Wild Things (game show)
| Wild Things | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Game show |
| Presented by | Kate Humble Jason Byrne |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language | English |
| No. of series | 3 |
| No. of episodes | 27 |
| Production | |
| Running time | 60 minutes (inc. adverts) |
| Production companies | IWC Media, Mad Monk and Motion Content Group |
| Original release | |
| Network | Sky 1 |
| Release | 15 March 2015 – 14 May 2017 |
Wild Things is a wildlife-themed game show which is hosted by Kate Humble and Jason Byrne. It was commissioned in August 2014 by Sky 1 and first aired on 15 March 2015.[1]
Format
The gameshow features four teams of two people (relatives or couples) completing challenges on a woodland obstacle course (based in Rushmere Country Park in Bedfordshire) in order to win gold coins. However one member of the team must become the Wild Thing, meaning they must dress as a large woodland animal such as an Owl, Deer, Duck, Badger, Mole, Fox, Rabbit or Squirrel and from Series 2, Chicken, Wolf or Beaver. The Wild Thing is unable to see so the second team member serves as their guide.[2] The four teams compete against each other in order to win a cash prize of £10,000 and escape from The Wild Wood.[3]
The team with the most points complete the final challenge which features the Wild Thing holding onto a suitcase with the prize money inside while being guided by their teammate (who is locked in a shed near the gates to get out of the Wild Wood) via a camera attached to the costume to travel to the shed to free their teammate by pressing a red button outside the shed. However, the camera only stays on for thirty seconds and also the other Wild Things led by their teammates try to stop them. If one of the other Wild Things catch up and catch the winning Wild Thing before they free their teammate, they win the money instead.
In Series 3, the format changed slightly. Unlike the first two series, where only four out of six teams could enter the Wild Wood to take part, in this series, all six teams enter with the team with the lowest score getting eliminated in each game. Also unlike the first and second series, where they were in-vision presenters, Humble and Byrne now only narrate the show. Each episode of Series 3 also features a game involving celebrities competing against each other.
Transmissions
| Series | Start date | End date | Episodes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 15 March 2015 | 19 April 2015 | 6 |
| 2 | 10 April 2016 | 19 June 2016??? | 11 |
| 3 | 12 March 2017 | 14 May 2017 | 10 |
References
- ^ Alexander, Susannah (1 December 2014). "Kate Humble and Jason Byrne to host Sky1 woodland gameshow Wild Things". Digital Spy. Retrieved 1 April 2015.
- ^ Conlan, Tara (22 August 2015). "Sky1 to feature contestants in squirrel suits in new gameshow Wild Things". The Guardian. Retrieved 1 April 2015.
- ^ Jones, Ellen (15 March 2015). "Wild Things, TV review: Dressing up silliness and outright bonkers behaviour". Independent. Retrieved 1 April 2015.