Station:
Channel 5 (GB)
Status:
Ended
Start:
2021-08-31
Rating:
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Series delving into the world of tabloid journalism, exploring the lengths the tabloids go to for a story, and the lives they have impacted in the process, featuring rarely seen archive footage and the voices of editors, journalists and celebrity contributors.
TV Show Ended.
S1E1 - Celebrity Wars
The first edition focuses on the intertwined narratives of tabloid newspapers and celebrity culture, examining the tabloid's treatment of famous faces such as Ulrika Jonsson, Kerry Katona and Daniella Westbrook.
Air Date: 31 Aug 2021 15:00 (CDT)
S1E2 - Named & Shamed
The second edition documents the experiences of people who have either unwittingly, or deliberately, found themselves on the tabloid front pages, at great personal cost, including Josie Cunningham and Megan Barton-Hanson.
Air Date: 01 Sep 2021 15:00 (CDT)
S1E3 - Disgraced
A look at what happens when the tabloids attempt to humble the mighty and hold truth to power, and careers that have unraveled under the tabloid spotlight. A former leading member of the House of Lords is caught in a classic tabloid sting and his hypocrisy is laid bare, while another politician's gay affair is exposed, ruining both his career and his marriage.
Air Date: 02 Sep 2021 15:00 (CDT)