You're Back in the Room is a British television game show that was broadcast on ITV from 14 March 2015 to 9 April 2016. The show is hosted by Phillip Schofield and starred Keith Barry. The premise consists of contestants who have to complete a series of normally straightforward tasks after being subject to "deep hypnosis", causing them to be compelled to develop various distracting tics or quirks that hinder their ability to compete.

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

On 7 October 2016, it was announced that the show had been axed.[2]

Episodes

Series 1 (2015)

Episode No. Guests Airdate Viewers
(millions)[3]
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)[3]
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
4Antony Cotton and Jennie McAlpine9 April 2016 (2016-04-09)3.12

Reception

The show has received mixed reviews; Sarah Deen, in a Metro article, summarised that "everyone either completely loved or absolutely hated [the show]".[4] 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.[5] 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".[6] Ben Travis of the Evening Standard described the show as "watchably daft".[7] Benji Wilson from The Daily Telegraph gave the show a very positive review, opining that it is "significantly funnier than anything else on TV".[8]

International versions

Country Title Presenter Hypnotist Broadcaster Aired
 Australia You're Back in the Room Daryl Somers Republic of Ireland Keith Barry[9] Nine Network[10] 3–25 April 2016
 Colombia Hipnosis un juego de mente Victor Mallarino Egypt Mustafa Badawy[11] RCN 15 May 2016
 France Hypnose le Grand Jeu Stephane Rotenberg Cyrille Arnaud W9[12] M6 (from 30 December 2015) 9 October 2015
 Netherlands You're Back in the Room Beau van Erven Dorens Rinke Jacobs[13] RTL 4[14] 2015
 New Zealand You're Back in the Room Jason Gunn United Kingdom Peter Powers TV2[15] 21 July 2016
 Poland Hipnoza Filip Chajzer Artur Makieła[16] TVN 3 March 2018
 Portugal DivertidaMente João Manzarra Spain José Tejada SIC 11 March 2018[17][18]
 Slovenia Hipnoza dobra zabava Boštjan Romih Božidar Grilc[19] POP TV 29 January 2017
 United States Hypnotize Me Taye Diggs[20] Republic of Ireland Keith Barry Fox (planned)
The CW
2017 (planned)
2019

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. ^ "Phillip Schofield's You're Back in the Room axed by ITV". Digital Spy. 7 October 2016.
  3. ^ a b "Broadcasters' Audience Research Board (BARB)". BARB. Retrieved 24 July 2015.
  4. ^ Deen, Sarah (14 March 2015). "Viewers were totally split over 'telly Marmite' You're Back in the Room". Metro. Retrieved 31 March 2015.
  5. ^ 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.
  6. ^ 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.
  7. ^ 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". London Evening Standard. Retrieved 19 March 2016.
  8. ^ Wilson, Benji (21 March 2015). "You're Back in the Room: something close to delirium". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 31 March 2015.
  9. ^ Knox, David (10 June 2015). "Nine puts a spell on You're Back in the Room". TVTonight. Retrieved 29 October 2015.
  10. ^ 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.
  11. ^ "RCN estrena este fin de semana "Hipnosis, un juego de mente"". RCN Radio (in Spanish). Retrieved 12 February 2019.
  12. ^ ""Hypnose, le grand jeu" passe de W9 à M6". OZAP. 12 December 2015.
  13. ^ "Rinke Jacobs hypnotiseur in 'You're Back In The Room'". Blue Circle (in Dutch). 13 August 2015. Retrieved 12 February 2019.
  14. ^ "You're Back In The Room". Blue Circle (in Dutch). 28 August 2015. Retrieved 12 February 2019.
  15. ^ Zealand, Television New. "Watch You're Back in the Room New Zealand Episodes – TVNZ OnDemand".
  16. ^ "Tego jeszcze nie było! Filip Chajzer zaprosi nas do niezwykłego świata "Hipnozy"!". www.tvn.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 12 February 2019.
  17. ^ "Fantastic - Mais do que Televisão |Page 474, Chan:6039996 |RSSing.com". fantastictv1.rssing.com. Retrieved 18 June 2020.
  18. ^ "DivertidaMente March 11 at SIC – Shine Iberia". Shine Iberia. Retrieved 5 April 2020.
  19. ^ "Hipnocenter Grilc". Božidar Grilc. Retrieved 12 February 2019.
  20. ^ Petski, Denise (5 April 2016). "Taye Diggs To Host 'You're Back in the Room' Hypnosis Game Show on Fox".
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