Eight contestants. One kidney. It's a battle of life and death - literally, when a corrupt television producer and a desperate media whore decide to host a reality TV show in which eight strangers compete to win a kidney transplant.

Amongst the contestants, Dino turns his back on a gangster lifestyle to make a go of his new romance, but when he is stabbed, he's forced to swap an idyllic future in Cornwall for game show hell. Chris begs his estranged wife to pretend they're still together, in the hope that being a family man will make him more appealing to the voting public. And, Lorna is blissfully happy after her boyfriend proposes. But will he still want her after he sees the TV crew's hidden camera footage?

The show's début episode was expected to spark controversy, but when the police arrive to question a contestant, the British public find themselves immersed in a murder investigation.