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Release The Hounds

2014 · 4 seasons

A silly-scary game show where contestants brave creepy challenges and then sprint from barking dogs for cash.

Overview
Release the Hounds is a British television game show broadcast on ITV2 from October 2013 to February 2018. The show, hosted first by Reggie Yates and later by Matt Edmondson, culminates in the participants attempting to complete scary gruesome challenges in order to find keys to unlock chests containing money and then being chased by dogs in the hope of escaping and winning the cash prize.
How it feels
Tense, campy, eerie and light. Brisk and easy to follow.
About
Survival, greed, fate, friendship
Content
Mild violence, gore and language. No sexual content.
Note
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How it feels

Written by AI. It can be wrong.

Full breakdown
Tone
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • campystrength 2 of 3
  • eeriestrength 1 of 3
  • lightstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
Places
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action6
Horror5
Humour4
Realism6
Romance0
Tension7
Darkness6
Complexity2
Emotional weight3

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Details

Starring
Reggie Yates, Marcus Butler
Length
4 seasons, 24 episodes
Network
ITV1, ITV2
Country
United Kingdom
Languages
English

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