Survivor is set to return to UK screens next year after more than 20 years, the BBC has announced. The psychological gameshow is one of the world’s most successful TV formats with 50 versions of the show globally.
The show will see 20 Britons marooned in a tropical location where they will go head-to-head to win "physical and psychological challenges". The UK adaptation has been commissioned by BBC One and BBC iPlayer and will run for 16 episodes.
Only one contestant will be crowned the Ultimate Survivor and take home a cash prize. The hour long episodes show the contestants divided into two “tribes” who battle it out to “out last” the other team until only one tribe remains.
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Kate Phillips, Director of Unscripted at the BBC, said: “Survivor is a global television hit and to be able to bring one of TV’s most successful formats to audiences in the UK in a uniquely BBC way is a very exciting prospect indeed.”
Survivor first came to the UK on ITV with two series running in 2001 and 2002. The show was hosted by Mark Austen for the first series, and cricketer Mark Nicholas for the second series.
The presenter for Survivor UK 2023 is yet to be announced. The BBC said further updates will be shared “in due course”.
The show was first created by British television producer Charlie Parsons and “is one of the most watched reality entertainment formats around the world”, the BBC states. It was first trialled in Sweden in 1997 and had 43 successful series aired in the U.S.
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