Lapdance Island

As I seem to be getting a number of visitors looking for information on this, I suppose I ought to let people know that I've been informed that the latest edition of Broadcast magazine (not available online) says it's a spoof, as I suspected. Thanks to Matthew for letting me know.

Of course, the question now is what's the purpose of this spoof and who's behind it? The obvious connection is to the fact that Chris Morris and Charlie Brooker have recently delivered their latest pilot to Channel 4, though it seems just a little too obvious to be a Morris/Brooker idea.

Update: Here's the full article (thanks again Matthew!) - subscription site, so here's what it says:

E4 Reality Show is a spoof 19 August 2003 09:49
"Lapdance Island: 10 male contestants. 40 lapdancers. You can look - but you can't touch." These catchphrases can be heard on almost every ad break on E4 - gearing viewers up to believe that this is the next reality TV series.
However Lapdance Island is in fact a spoof for a new comedy series, The Pilot Show, where members of the public become the stars of the show as they willingly put themselves through embarrassing auditions in an attempt to get on TV.
Other spoof programme ideas include a "real-life Truman Show" where people are asked to give up their lives forever and a prisoner of war camp in Guantanamo Bay. Adverts placed in newspapers and on E4 should ensure a great number of wannabe TV stars apply.
The 8x30-minute series, commissioned by E4 head of programmes, Murray Boland, is due for transmission on E4 in September and Channel 4 shortly after. The series is produced by Damon Beesley and executive produced by Rob Moore.

It's probably just me who thinks the name 'Damon Beesley' is disturbingly similar to 'Nathan Barley', right?