…Researched and contributed by Joseph Benjamin.
The first season of Channel 4’s new show Scared of the Dark featured eight celebrities living in complete darkness for 180 hours, which was a world first.
However, Vogue Williams, the host of the show, thinks that finding more famous faces to participate in the second series may be difficult due to the extreme nature of the program.
During the press launch for the show, she asked presenter Danny Dyer if he would participate in the experiment, to which he replied with a resounding “absolutely not.”
Danny also revealed that he had only been in the darkness for 10 minutes and found it unbearable.
In the third episode of the first series, viewers became upset over a challenge that involved a live rabbit.
During the challenge, Gazza and Chloe had to guess what was inside five boxes.
In the first box, there was a white bunny, which seemed to jump around as they prodded it.
Viewers threatened to complain to Ofcom about the “animal cruelty” that they witnessed during the challenge.
They found it particularly disturbing that the animal was naturally frightened, and some viewers felt that it was unfair to subject it to the challenge.
It is clear that Scared of the Dark is a program that pushes the boundaries of what is acceptable on television.
While the first season was successful in terms of ratings, Vogue Williams’ concerns about the second season’s casting show that it may be difficult to find more celebrities willing to participate.
Additionally, the negative reaction to the rabbit challenge shows that the show may need to be more careful in the future to avoid upsetting viewers.
Overall, Scared of the Dark has been a controversial program, but it remains to be seen whether Channel 4 will continue to take such risks in the future.