Nick Grimshaw and his celebrity pals need to make sure an ‘underdog’ wins a fake reality competition. It’s a fun, canny spectacle that completely shakes up the genre
Last year, a new series on Amazon Freevee – a free, ad-supported streaming service – called Jury Duty became a sleeper hit. In it, a man called Ronald thought he was taking part in a documentary about the US legal system. In fact, he was the unwitting star of a reality television show in which everyone was playing a carefully curated role – except him.
It turned out to be far sweeter than your usual “gotcha” fodder. If you squinted, you could see it as a rare example of a reality TV series that said something positive about human nature.
