what to watch this evening.

The Guardian - UK

Go Back to Where You Came From review – the whiff of white saviourism is inescapable

In this immigration reality show, six Britons with ‘strong opinions’ are taken to Syria and Somalia and put on the perilous migrant route to the UK. Controversial TV to say the least – but if it enlightens anyone, will it have been worth it?

The Guardian - UK

How to watch Go Back To Where You Came From online and from anywhere — 6 Brits experience life as a refugee

Six Brits with different opinions about the migrant crisis attempt to make it back to Britain. Here's how to watch Go Back To Where You Came From online and from anywhere.

TechRadar

Brian Cox 'not going back to America' after election of 'c***' Donald Trump

BRIAN Cox has said he is “not going back to America” after the election of Donald Trump ...

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Evening Standard

Who is on Celebrity Bear Hunt? The line-up revealed as show begins on Netflix

Discover the star-studded line-up as Celebrity Bear Hunt premieres on Netflix, offering a thrilling adventure

Evening Standard

Go Back to Where You Came From review: should this be called 'I'm a Bigot, Get Me Out of Here!'?

3.5/5 Channel 4’s new documentary sends a group of people with anti-immigration views over to exactly where refugees come from, to see if this changes their views, with mixed results

The Guardian - UK

TV tonight: the return of private school comedy drama Boarders

It’s the start of term at St Gilbert’s, with a new headteacher in charge. Plus: Channel 4’s controversial documentary Go Back to Where You Came From. Here’s what to watch this evening

The Guardian - UK

Producers of Channel 4 immigration show deny claim it platforms racists

Go Back to Where You Came From has been criticised by charities for giving stage to extreme racist views

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The Guardian - UK

‘The best screen Thatcher yet?’: the art (and craft) of playing the former PM

Harriet Walter’s acclaimed portrayal is the latest of many screen versions. So how do you create the Thatcher persona?

The Guardian - UK

Here’s a shocking finding, gen Z: democracy isn’t perfect

According to a new poll, half of our 13- to 27-year-olds can’t see the point of all those time-wasting elections and parliaments. Why do they not know that authoritarianism is worse?

The Guardian - UK

The week in TV: Brian and Maggie; Idris Elba: Our Knife Crime Crisis; Paradise; Mo – review

Harriet Walter and Steve Coogan star as Margaret Thatcher and her friend turned foe; Idris Elba fronts a harrowing study of street crime; there are riddles aplenty in a new US thriller; and art echoes life in the bittersweet Mo

WhatToWatch

Big Boys season 3: release date, cast, plot, trailer and everything you need to know about the final series

Big Boys season 3 follows Dylan Llewellyn and Jon Pointing as students Jack and Danny through their final year at university.

The Guardian - UK

Go Back to Where You Came From: this in-your-face asylum seeker experiment is deeply cringe-inducing TV

Participants in Channel 4’s new show recreate the journeys made by refugees for entertainment. It’s awkward watching, and feels like a pointless endeavour

The Guardian - UK

Channel 4 may have violated Sexual Offences Act with deepfake video of Scarlett Johansson

Legal experts say that decision to show AI-generated lingerie footage of the Black Widow actor in documentary may break law

The Independent UK

Archbishop of York ‘categorically rejects’ bullying and coercion allegations

Stephen Cottrell denies bullying members of a committee to secure the Bishop of Liverpool’s appointment.

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