Back to Reality
TV series
Back to Reality
2004, English, on 5.
Back to Reality was a reality television show featuring stars from previous reality television programmes. The show was broadcast on Channel 5 between 16 February 2004 to 1 March 2004 and was advertised by Channel 5 as being "The biggest reality show of all time" however in terms of ratings, it failed to deliver. The 12 contestants spent 3 weeks in a studio built mansion, with no natural sunlight. In the final two weeks, the public voted for their favourite housemate with the two people with the lowest votes every 3/4 nights being put to the housemate vote, where the other contestants has to vote for who they wanted to leave. The show was presented by Tess Daly and Richard Bacon, the first and only series of the show finished with James Hewitt winning the show ahead of Maureen Rees and Craig Phillips.
- Seasons
- 1
- Episodes
- 20
- Episode length
- 60 min
- Status
- Ended in 2004
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S1 E20: Day 20; Friday - The Final; Craig 3rd, Maureen 2nd, James WINS!
Aired 5 March 2004
Seasons 1
Cast & crew
Details
- First aired
- 16 February 2004
- Last aired
- 5 March 2004
- Network
- 5
- Language
- English
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Type
- Scripted
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Back to Reality has 1 season and 20 episodes, about 60 minutes each.
Is Back to Reality finished?
Yes. Back to Reality ended in 2004, so you can watch the whole story.
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