Sky Travel is to air a reality TV show which sees six unsuspecting Brits being arrested for the "murder" of Brigitte Nielsen.

Producers recruited contestants by placing an advert in a magazine which invited members of the public to take part in a Greek sailing documentary. They were in fact being set up for the show, titled Killing Brigitte Nielsen. The six participants were joined by four actors on the boat, which had been filled with hidden cameras. The drama started when the boat "crashed" into a yacht being used by Brigitte. Contestants then watched in horror as they saw drug traffickers storm the boat and "kill" the actress. Actors dressed as Greek police then took the participants off to jail, where they were interrogated for seven hours.

"It is based on managing someone’s entire reality - like The Truman Show movie," producer Alki David explained. "We never made anybody feel they were in any personal danger.

Many times in the past we've bemoaned the state of television and reality shows in particular but at last one comes along offering what we've been baying for, namely the gradual elimination of the 'Z' list. Unfortunately the title is misleading as the demise of Ms Nielsen is faked

But it seems that every series pushes the boundaries a bit further; we can hope...

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The production team were overwhelmed  at the auditioms for 'Killing Jeremy Beadle'.