Following last month’s disastrous Willy Wonka Experience event that went viral on social media, a new documentary is set to air on Channel 5 next week. The one-off documentary will be titled ‘Willy Wonka: The Scandal That Rocked Britain’ and will be produced by Mentorn Media. Although the broadcaster has not yet confirmed a synopsis for the show, it is expected to chronicle the outrage caused by the event and its eventual cancellation just hours after the opening.
The Willy Wonka Experience was advertised as “a celebration of sweetness and imagination” inspired by the hit movie ‘Wonka’ and the Roald Dahl book behind it. However, outraged parents began demanding a refund after its opening, describing it as a “farce” run by “cowboys”. Co-organisers, House of Illuminati, decided to pull the plug on the event just hours after it opened.
Some of the actors who were hired to impersonate Willy Wonka at the event, including Kirsty Paterson and Paul Connell, previously spoke out about the disastrous experience. Paterson revealed that she had not yet been paid the £500 she was offered for the gig and described the event as “a complete and utter shambles”. Meanwhile, Connell stated that the script was “15 pages of AI-generated gibberish” that he had to memorise.
Despite the criticism surrounding the Willy Wonka Experience, it continues to make headlines. Sydney Sweeney recently poked fun at the event during a skit on her recent Saturday Night Live appearance. The documentary is set to air on 16 March on Channel 5 and will shed more light on the scandal that rocked Britain
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