You're Back in the Room

You're Back in the Room
Genre	Game show
Presented by	Phillip Schofield
Starring	Keith Barry
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language(s)	English
No. of series	2
No. of episodes	8
Production
Running time	60 minutes (inc. adverts)
Production company(s)	Tuesday's Child
Release
Original network	ITV, STV, UTV
Picture format	16:9 (HDTV)
Audio format	Stereo
Original release	14 March 2015 (2015-03-14) – present
External links
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You're Back in the Room is a British television game show that has been broadcasting on ITV since 14 March 2015. The show is hosted by Phillip Schofield and stars Keith Barry.

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

Episodes

Series 1 (2015)

Episode No.	Guests	Airdate	Viewers (millions)
1	Ed Baines, Paul Rankin, Lesley Waters, Aldo Zilli	14 March 2015 (2015-03-14)	4.24
2	Samia Smith, Nigel Pivaro, Jack P. Shepherd, Ryan Thomas	21 March 2015 (2015-03-21)	4.06
3	Joe Swash, Vicki Michelle, Vincent Simone	28 March 2015 (2015-03-28)	3.93
4	Diversity	4 April 2015 (2015-04-04)	3.24

Series 2 (2016)

Episode No.	Guests	Airdate	Viewers (millions)
1	Andrea McLean, Linda Robson, Sherrie Hewson, Nadia Sawalha and Kaye Adams	12 March 2016 (2016-03-12)	3.20
2	Chris Kamara	19 March 2016 (2016-03-19)	3.16
3	Joey Essex and Carl Fogarty	2 April 2016 (2016-04-02)	2.58
4	Anthony Cotton and Jennie McAlpine	9 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]". 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. 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". Ben Travis of the Evening Standard described the show as "watchably daft". Benji Wilson from The Daily Telegraph gave the show a very positive review, opining that it is "significantly funnier than anything else on TV".

The show has been criticised by some hypnotists, such as Mark Powlett and Liz McElligott (chief executive of the National Hypnotherapy Society), who have claimed that it is not possible to use hypnosis to make people do things against their will and that contestants are merely play acting. Keith Barry has asserted that all contestants are genuinely hypnotised and ITV have said that "duty of care to the contestants was always of paramount importance", and that the show follows regulations of Ofcom and the 1952 Hypnotism Act.

International versions

Australia

An Australian version of You're Back in the Room, hosted by Daryl Somers, will screen in 2016 on the Nine Network. Keith Barry will be the hypnotist in this version as well as the British edition.

France

A French version, Hypnose le Grand Jeu (Hypnosis, the Big Game), hosted by Stephane Rotenberg and Cyrille Arnaud, the hypnotist, the first episode aired on 9 October 2015 on W9 and the second episode on 30 December 2015 on M6.

Colombia

A Colombian version, Hipnosis un juego de mente (Hypnosis, a mind game), will be adapted by RCN Television in 2016 and presented by Victor Mallarino and Colombian-Egyptian hypnotist Mustafa Badawy.

Slovenia

A Slovenian version, Hipnoza dobra zabava (Hypnosis Good Fun), will be adapted by POP TV in 2016 and presented by Boštjan Romih.

United States

An American version of You're Back in the Room will air on FOX later in 2016 hosted by Taye Diggs and featuring Keith Barry as hypnotist.

External links

• You're Back in the Room at IMDb
• You're Back in the Room at British Comedy Guide
• You're Back in the Room at UKGameshows.com