From The Times and the Sunday Times, this is The Story on Saturday. I'm Luke Jones.

You might have seen the Married at First Sight saga making headlines this week, and not for the

reasons producers would have wanted.

Serious allegations from former contestants, including claims of rape and sexual misconduct during filming, all denied by the men involved, have reignited questions about how reality TV protects the

people at the centre of it. In The Times this week, TV producer and writer Daisy

Goodwin, creator of shows like Grand Designs, draws on her own experience behind the camera

to argue that reality television has become more extreme, more exploitative and more willing

to push human vulnerability for entertainment. So how did we get here? We asked Daisy to read human vulnerability for entertainment.

So how did we get here?

We asked Daisy to read her piece for us.

A woman turns up at a stately home in a white Wells-Royce wearing a wedding dress.

And ten minutes later, he's married to a man she has never met.

Then they go on honeymoon.

When they come back, live in a one-bedroom apartment in a block with six other couples who have all done exactly the same thing.

The end of six weeks, they are asked by the experts who have matched their couples

after allegedly careful deliberations,

whether they want to turn this

fake marriage into a real one.

This is the format of Married at First Site, UK, a show that originated in Australia and has

become a hit for Channel 4.

I'm guessing that most times readers may not have seen it.

The Maths demographic and the Times demographic are pretty far apart.

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