{"id":39268,"date":"2023-11-07T11:34:12","date_gmt":"2023-11-07T10:34:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1921051"},"modified":"2023-11-07T13:07:31","modified_gmt":"2023-11-07T12:07:31","slug":"squid-game-the-challenge-is-on-the-cover-of-this-weeks-radio-times","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/squid-game-the-challenge-is-on-the-cover-of-this-weeks-radio-times\/","title":{"rendered":"Squid Game: The Challenge is on the cover of this week\u2019s Radio Times"},"content":{"rendered":"

Netflix’s South Korean drama was a global hit \u2013 now it has been turned into the world’s biggest game show. <\/p>

By Laura Rutkowski\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Tuesday, 07 November 2023 at 10:34 AM<\/p>

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It was the most unlikely television hit of recent years. The 2021 South Korean drama Squid Game<\/a> about a game show where the outcome for everyone who took part \u2013 bar the winner \u2013 was death. Put like that, it seems bleak, but Netflix\u2019s hit tapped into our post-pandemic imagination by touching on our deepest fears.<\/p>\n

The 456 contestants were chosen because they\u2019d fallen on hard times, and the prize of 4.56 billion KRW was the dream of untold riches. The fact that their fate rested on the whims of a malevolent taskmaster made it all seem more capricious. The green tracksuits and masks added a surreal touch of which Wes Anderson would be proud. The show, like its success, was extraordinary.<\/p>\n

Now Netflix has decided to take Squid Game to the next level of strangeness by turning a drama about a game show into a reality show itself. Made by Studio Lambert, the company that makes Gogglebox, Squid Game: The Challenge<\/a> sees 456 real people playing Squid Game for fun.<\/p>\n

No one dies, you will be relieved to hear. Although when we say fun, that\u2019s a relative term, because $4.56 million is on the line for the winner. The jeopardy in that sense is very real.<\/p>

In the new issue of Radio Times magazine<\/strong>, Mark Lawson, who was given a rare preview of the show, talks to the makers of Squid Game: The Challenge and explores some of the problems they faced. As the man behind the programme, Stephen Lambert, says, \u201cTo have a hugely successful drama that includes a game that could be played for real gave an almost unique opportunity for crossover. Although it throws up a lot of problems to play it for real.\u201d<\/p>\n

Find out how Lambert resolved those difficulties in our feature in the latest Radio Times<\/strong>. Has Netflix broken the fourth wall or jumped the shark? Tune in on 22nd November and you can decide.<\/p>\n

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