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The Bachelor of Buckingham Palace

The inside story of one of the world鈥檚 most bizarre and ballsy reality dating shows.

This is the inside story of one of the world鈥檚 most bizarre and ballsy reality dating shows.

In early 2013 a group of twelve unsuspecting American women were flown to a sumptuous Elizabethan estate in the heart of the Berkshire countryside, where they competed for a chance to win the affections of one of the world鈥檚 most eligible bachelors. 鈥淥h my god,鈥 shouts one of the contestants as their suitor arrives by helicopter, 鈥淭hat鈥檚 Prince Harry!鈥. The Bachelor Of Buckingham Palace tells the gripping, entertaining and unsettling story of how Fox duped a group of women into believing they were dating a man who was fifth in the line to the British throne.

Financial Times: 鈥淎 hoot 鈥 while taking the deception at the heart of the show entirely seriously鈥
Observer: 鈥淐lever and charming鈥 required listening for anyone who thinks reality show contestants are stupid or in on the joke. They鈥檙e not.鈥
Sunday Times: 鈥淰ery good at investigating the dirty side of reality TV鈥
Guardian: 鈥淚n this wild series, TV journalist Scott Bryan speaks to former contestants and finds out just how easily they were duped into taking part in something so absurd鈥
Podcast Rex: 鈥淭rust us when we say 鈥 you will want to listen to the whole show in one sitting鈥

Host: Scott Bryan
Producer: Natalia Rodriguez
Story Editors: Thomas Curry, Matt Willis
Managing Producer: Thomas Curry
Executive Producers: Ana Ayora, Hamed Taghian, Daniel Turcan, Johnny Galvin
Studio Managers: Tom Berry, Lucy Wroe
Audio Mix & Sound Design: Ivor Manley, Natalia Rodriguez, Winnie Simon