Married At First Sight: Tip Of The Iceberg?
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A great satisfaction not having to tell your story for new every single time, which I think most major celebrities also feel. Hello and welcome to this episode of The Restless Entertainment with me Marina High.
And me Richard Osman. Hello Marina.
Hello Richard, how are you? I'm quite hot. Yeah, but we're in a new studio.
We are in a new studio.
And it's fancy.
And it's air-conditioned.
Yeah, so I mean, all's right with the world.
It's easier to get to. This is not anyone else's concern but ours.
No.
But it is.
The reason you're looking a little bit upset is because our producer, Joey, has just shown us that more of our audience had heard of phenotypes than had heard of popular entertainment format Big Break.
Yeah, so we polled our members. That's correct, right? We're going to do some repolling on that just to see how... It's not Family Fortune. I'm not saying that would be the case on the high street, but among our audience, Richard... 63% of people have heard of... You say phenotypes, I say phenotypes. Let's call the whole thing off. Yeah. And just over 50% have heard of Big Break. I don't buy that. You know what, members, I love you though I do, define it.
No, they are right. They are right.
Anyhow. I bet all of those 53% of people could define what Big Break is. Could those 60 odd percent of people define what? They heard it because they listened to the episode.
Listen, I knew what both were, so you should be glad.
Anyway, lovely to be in a new studio.
We've got a lot to talk about this week. We are talking about Married at First Sight, which, as everyone knows, has blown up over the last week with all sorts of allegations to contestants alleging they were raped and further allegations are continuing to come. And we'll say we'll be talking about that.
We're going to talk about, there was a big event this weekend which combines a number of our bugbears on this show, which is the Enhanced Games, which is essentially tech bros meets abusive sport.
We're also going to talk, it's Stephen Colbert's final show. A little bit of a goodbye to all that and what's next for both him and perhaps even Late Night.
Exactly that. And also we are looking for your questions, please, for following our... Paul McCartney interview and the Tom Hanks one coming up. We're talking to Steven Spielberg. That's fun, isn't it?
Mr. Spielberg.
Mr. Spielberg. Mr. Spielberg. We don't come up with the questions. You do. You know how that works. So please send any questions you have to The Rest Is Entertainment at goalhanger.com. Anything you've ever wanted to ask Steven Spielberg and we will put your questions to him.
Oh, I'm dying for it so much. So excited about that one.
Shall we start with Married at First Sight?
Married at First Sight, which is a Channel 4 show here. It's made by CPL Productions.
Channel 4's biggest show. Oh, by... By quite some way.
It's enormous. I mean, even things like Bake Off. If you look at the streaming figures, it's unbelievable. It's... million miles ahead of it the panorama investigation former contestants two women say they were raped by their on-screen partners another said there was a non-consensual sex act some have say that actual violence has taken place the men who have been at the center of the allegations so far deny the allegations
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:00–9:07
2
What happened to Married At First Sight UK?
9:07–10:18
3
What are the implications of the Enhanced Games?
10:18–16:19
4
How is Stephen Colbert's departure affecting late-night TV?
16:19–22:05
5
What controversies surround the Enhanced Games?
22:05–30:51
6
How do performance-enhancing drugs impact sports?
30:51–43:28
7
What are the ethical concerns regarding reality TV?
43:28–51:59
8
How is the landscape of late-night television changing?
51:59–56:37