Results of a poll taken at the Edinburgh TV Festival suggest that more than half the population trusts TV producers less than it did a year ago.

Recent phone in scandals and fix claims leave 79% of people saying they would not enter a TV phone contest again.

Nearly half of the 2,216 people surveyed - 48% - said they did not trust television very much at all.

Reality TV shows such as Big Brother fared worst of all with reality 60% of those surveyed said the shows were “generally misleading as a result of severe and dishonest editing”.