{"id":5110,"date":"2014-01-22T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2014-01-22T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/2014\/01\/22\/itv-gives-full-series-order-to-horror-game-show-release-the-hounds\/"},"modified":"2014-01-22T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2014-01-22T00:00:00","slug":"itv-gives-full-series-order-to-horror-game-show-release-the-hounds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/2014\/01\/22\/itv-gives-full-series-order-to-horror-game-show-release-the-hounds\/","title":{"rendered":"ITV Gives Full Series Order to Horror Game Show Release the Hounds"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n\tLONDON: ITV has commissioned a full season of Release the Hounds<\/em>, a horror game show from the producers Gogglebox Entertainment.<\/p>\n \n\tThe show had solid ratings as a Halloween special on ITV2 last year. It will now go into production as a full series this spring. Reggie Yates will host (he also hosted the one-off special).<\/p>\n \n\tThe 6×1-hour game show will see unsuspecting contestants enter a forest at dusk. They will face a set of terrifying challenges to get their hands on money that is locked in chests. In order to keep the money, they must out-run a pack of hounds guarding the loot.<\/p>\n \n\tAngela Jain, ITV's director of digital channels and acquisitions, said: "Release the Hounds <\/em>was one of those rare things—a show that defies description but that once you watch it, just works—both terrifying and entertaining in equal measure, we are thrilled to bits that a full series will be on ITV."<\/p>\n \n\tAdam Wood, joint managing director of Gogglebox Entertainment, said: “The Halloween special proved a big hit and a real talking point on social media. We look forward to spending many more pleasurable nights terrifying people in dark forests.”<\/p>\n \n\t <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" LONDON: ITV has commissioned a full season of Release the Hounds, a horror game show from the producers Gogglebox Entertainment. The show had solid ratings as a Halloween special on ITV2 last year. It will now go into production as a full series this spring. Reggie Yates will host (he also hosted the one-off special). …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5110","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","","category-top-stories"],"yoast_head":"\n