Channel 4 in huge schedule shake-up to make way for Danny Dyer’s new show
CHANNEL 4 has announced a huge schedule shake up to make way for Danny Dyer’s exciting new show.
Scared of the Dark will see eight celebrities step into the unknown where their senses are taken on the ultimate journey.
It’s starts on Sunday April 16, then every night that week.
Hunted moves to Tuesday, while Taskmaster moves to Thursday.
TV Zone confirmed the shake-up on Twitter.
The post read: “CONFIRMED: #ScaredOfTheDark with Danny Dyer launches Sunday 16th April at 9pm on Channel 4, and continues every night until Thursday 20th. Celebrity Hunted moves to 10pm on Tuesday, #Taskmaster to 10:30pm on Thursday.”
Love Island and Strictly stars are just some of the well-known faces taking part in Danny Dyer’s new reality show.
The celebs will enter a completely pitch-black reality space for eight days.
Hosted by former EastEnders star Danny, 45, Scared of The Dark follows the celebs who are living in The Bunker, a purpose-built living space designed to block out any light and rigged with 50 infrared cameras.
Over five successive nights the show will follow the celebrities as they get to grips with living in the dark.
To leave The Bunker the celebrities must simply shout “I’m Scared of The Dark” and they are escorted into the light.
To prove their mettle, each of the celebrities will take on a series of challenges designed to test either their primal fear of total darkness or their ability to function in the pitch black.
Those that fail at their challenges will have to take on herculean tasks to save their place on the show.
Each celebrity will be motivated to conquer their fears because at the end only one will step out into the light as series winner.
The line-up consists of retired bro-boxer and Strictly star Nicola Adams, football legend Paul Gascoigne, Love Island’s Chloe Burrows, professional boxer Chris Eubank, The Wanted’s Max George, comedian Chris McCausland, TV star Scarlett Moffatt, and actress Donna Preston.
But will being in in the dark form trust amongst the group, or will the overwhelming fear of being in the darkness cause them to crumble leaving them begging for the lights to be turned on?
On hosting, Danny said: “This is possibly one of the most bizarre things I’ve ever done in my career, and I have done a lot of mad things.
“Throw in a bunch of celebs and make them do things with the lights off – it’s proper good telly.
“You’re gonna laugh, you’re gonna laugh some more and I promise you’re gonna love it”.
Watching over the celebs every move is clinical psychiatrist Dr. Tharaka Gunarathne who said: “One the hardest challenges the celebrities face is dealing with the unknown; their psychological sense of uncertainty is at an all-time high.
“When you can’t see, your brain fills in the blanks and often imagines the worse.
“When you switch off the lights your ability to stay safe is suddenly threatened and that is what makes this particularly frightening”.
Scared of the Dark will air on Channel 4.