Cannibalism on TV in the Netherlands

In a shocking piece of reality show two Dutch TV hosts will put the question 'how does human flesh taste like?' to the test.  They have had 2 to 3 inches of tissue surgically removed from their buttocks and stored in a freezer. Hosts, Valerio Zeno en Dennis Storm  will consume each others meat on the show, to be aired this Wednesday, 14 December. 

The show called 'proefkonijnen' (loosely translated as 'guinea pigs') is aired by BNN, a public broadcasting corporation and explores 'science questions'. 

It is not the first time BNN raises controversy. In June 2007 it aired 'De Grote Donorshow' ('The Great Donor Show'), which involved a terminally ill old woman donating a kidney to one of twenty-five people requiring a kidney transplantation.  The show ended with the host, Patrick Lodiers, revealing that the show was a hoax with the purpose of drawing attention to problem of shortage of donors.

Perhaps this latest piece of shock TV will also turn out to be a hoax; otherwise another low will be set in reality TV history.