Reality TV 'one of worst ideas'

Reality TV has finished second to the atom bomb in a poll of the worst ideas of all time.

Almost a fifth of respondents, including 16 to 24-year-olds, named shows such as Big Brother as the worst ever innovation.

Capital punishment, plastic bags and the credit card rounded out the top five in the survey, conducted to mark Museums and Galleries Month.

The wheel topped the list of greatest ideas, followed by the internet, penicillin, equal rights for women and the Pill.