Celebrity: A 21st Century Story Trainwreck (Season 1, Episode 2)
TV Episode | Documentary

Celebrity: A 21st Century Story

Trainwreck (Season 1, Episode 2)

TV Episode | Documentary

Charting fame in the late noughties, the second episode looks at the ways in which different groups cashed in on what had become a worldwide obsession with fame and the ways in which intimacy was being leveraged, both willingly and ...See moreCharting fame in the late noughties, the second episode looks at the ways in which different groups cashed in on what had become a worldwide obsession with fame and the ways in which intimacy was being leveraged, both willingly and unwillingly, to feed the celebrity machine. Young celebrities were commoditised, criticised and discarded by the people who profited from them, until a new breed of celeb emerged, ready to wrest control back for themselves. Some would leverage their celebrity, not for fame but for political capital. See less

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22 cast members

Name	Known for
Ed Balls Self Self See fewer	Celebrity Best Home Cook (2021)
George Bamby Self Self See fewer	Stepdad (2008)
Lucie Cave Self Self See fewer	Hollyoaks (1995)
Charlotte Church Self Self See fewer	I'll Be There (2003)
Jamie East Self Self See fewer	Previously, on... (2019)
Farnaz Farjam Self Self See fewer	Lizzo's Watch Out for the Big Grrrls (2022)
Guto Harri Self Self See fewer	Sunday Night Live (2021)
Sheeraz Hasan Self Self See fewer	Tinseltown FM (2003)
Paris Hilton Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	The Hottie & the Nottie (2008)
Perez Hilton Self Self See fewer	Meet the Blacks (2016)
Kim Kardashian Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Temptation: Confessions of a Marriage Counselor (2013)
Kerry Katona Self Self See fewer	Showbands (2005)
Omarosa Manigault Newman Self (as Omarosa Manigault) Self (as Omarosa Manigault) See fewer	Tiger Run: The Untold Story (2024)
Diane Morgan Narrator Narrator See fewer	Me Before You (2016)
Dawn Neesom Self Self See fewer	GB News Saturday (2023)
Bill Pruitt Self Self See fewer	The Amazing Race (2001)
Nancy Jo Sales Self Self See fewer	The Bling Ring (2013)
Omid Scobie Self Self See fewer	Royal Spin
Eva Simpson Self Self See fewer	The Money Maker (2021)
Alan Sugar Self Self See fewer	The Survival Club (1999)
Ye Self (archive footage) (as Kanye West) Self (archive footage) (as Kanye West) See fewer	The Great Gatsby (2013)
Will Young Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Mrs. Henderson Presents (2005)