TV journalist Scott Bryan looks back at the making of I Wanna Marry “Harry” – and the dubious ethics behind the show. Plus: five of the best podcasts hosted by pop stars
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The wild, format-pushing and often skin-crawling world of early 00s reality television has made for some brilliant retrospective podcast series in recent times.
There’s Something About Miriam was one of the most shocking examples, with its “six guys date the woman of their dreams and discover she is transgender” brief. Wondery’s gripping Harsh Reality (now adapted for TV as Miriam: Death of a Reality Star, airing on Channel 4 from 29 April) revisited the murky series after its star Miriam Rivera was found dead fifteen years after filming.
