There’s Something About Miriam was one of the most controversial reality TV shows of the early 2000s.
The 2003 Sky One show saw six ‘typical lads’ enter a dating contest to woo Mexican model Miriam Rivera for a £10,000 prize and romantic yacht trip.
However, the cruel twist of the show was that the contestants weren’t told that Miriam was transgender and hadn’t undergone gender-affirming surgery until after the winner was announced – and after the men had flirted with
A cancer-stricken grandmother unknowingly ‘cheated death’ for two decades after her husband hid her terminal prognosis.
Rosie Gamp, from Edgware, London, died from a separate illness aged 90 in April 2021 and was completely unaware that doctors had dealt her a ‘death sentence’ in 1999.
She knowingly signed up to trial a now-proven drug which halted her breast cancer, stopping the disease dead in its tracks and giving her extra years of precious life to watch her grandchildren grow up.
