Fame Asylum

Fame Asylum is a 2006 documentary that followed the progress of a boy band made up of four asylum seekers and aired on Channel 4. The Guardian said it was among the worst ideas in TV history,^[1] and the programme was also nominated for a Royal Television Society Award.^[2]

It is available to watch on 40D,^[3] and has some accompanying learning resources.^[4]

The artist who initiated the documentary, Richard DeDomenici, has compiled an archive of material responding to the project,^[5] and has written an article about it ^[6] for Refugee Week, who collaborated on the project.