REALITY telly fans are in for a treat as the spin-off of a top UK series hits screens in a matter of days.
Channel 4 will soon air the Australian version of nail-biting survival series, Hunted.
Channel 4 will broadcast the Australian version of a hit UK reality TV show[/caption]
Hunted’s UK version began airing in 2015[/caption]
It sees groups of fugitives attempt to outwit the expert Hunters[/caption]
Brits will be able to watch the Australian version on Channel 4’s streaming service from September 20[/caption]
The broadcaster has announced viewers can watch the show on their streaming service from September 20.
Ramping up anticipation, it outlines the basis of the programme and states: “A group of Australians must go off the grid and attempt to evade capture from expert hunters for a chance of winning a lucrative cash prize.”
A total of 18 Aussies will take part and attempt to evade a team of hunters for 21 days.
In doing so, the civilians are going head to head with a team of professionals who attempt to track them down using cutting-edge technical surveillance.
Whichever group wins bags a cash prize, providing motivation for both hunters and fugitives to take the large scale game of hide-and-seek seriously.
Yet viewers of the Down Under instalment will be hoping the charm of the early series remains.
Recently, UK viewers blasted the 2024 season as “unrealistic.”
Complaints centred on the methods Hunters are allowed to use when searching for their targets.
At the time, one viewer hit out on social media and wrote: “I wonder what unrealistic action we will see the Hunters use today to catch the Fugitives.
“Such a shame that Channel 4 ruin such a cool programme with nonsense.”
Another moaned: “How fixed was that.”
Hunted first began airing in 2015 on Channel 4.
The most recent series ended on April 21, although it had been filmed back in summer 2022 and kept on the shelf.
In April, we reported how the broadcaster had delayed re-commissioning the long-running series.
Hunted: Winners of the UK series so far
HUNTED has been delighting Channel 4 viewers since 2015. Yet who are the winners of the long-running reality TV series?
- 2015: Lauren English, Emily Dredge, Stephen Hardiker and Martin Cole
- 2016: Nick Cummings and Ayo Adesina
- 2018: Daniel Murphy, Joseph Appleton, Bob Ayling and Alex Ayling
- 2019: The Hunters won for the first time
- 2020: Dan Ryder, Hayley Morrison, Rob Ellington and Ben Arrowsmith
- 2022: Nathan Falcon and Sarah Kibble
- 2024: Jaxon Feeley, Nicola Feeley and Sade Cooke
There have also been celebrity versions of the series.
Loose Women star Denise Welch was on the bill alongside her husband Lincoln Townley as well as Christine McGuinness teaming up with Blue popstar Duncan James.
It came after fans slammed the 2024 series as ‘unrealistic’[/caption]
The UK version has featured celeb spin-offs, which previously starred Georgie Toffolo and Stanley Johnson[/caption]
