‘The idea is bonkers’: the secrets behind the success of The Circle

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The isolating, app-based Channel 4 show feels eerily relevant to the past 12 months. Former and current contestants discuss the experience – and the struggle of readjusting to normal life

The idea was ambitious, even by his standards – people sitting alone and texting each other could easily make for flat, monotonous viewing – but it was given the green light by Channel 4 in 2018. “The idea just felt completely bonkers, like taking a WhatsApp group and turning that into entertainment,” remembers Gilly Greenslade, who commissioned it.Despite the channel’s doubts, the test pilot – filmed over two days in a flat in east London – proved to be riveting viewing.

 

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