The more spectacular a reality show sounds when it’s announced, the more deflating it is when the finale doesn’t seem like a big event. Alone took 11 Britons and dotted them around the forests of north-west Canada, where they had to use basic survival equipment to stay there for as long as possible, in isolation, filming the experience themselves. They could “tap out” and call to be picked up at any time. After six episodes, 10 of them had done that. The other had won £100,000.
On paper, it was one of UK TV’s most extreme adventure shows ever, so why does it feel as if nothing much has happened?
