Continuing the portrait of the global entertainment industry. Entertaining Emotions. The world of daytime talk shows, where people expose their private concerns for public consumption, is one of the most successful and profitable forms of US TV entertainment.
This programme uses an episode of The Jerry Springer Show, in which a surprise proposal of marriage turns out to be a painful shock for one participant, and examples from Ricki Lake to detail programme-makers' skill in extracting maximum emotional impact from real-life stories.
Directors/Producers Gina and Jeremy Newson