This is The Guardian.

Today, why can't reality TV deal with its real life consequences?

I've been a watcher of reality TV and a lover of reality TV for almost 20 years.

I remember watching the first season of Big Brother when I was 11 and I remember watching them paint themselves in clay and press them up against the walls of that house and just thinking like, what on earth is this craziest show I'm watching?

I was probably too young to be watching it, but I was watching it.

Shiren Kale is an investigations reporter for The Guardian.

Some of my favourite moments of TV ever have been on reality to TV.

You know, I think I watched the David's Dead clip from Celebrity Big Brother.

Once every three months when I need to be cheered up.

David's dead.

No, is that?

It's just the most amazing five minutes of TV.

It's so funny.

You know, come dine with me.

What a sad little life, Jane.

You won, Jane.

Oh, my God. Enjoy the money. I hope it makes you very happy.

Dear Lord, what a sad little life, Jane.

But my love for reality TV is very much

offset by a feeling of guilt, which is that

I kind of feel like one of the spectators in the Coliseum

sometimes, you know, like eating nuts while the gladiators fight.

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