Fake Reaction
| Fake Reaction | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Genre | Comedy |
| Written by | James Menzies Christopher Davies Phil Kerr Dan Swimer Simon Bullivant Dominic English Kevin Day Will Ing |
| Directed by | Ian Lorimer |
| Presented by | Matt Edmondson |
| Starring | Team captains: Ellie Taylor Joe Swash |
| Theme music composer | Dobs Vye |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language | English |
| No. of series | 2 |
| No. of episodes | 18 (list of episodes) |
| Production | |
| Executive producer | Gary Chippington |
| Producer | Tommy Panays |
| Production locations | Riverside Studios (2013) Elstree Studios (2014) |
| Editor | Tim Ellison |
| Running time | 45 minutes (inc. adverts) |
| Production company | STV Productions |
| Original release | |
| Network | ITV2 |
| Release | 3 January 2013 – 6 March 2014 |
Fake Reaction was a British television panel game shown on ITV2 that ran for two series from 3 January 2013 to 6 March 2014[1][2] presented by Matt Edmondson with regular team captains Joe Swash and Ellie Taylor.[3]
Production
A pilot edition was recorded in April 2012 for BBC Three, however the show was picked up by ITV2 for an eight episode run from 3 January 2013.[4] A second series of ten episodes began production in late 2013, and premiered on 2 January 2014.[5]
On 3 September 2014, Edmondson revealed that the programme had been axed after two series.[6]
Hot Meat
The games tester is demonstrated and invented by Matt Ralph also known as Hot Meat.
Gameplay
The Games were played by a Team, Head To Head & Single player modes such as bird's food of worms, Can-Can dancers with bungee cords, Baking bums in a bum-off competition & eating crappy pizzas.
Scoring & Winning
The team will make thier decisions to spot the guests, captains or number to fake reactions, if the team guessed correctly while the guest fails to fake reaction the team win the points but if the team guessed incorrectly while the guest completes to fake reaction the other team wins the points, after the final game Ellie Or Joe's team is the winners of the grand fakers at the end of the show or the series.
Transmissions
| Series | Start date | End date | Episodes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 January 2013 | 21 February 2013 | 8 |
| 2 | 2 January 2014 | 6 March 2014 | 10 |
References
- ^ "Fake Reaction". Red Arrow International. Retrieved 2013-06-18.
- ^ "ITV2 order comedy game show Fake Reaction". British Comedy Guide. 2012-11-08. Retrieved 2013-06-18.
- ^ "Fake Reaction". British Comedy Guide. Retrieved 2013-06-18.
- ^ Khalsa, Balihar (2012-11-16). "ITV2 picks up Matt Edmondson fronted panel show". Broadcast. Retrieved 2013-06-18.
- ^ Fletcher, Alex (2013-06-18). "Matt Edmondson's 'Fake Reaction' gets second series on ITV2". Digital Spy. Retrieved 2013-06-18.
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