In a bizarre twist on reality TV keen contestants are given a car and a camera crew with instructions to speed. If they can evade the police for 35 minutes contestants win the car. Bored and unpaid Russian police were enthusiastic participants in these high-speed street chases until senior authorities decided that it perhaps wasn't the best use of their time. Switch channels and you are faced with pictures of corpses lying stripped and bloody in the street. Yet this is not some x-rated movie, this is 'Highway Patrol': compulsive tea-time viewing. Every day, the show teams-up with the police to film the latest shooting and car-smash. The channel's director believes he's pretty restrained with his programming - he could go much further... "We understand that viewers will probably want to see an execution but TV professionals must be responsible for what they do." So while Russians may have to wait to see a good execution they seize the opportunity for their minute of fame on "Quality Sign." Anyone can show off here. Tonight, Mikhail Ilyaev swaps his utilitarian patched tweeds for sequinned pants and head-dress and shares his passion for Egyptian dancing with the nation. Also previewing: a Gran with a penchant for flamenco and a stripper. You have to queue for this show but at least these Muscovites will get some joy at the end of it.

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