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Stephen Jessel obituary

BBC correspondent who reported on the Iranian revolution, Olof Palme’s assassination and Mobutu’s last days in Zaire

The Guardian - UK · Mar 20, 2025

The Greatest Show Never Made: the bonkers true story of a fake show from the heyday of reality TV

How 30 contestants were lured in by a £100,000 cash prize and a phoney premise, before they turned the tables

Evening Standard · Oct 11, 2023

‘One year, £100,000’: how an advert for a reality show led to a big British TV mystery

Successful applicants for places on a lucrative-sounding show soon found out there was no cash – and no programme. Two decades later they tell their bizarre story

The Guardian - UK · Oct 2, 2023