''Reality Bites'' is a British

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show presented by

Stephen Mulhern Stephen Daniel Mulhern (born 4 April 1977) is an English television presenter, entertainer, magician and comedian. He began his career at CITV presenting the children’s television shows '' Finger Tips'' (2001–2004) and '' Tricky TV'' (2005� ...

. The programme made its debut on

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on 5 February 2015. In each episode two teams of three compete and they are captained by

Emma Willis Emma Louise Willis (' Griffiths; born 18 March 1976) is an English broadcaster. She is known for her television and radio work with Channel 5, BBC, ITV and Heart FM.

and

Joel Dommett Joel Patrick Dommett (born 8 June 1985) is an English comedian, television presenter and actor. After beginning his career as an actor, and appearing in various television shows including '' Casualty'' and '' Skins'', he embarked on stand-up com ...

. The questions and tasks are about

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from around the world.

Format

*The Real World: The teams watch clips from foreign reality shows and have to work out what the show is all about. *Reality Star in a Reasonably Priced Bar: Reality show participants go into a bar to see how many people recognise them. The teams must guess the number. *Where The Hell Am I?: A member of each team is blindfolded and challenged to identify a well-known reality show and reality star by using touch alone. *Big Fact Hunt: The teams have to guess whether a series of facts Stephen has uncovered about a different star each week are true or false. These will be confirmed by the star themselves, live in the studio.

Episodes

The coloured backgrounds denote the result of each of the shows: : – indicates Emma's team won. : – indicates Joel's team won. : – indicates the game ended in a draw

References

External links

* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Reality Bites (Tv Series) 2010s British comedy television series 2010s British game shows 2015 British television series debuts 2015 British television series endings British English-language television shows ITV comedy ITV panel games Television series by Hungry Bear Media