I told you so

Dutch kidney reality TV show a hoax:

which a supposedly dying woman had to decide one of three contestants to whom she would donate a kidney was a hoax, the programme makers have said.

The Big Donor Show, which the programme makers had said was intended to focus on the shortage of donor organs, had sparked controversy worldwide.

Identified only as “Lisa”, the 37-year-old woman who had been said to have a brain tumour was to base her selection on the person’s history and conversations with the candidates’ families and friends.

At the last minute, she was revealed as a healthy actress.

The contestants were also part of the deception.

It may have been a hoax, but it served its purpose: organ donation is back on the political agenda, both in the Netherlands as in the EU. Me, I’ve downloaded a organ donor form and will sent it in on Monday.

And you?