Jo Whiley

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BBC Radio 2 is a radio channel that started transmitting on the 30th September 1967. It replaced Light Programme.

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Music: Classic Pop & Rock

Jo treats listeners to her favourite album tracks and musical gems rarely heard on Radio 2

Jo treats listeners to her favourite album tracks and some musical gems rarely heard on Radio 2

Jo Whiley: Culture Club: podcasts with Pandora Sykes.

Culture Club: podcasts with Pandora Sykes.

BBC Radio 2 - Jo Whiley, Culture Club: podcasts with Pandora Sykes.

Jo chats to Pandora Sykes about her podcast Unreal: A Critical History of Reality TV.

For the Radio 2 Culture Club, Jo chats to Pandora Sykes about her podcast Unreal: A Critical History of Reality TV.

For the Radio 2 Culture Club, Jo chats to journalist Pandora Sykes about her podcast Unreal: A Critical History of Reality TV, and she chooses her top 3 podcasts.

The dumbest genre in entertainment, or the one that tells us the most about ourselves? Since its conception, reality TV has divided its viewers.

Unreal: A Critical History of Reality TV is a 10-part audio documentary written and presented by journalists Pandora Sykes and Sirin Kale. They've been fans of reality TV since they first watched 'Big Brother' as pre-teens and they've spent a fair amount of time defending reality TV when people are snobby about it, or dismiss its importance in our wider culture. But they’ve also been troubled by what they've seen in the genre: the exploitation; the lack of aftercare; the impacts of sudden fame.

Using interviews with the creators, producers and stars of some of the most iconic reality shows of the last two decades, and leading cultural critics of today, Unreal explores how reality TV has shaped entertainment, fashion, beauty, celebrity and even politics - and some of the ethical issues raised by the format.

Amazing music. Played by an amazing line up.

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