You're Back in the Room
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| You're Back in the Room | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Game show |
| Presented by | Phillip Schofield |
| Starring | Keith Barry |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language | English |
| No. of series | 2 |
| No. of episodes | 8 |
| Production | |
| Running time | 60 minutes (inc. adverts) |
| Production company | Tuesday's Child |
| Original release | |
| Network | ITV |
| Release | 14 March 2015 – 9 April 2016 |
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]
Series 1 (2015)
| No. | Guests | Original release date | Viewers (millions) [3] |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ed Baines, Paul Rankin, Lesley Waters, Aldo Zilli | 14 March 2015 | 4.24 |
| 2 | Samia Smith, Nigel Pivaro, Jack P. Shepherd, Ryan Thomas | 21 March 2015 | 4.06 |
| 3 | Joe Swash, Vicki Michelle, Vincent Simone | 28 March 2015 | 3.93 |
| 4 | Diversity | 4 April 2015 | 3.24 |
Series 2 (2016)
| No. | Guests | Original release date | Viewers (millions) [3] |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Andrea McLean, Linda Robson, Sherrie Hewson, Nadia Sawalha and Kaye Adams | 12 March 2016 | 3.20 |
| 2 | Chris Kamara | 19 March 2016 | 3.16 |
| 3 | Joey Essex and Carl Fogarty | 2 April 2016 | 2.58 |
| 4 | Antony Cotton and Jennie McAlpine | 9 April 2016 | 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]
