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BEHIND THE HYPE
Five's stab at reality TV lifted its youth appeal but it failed to excite, Claire Billings says
Billed as the reality show to end all reality shows, expectations ran high for five's attempt to cash in on the current obsession with celebrity-fuelled TV with Back to Reality.
The show, developed by Princess Productions, brought together a selection of stars from previous reality programmes, such as Channel 4's Big Brother, The Games and The Salon and ITV's Pop Idol and I'm A Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here.
The line-up included Craig Phillips, the first winner of Big Brother, the celebrity gossip rag favourite Jade Goody from Big Brother 3, Ricardo Ribeiro from The Salon and James Hewitt, the eventual winner, from The Games.
Back to Reality cost five £4.7 million to...