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The first television channel dedicated to reality TV is to be launched in America in January 2004, it was announced this week. Reality Central will broadcast classic re-runs of American shows (like the time that person on ‘Survivor’ got naked), imported international programmes (like the time that person on Dutch ‘Survivor’ got naked), and Where Are They Now? features devoted to the lives of former contestants (who may, or may not, be naked).

The channel will also contain original programming: namely in-coffin cameras showing BBC founder Lord Reith and John Logie Baird turning in their graves. Viewers can vote, using their interactive handsets, as to which of the corpse gets to leave their last resting place and become the final contestant on this year’s “I’m a dead figure from history, get me out of here!” (currently showing on Sky One).