Entertainment 06-10-2004 who: Neil and Christine Hamilton what: Front police "quiz show" sting where everyone`s a loser where: Guildhall, PORTSMOUTH when: This week snippet: Civil rights group Liberty slammed as "distasteful" the mock game show in which Channel Five teamed up with police to solicit 161 "contestants" wanted for minor offences such as unpaid court fines and theft. "Filmed by secret cameras, the hapless contestants were then told they had won a cash prize," explains The Telegraph, "before being ushered through a cloud of smoke into the arms of two waiting policemen." [... more]

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