Ex Rangers Star Paul Gascoigne confirmed for ‘dark’ new reality show

Paul Gascoigne will be joined by seven other celebrities who have signed up for the show, hosted by Danny Dyer.

Scared of The Dark will follow the celebs as they live in The Bunker, a purpose-built living space designed to block out any light and rigged with 50 infrared cameras.

The stars will attempt to stay in the pitch-black reality space for eight days and adjust to their living conditions.

To leave The Bunker the celebrities must simply shout “I’m Scared of The Dark” and they are escorted into the light.

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Staff will live in the pitch dark (Image: Sourced)

They will also be given a series of challenges designed to test either their primal fear of total darkness or their ability to function in the pitch black.

Those that fail at their challenges will have to take on herculean tasks to save their place on the show.

Each celebrity will be motivated to conquer their fears because at the end only one will step out into the light as series winner.

The celebrities entering into the dark along with Paul include retired pro-boxer Nicola Adams, reality star Chloe Burrows, professional boxer Chris Eubank, singer Max George, comedian Chris McCausland, TV personality Scarlett Moffatt, and actress Donna Preston.

On hosting, Danny Dyer said: “This is possibly one of the most bizarre things I’ve ever done in my career, and I have done a lot of mad things.

“Throw in a bunch of celebs and make them do things with the lights off – it’s proper good telly. You’re gonna laugh, you’re gonna laugh some more and I promise you’re gonna love it”

Watching over the celebs every move is clinical psychiatrist Dr. Tharaka Gunarathne who says “one the hardest challenges the celebrities face is dealing with the unknown; their psychological sense of uncertainty is at an all-time high.

“When you can’t see, your brain fills in the blanks and often imagines the worse. “When you switch off the lights your ability to stay safe is suddenly threatened and that is what makes this particularly frightening.”

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Scared of the Dark is produced by ITV Studios label, MultiStory Media, from an original idea by Possessed, and was commissioned for Channel 4 by Tom Beck, Head of Live Events with Phil Harris, Head of Entertainment and Events.

Executive Producers on the series are Glenn Hugill, Simone Haywood and Jon Cahn.

The series was commissioned from Channel 4’s Global Format Fund, the ringfenced spend designed to stimulate the creation of original new formats from UK-based indies for UK and International audiences. ITV Studios will handle global distribution.