The Beginning of Reality TV

Witness: Archive 2014 by BBC

Dec 30, 20148:57Society & Culture

In December 1999 a young Dutch man, Bart Spring in't Veld, won the first ever Big Brother reality TV show. It was to be the start of a global television phenomenon. But for 22-year-old Bart the victory proved to be a mix...

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