Channel 4 review contradicts Nadine Dorries’ fake reality show claim

Nadine Dorries told the culture select committee that paid actors were used in Tower Block of Commons, in which she was among MPs who went to live in deprived communities. Photograph: John Sibley/Reuters

Channel 4 has said an external investigation into allegations made by the culture secretary, Nadine Dorries, that a reality TV show she appeared on used paid actors has found no evidence of fakery.

The broadcaster asked the producers of the 2010 reality show Tower Block of Commons, in which Dorries was one of a number of MPs who went to live in deprived communities, to investigate the claims she made to the culture select committee in May.