Does anyone remember the one which I think was in channel 4. It was called The Panel or The Jury or something.
The premise was that there would be an individual with a life dilemma and the show provided a large group (I think maybe 30/40) of a cross section of society who would help you decide what you should do. The group would be with the person who had the dilemma for several days; be around thier house, friends, family, local community, workplace etc to get a sense of the situation and to pick up on the things the dilemma person might not have noticed and to give the panel a better perspective and then at the end of the allocated time period would say what they thought should happen and give a rationale.
the one I remember most clearly was a man in his early twenties who wanted to know if he should leave his job to go traveling with his girlfriend. However it became apparent that he had had a very troubled childhood with both his parents dying, after which he and his two brothers were looked after by their grandparents, who also died when the eldest brother was 16. He then took over caring responsibilities and the three brothers continued to live a a unit.
Clearly they were all traumatized, but I remember the panel were very kind and measured and had a number of people who were able to give very helpful advice: people who were grandparents themselves, someone who worked in the industry the man was considering leaving and also a nurse who was able to explain something around the circumstances of the death of the grandparent to the siblings who had carried a lot of guilt about it.
Although there were elements of exploitation in this, it did seem like the participants gained something from the experience. I think the strength of the show was the compassion and kindness shown my the members of the panel.
I think there were only a few episodes shown. I really wish I could remember more about it. Does anyone else remember this?