''Fool Around With'' is a British
reality TV
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show, where four women or men are locked up together with a single person, who tries to determine which of the four contestants is also single; the other three contestants have boyfriends or girlfriends. If the lone single person figures out which of the four contestants is also single, the person wins £10,000.
The series airs on
Channel 4
Channel 4 is a British free-to-air public broadcast television channel owned and operated by Channel Four Television Corporation. It is state-owned enterprise, publicly owned but, unlike the BBC, it receives no public funding and is funded en ...
, and every episode has a unique name, such as "Fool Around With
the Cheeky Girls
The Cheeky Girls are a Romanian singing duo consisting of identical twin sisters Gabriela and Monica Irimia. After appearing as auditionees on '' Popstars: The Rivals'', they achieved success in the UK charts with four top 10 hits between 2002 ...
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Nadia
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In many Slavic languages, names similar to ''Nadia'' mean "hope": Ukrainia ...
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John Nettles
John Vivian Drummond Nettles (born 11 October 1943) is an English actor and author. He is best known for his starring roles as detectives in the crime drama television series '' Bergerac'' (1981–1991) in the title role, and ''Midsomer Murders ...
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The Cheeky Girls
The Cheeky Girls are a Romanian singing duo consisting of identical twin sisters Gabriela and Monica Irimia. After appearing as auditionees on '' Popstars: The Rivals'', they achieved success in the UK charts with four top 10 hits between 2002 ...
, who failed to find out who was the true single. TV presenter
Charlie Webster was also on the show.
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The show has also been broadcast in
Sweden
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on
TV400
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Channel4 planned new episodes of ''Fool Around With'' during 2007 after the successful first season.
The show has also been shown on Hungarian CoolTV as Szinglicsapda, a French version called Jouer n'est pas Tromper had two seasons in 2006/2007 and there was a short lived Spanish version on Telecinco entitled Engano.
It has also aired on Japanese reality TV.
The show is currently available to American viewers on Amazon Unbox and AOLvideo, it can also be seen on bittorrents official site.
References
External links
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British reality television series
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