About this season
Release the Hounds is a British television game show broadcast on ITV2 from October 2013 to February 2018. The show, hosted first by Reggie Yates and later by Matt Edmondson, culminates in the participants attempting to complete scary gruesome challenges in order to find keys to unlock chests containing money and then being chased by dogs in the hope of escaping and winning the cash prize.
Episodes (7)
1. TOWIE
Aired 9 February 2017
TOWIE stars Bobby Cole Norris, Pete Wicks and Chloe Sims face off against demented bin men, a warehouse full of evil toys and an army of clowns.
2. Love Island
Aired 16 February 2017
Love Island winners Cara De La Hoyde and Nathan Massey plus Love Islander Zara Holland. Swapping romance for horror, will couple Cara and Nathan stop bickering long enough to win any money for charity? Will Zara's fear of everything scupper her chances? The hounds of love are calling!
3. Union J
Aired 23 February 2017
The X-Factor Union J stars Josh Cuthbert, Jaymi Hensley and JJ Hamblett enter the deep dark woods. Can they work together as a team and win big money for charity or will one of them be going solo? In Eastern Europe no one can hear a boyband scream.
4. YouTube
Aired 2 March 2017
YouTube superstars Alfie Deyes, Joe Sugg and Marcus Butler might have millions of fans but no one is following them into this forest. The vloggers must deal with a brutal assault course, diabolical speed dating and a haunted playground. Watch with the lights on.
5. I'm A Celebrity...
Aired 9 March 2017
Experienced I'm A Celeb'ers Stacey Solomon, Hugo Taylor and David Morgan have all handled the jungle but what about the mental terror of the forest…and the hounds? Only a mad stalker, an evil pumpkin man and Joe Swash stand between them and winning for charity.
6. Geordie Shore
Aired 16 March 2017
Geordie Shore's Marnie Simpson, Chloe Ferry and Nathan Henry swap Newcastle for Eastern Europe and try to outrun the Hounds. If they can overcome a mutant baby, some half-finished clones and Chloe's constant flirting with Reggie they might stand a chance.
7. The Box
Aired 23 March 2017
Reggie Yates watches on as another team of celebrities try and out run the hounds. The Box's AJ Odudu, Maya Jama and Will Best must face the sausage maker from hell, a zombie scientist and the world's creepiest bird watcher.