‘Real Housewives of London’ Is Campy and Addictive, but Can Brits’ Dry Wit Bring the Drama?: TV Review

British audiences have an insatiable appetite for reality television. “Big Brother” is still on screens after 25 years. There are countless reality shows where affluent people have passive-aggressive arguments over salad, or find out their partners are having affairs (although I suspect they would have found out anyway, considering there’s a film crew).

Yet, for a while now there’s been a surprising lack of innovation in this genre. Sure, there’s new competition reality shows like “Race Across the World,” but in the specific genre of ‘people dealing very publicly with all of their dirty laundry,’ not much has changed for quite a while. “Made in Chelsea” is about to

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