Hey Mike,
Maggie and I have been hooked on programs that are based on Victorian house, where they take a group of people and put them in an invirment from the past and require them to live and work like they would have to then, they have had "Frountier House" in Montans where the motto of the family from California was "It is not fair", and "Iron age village"that was based on your Island, a Canadian version of the frontier house, "Colonial House"was based on the east coast of the US and was to be like an early new world settlement, it was one of the poorest done, as the "Liberal university proffessor"and his wife diverted men from the work force to form his university, and he directed the people to harver the corn crop before it was ripe. The latest was called "Texas Ranch House" and the out come was much like colonial house, but the judges were intelligent, and anounced that the "ranch"was a compleat failure (and the family from California responded "It is not fair") I laugh at Joe for watching Survivor, but if I am honest, The stuff I have watched is really the same, and it too requires that you see all the episodes to catch all the subtle bits. Oh, I forgot, there was complaints from the California couple about the bull poo on the Texas show too.
Best wishes
Gsu