[Kizzy]

What is is entertainment, exploitation, poverty porn, social experiment, sick joke?....I don't know.

The BBC has defended a new TV reality show pitting unemployed and low-paid workers against each other for a cash prize, which has been accused of echoing film the Hunger Games, arguing it is a “serious social experiment”.

The show, called Britain’s Hardest Grafter, is seeking 25 of Britain’s poorest workers with applications limited to those who earn or receive benefits totalling less than £15,500 a year.

The five-part BBC2 series will pit contestants against each other in a series of jobs and tasks with the “least effective workers” asked to leave until one is crowned champion.

The winner will receive a cash prize of about £15,500, the minimum annual wage for workers outside London.

The format has been accused of trying capitalise on the trend of “poverty porn”, established by hit controversial series such as Channel 4’s Benefits Street, with website Graduate Fog accusing the show of “feeling distinctly Hunger Games”.

http://www.theguardian.com/media/201...d-hunger-games