“Hello darlings!” trills an immaculately coiffed Elizabeth Hurley, looking like she’s just paused for a breather during a Tatler photoshoot. But what’s this? Hurley has “some bad news” to share. “Are you ready? Here goes… I’m. Dead.”
Fear not, darlings, the real Hurley is very much alive, kicking and sharing improbably radiant swimwear photos on Instagram. But for the purposes of The Inheritance, the high camp, high concept reality show from Channel 4, she is The Deceased, a glamorous lady of the manor who has just shuffled off this mortal coil (if you can shuffle in six inch heels, that is), leaving behind a vast fortune.
