The Inheritance review – even host Rob Rinder looks bored by this tedious mess of a reality show

It wants to be The Traitors … but it really isn’t. This Elizabeth Hurley-starring series is a confusing, overcomplicated muddle that it’s hard to care about

A sprawling mansion, full of look-at-me reality contestants trying to win money by playing a parlour game based on manipulation and persuasion? It’s either a new season of The Traitors, or a clone trying to steal some of The Traitors’ addictive, gossip-worthy magic. Welcome to The Inheritance, a clone that has clearly been carefully worked on, but which has still come out a bit wonky.

Thirteen players – spanning the usual reality-TV spectrum of age and class, from a student/influencer and a debt-ridden scaffolder to a flawlessly styled socialite and a wily pensioner – convene at a country pile, the rich owner of which has supposedly died. The contestants are the would-be beneficiaries of the estate and are given a new group task each week. But, instead of this cash being added to a shared fund, the group must nominate one player to receive all of it.

The Inheritance is on Channel 4 now