Don't Scare the Hare
| Don't Scare the Hare | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Comedy |
| Presented by | Jason Bradbury |
| Voices of | Sue Perkins |
| Theme music composer |
Marc Sylvan Richard Jacques |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of series | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 9 |
| Production | |
| Producer(s) | Neil Gallery Tom Blakeson |
| Location(s) | MediaCityUK |
| Running time | 35 minutes |
| Production company(s) | Initial |
| Distributor | Endemol UK |
| Release | |
| Original network | BBC One |
| Picture format | 16:9 HDTV |
| Original release | 23 April – 22 October 2011 |
| External links | |
| Website | www |
Don't Scare the Hare is a 2011 British television game show produced by Initial (a subsidiary of Endemol UK) for the BBC, hosted by Jason Bradbury and narrated by Sue Perkins. The programme was aired on BBC One on Saturday evenings and was first transmitted on 23 April 2011, before the first episode of the 6th series of Doctor Who. This series had been planned to run for nine episodes but it was taken off air after six episodes because of poor ratings. The remaining three episodes were rescheduled for broadcast in October 2011.
In the show, contestants must compete in a series of challenges to win £15,000 of prize money; failure to complete questions and physical challenges risks "scaring" a giant robotic hare. The programme has been described by its host as "fantasy based toddler telly with an adult twist". It was the first series to be made at the BBC's new studios at MediaCityUK in Salford.
The show was piloted at BBC Television Centre in September 2009, with Jason Bradbury as host and Barry Davies providing a live voiceover.
The format underwent further development. In November 2010, the Manchester Evening News reported that television production company Endemol was producing a new game show for Saturday evenings at the area's new MediaCityUK studios. In December, The Guardian reported that a giant robotic hare had been seen at the complex in Salford. Jason Bradbury was named as host in January 2011, while some newspapers identified comedian Miranda Hart as the show's narrator. However, the role went to Sue Perkins.
Announcing Don't Scare the Hare, BBC Entertainment's executive editor Alan Tyler said the show "cleverly captures the spirit and fun of interactive family video games that has been sweeping the nation. [...] We're excited about bringing this experimental new format to early Saturday evenings on BBC One", while Nick Mather, head of entertainment at Endemol called the show "an innovative new format and said he was "highly excited to be making this large scale studio show for BBC One."
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