Does anyone know how these border control / customs shows work at all?

As far as I can tell you could be a passenger on the flight from hell via London arriving in convict land, Sydney. As you get off the plane trying to clear the sleep and dribble from your face you are forced to go through customs with a camera team recording your every word and move. If you cut a loud fart the whole world will here about it.

This camera team then make decisions to concentrate on the following. If you are cleared through customs quickly and without fuss you don’t make the show. If you are questioned and thought to be carrying illegal substances you are a big chance of making the show. If you are carrying illegal substances and are caught you will 100% make the show.

Now here is the bit I don’t understand. Why does anyone who is carrying drugs agree to actually be identified or let their image be shown on TV? Assuming that they are already nervous enough that they may get caught why would they want to identify themselves?

Or is it that when charged with the crime of carrying illegal substances, having previously agreed to be identified, that they now then have no right to stop the images being shown on TV?

I guess I am just trying to figure out how I would react if the good people at customs started questioning me and suddenly I had a TV camera shoved in my face.

Flying international is hard enough….. should the general public be faced with this?