United Kingdom

Public place , no expectation of privacy. Same as most places.

We have CCTV everywhere so no matter what we're almost always getting recorded anyway. For a show though they should have had to sign a waiver otherwise they'd have to be blurred. Whether or not that was done legitimately for those that barely speak English? No idea.

Also I think if customs have any suspicions they have the right to search your bag. I don't think it's a case of whether you want them to or not. When you go through customs and you put your bags in the conveyor belt they're looking into your bags with xrays, and if the xray is inconclusive, they search your bag. They don't tell you about it. You're on the other side still waiting for your bags. It's only afterwards that they'll be like "hey, I just had to check your bag, was a false flag, it was just your beard scissors". Which happened to me just the other week actually.

If this is the show I think it is, I think it was very short lived and only lasted a season, maybe two. Australia had one that lasted longer though I believe but that focused more on packages going into the country and not just passengers. Mostly dealing with their eco-bio laws or whatever they're called.

In about 2014 we flew through an airport where some of these “customs” types shows was being recorded. They had signs up everywhere (I think in multiple languages) saying “episodes of _____ are being recorded here. If you do not wish to be recorded please talk to the crew” (or something like that).

But who knows what they’ve filmed for their cut-away shots, from the far said of the arrivals hall.

I guess you should expect shots of you walking to be ok. But probably have the right to opt out of having your “case” filled.

Absolutely, you are in a public place.

If an officer at a British airport asks you if he can search your luggage and you say no and you ask him if you are under arrest, what happens then?

The police (and Border Force staff when you're in a place under their jurisdiction) have the legal right to search you and your belongings, as long as they can justify the reason for that request. If you refuse to allow them to do that you will most likely be arrested and you will have your belongings confiscated and searched anyway.

If you are in a public place, you can be filmed. Yes the police can and, in my opinion, should film every interaction they have with members of the public. Depends, they will either refuse you to fly/enter. or if they have evidence of illegal activity they may detain and/or hand you over to be arrested by police officers.

There has been several episodes of "border control UK" and similar where individuals are pixelated, so somehow there must be a way for them to refuse. Usually the footage is also >10 years old (check the clocks and calendars on display), there must be a statue of limitations concerning some of the stuff they are showing.

There's some very wrong answers here. So most of the time you can't film a person without consent for broadcast, for TV or just your 12 follower youtube channel.

There are a few exceptions and the relevant one here is breaking the law, so if you are smuggling drugs for example, then you can be recorded and broadcast. If suspected of a crime and currently being dealt with by authorities, so say if you were being searched suspected of drug dealing then you could be filmed against your will legally, BUT, if no drugs were found then it can't then be broadcast.

Now with the Indian man you are discussing, he did break the law, kinda, unknowingly, but if you broadcast him this would be a defence, HOWEVER, I would never cause that's bullshit, did they blur his face? Cause morally that would be the right decision. It's an important story to show, possibly a type of human trafficing, but the person/victim should not be shown.

Now for your end questions, you have a right to request them not to record, they may have a different right to continue and should explain this to you, but if you've done nothing wrong then the footage gets deleted and it's just an annoying thing that happened one time.

Police record everything on bodycam, they sometimes have a camera crew with them, same rules apply for them as above, but when dealing with the police you are always recorded, this is for your protection and theirs. If you commit a crime they can broadcast this.

If an officer at the airport wants to search your luggage and you say no then it really depends on the type of officer but it's quite likely that you won't be admitted into the country. If you haven't gone through immigration then they can send you back for basically any reason, and refusing to be searched, drug tested, interrogated, etc, all counts.

Reality tv shows aren't on every corner in the UK. I feel your risk is low.

I believe you can be filmed in public.

They will search your bags if that want to, whether you like it or not.

They can't broadcast your image without consent.

My friend is a photographer and they have to get people to sign a form before they can use any photos with people in.

You'll often see people with their faces blurred in these shows and that's why.

If the police have body cams you will be recorded but again they can't broadcast this.

As for searches:

Stop and question: police powers

A police officer might stop you and ask:

what your name is what you’re doing in the area where you’re going

You don’t have to stop or answer any questions. If you don’t and there’s no other reason to suspect you, then this alone can’t be used as a reason to search or arrest you.

Stop and search: police powers

A police officer has powers to stop and search you if they have ‘reasonable grounds’ to suspect you’re carrying:

illegal drugs a weapon stolen property something which could be used to commit a crime, such as a crowbar

You can only be stopped and searched without reasonable grounds if it has been approved by a senior police officer. This can happen if it is suspected that:

serious violence could take place you’re carrying a weapon or have used one you’re in a specific location or area