You're Back in the Room

You're Back in the Room
Genre Game show
Presented by Phillip Schofield
Starring Keith Barry
Country of origin United Kingdom
Original language(s) English
No. of series 2
No. of episodes 8
Production
Running time 60 minutes (inc. adverts)
Production company(s) Tuesday's Child
Release
Original network ITV, STV, UTV
Picture format 16:9 (HDTV)
Audio format Stereo
Original release 14 March 2015 (2015-03-14) – present

You're Back in the Room is a British television game show that has been broadcasting on ITV since 14 March 2015. The show is hosted by Phillip Schofield and stars Keith Barry.

A second series consisting of four episodes was announced on 21 July 2015 and began airing on 12 March 2016.[1]

Episodes

Series 1 (2015)

Episode No. Guests Airdate Viewers
(millions)[2]
1Ed Baines, Paul Rankin, Lesley Waters, Aldo Zilli14 March 2015 (2015-03-14)4.24
2Samia Smith, Nigel Pivaro, Jack P. Shepherd, Ryan Thomas21 March 2015 (2015-03-21)4.06
3Joe Swash, Vicki Michelle, Vincent Simone28 March 2015 (2015-03-28)3.93
4Diversity4 April 2015 (2015-04-04)3.24

Series 2 (2016)

Episode No. Guests Airdate Viewers
(millions)[2]
1Andrea McLean, Linda Robson, Sherrie Hewson, Nadia Sawalha and Kaye Adams12 March 2016 (2016-03-12)3.20
2Chris Kamara19 March 2016 (2016-03-19)3.16
3Joey Essex and Carl Fogarty2 April 2016 (2016-04-02)2.58
4Anthony Cotton and Jennie McAlpine9 April 2016 (2016-04-09)TBD

Reception

The show has received mixed reviews; Sarah Deen, in a Metro article, summarised that "everyone either completely loved or absolutely hated [the show]".[3] Adam Postans described You're Back in the Room as "one of the worst prime-time shows you'll ever see" in a Daily Mirror article.[4] Sam Wollaston gave the programme a mixed review, describing it as "quite funny for a while", but said it went "backwards from Brown to McKenna".[5] Ben Travis of the Evening Standard described the show as "watchably daft".[6] Benji Wilson from The Daily Telegraph gave the show a very positive review, opining that it is "significantly funnier than anything else on TV".[7]

The show has been criticised by some hypnotists, such as Mark Powlett and Liz McElligott (chief executive of the National Hypnotherapy Society), who have claimed that it is not possible to use hypnosis to make people do things against their will and that contestants are merely play acting. Keith Barry has asserted that all contestants are genuinely hypnotised and ITV have said that "duty of care to the contestants was always of paramount importance", and that the show follows regulations of Ofcom and the 1952 Hypnotism Act.[8]

International versions

Australia

An Australian version of You're Back in the Room, hosted by Daryl Somers, will screen in 2016 on the Nine Network.[9] Keith Barry will be the hypnotist in this version as well as the British edition.[10]

France

A French version, Hypnose le Grand Jeu (Hypnosis, the Big Game), hosted by Stephane Rotenberg and Cyrille Arnaud, the hypnotist, the first episode aired on 9 October 2015 on W9 and the second episode on 30 December 2015 on M6.[11]

Colombia

A Colombian version, Hipnosis un juego de mente (Hypnosis, a mind game), will be adapted by RCN Television in 2016 and presented by Victor Mallarino and hypnotist Mustafa Madawi.

Slovenia

A Slovenian version, Hipnoza dobra zabava (Hypnosis Good Fun), will be adapted by POP TV in 2016 and presented by Boštjan Romih.

United States

An American version of You're Back in the Room will air on FOX later in 2016 hosted by Taye Diggs and featuring Keith Barry as hypnotist.[12]

References

  1. ↑ Wighman, Catriona (21 July 2015). "You're Back In The Room will be, er, back in the room as it's renewed for a second series". Digital Spy. Retrieved 30 July 2015.
  2. 1 2 "Broadcasters' Audience Research Board (BARB)". BARB. Retrieved 24 July 2015.
  3. ↑ Deen, Sarah (14 March 2015). "Viewers were totally split over 'telly Marmite' You're Back In The Room". Metro. DMG Media. Retrieved 31 March 2015.
  4. ↑ Postans, Adam (14 March 2015). "You're Back In The Room review: This abomination is like a Little Britain sketch gone feral". Daily Mirror. Retrieved 31 March 2015.
  5. ↑ Wollaston, Sam (16 March 2015). "You’re Back in the Room review: Keith can make people do unexpected things. Like seduce Phillip Schofield". The Guardian. Retrieved 31 March 2015.
  6. ↑ Travis, Ben (11 March 2016). "You're Back In The Room, ITV: the hypnosis game show returns with Phillip Schofield – and the Loose Women panel". Evening Standard. Retrieved 19 March 2016.
  7. ↑ Wilson, Benji (21 March 2015). "You're Back in the Room: something close to delirium". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 31 March 2015.
  8. ↑ "'Don't be hypnotised by this fraudulent nonsense': Therapists savage ITV's You're Back In The Room over claims it could be exploiting 'vulnerable' people". Daily Mail. 7 March 2015. Retrieved 31 March 2015.
  9. ↑ Byrnes, Holly; Duck, Siobhan (29 October 2015). "Hey, Hey, he’s back — Daryl Somers makes another TV comeback in one of Nine's new shows for 2016". news.com.au.
  10. ↑ Knox, David (10 June 2015). "Nine puts a spell on You're Back in the Room". TVTonight. Retrieved 29 October 2015.
  11. ↑ ""Hypnose, le grand jeu" passe de W9 à M6". OZAP. 12 December 2015.
  12. ↑ http://deadline.com/2016/04/taye-diggs-host-youre-back-in-the-room-hypnotherapy-game-show-fox-1201732363/. Missing or empty |title= (help)

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