Freeze the Fear with Wim Hof

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Freeze the Fear with Wim Hof
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Genre Reality
Directed by
  • Sabeh Bali
  • Alex Reynolds
Presented by
Starring Wim Hof
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes6
Production
Executive producers
  • Dan Baldwin
  • Chantal Boyle
  • Olly Nash
Producers
  • Sabeh Bali
  • Alex Reynolds
  • Joe Cummins
  • Emily Offord
  • James Pratt
  • Tom Wackett
  • Hannah Breheny
  • James Ellender
Production location Northern Italy
Production company Hungry Bear Media
Original release
Network BBC One
Release12 April (2022-04-12) 
17 May 2022 (2022-05-17)

Freeze the Fear with Wim Hof is a British reality television competition series presented by Holly Willoughby and Lee Mack. The series began broadcasting on BBC One on 12 April 2022. [1]

Contents

The series follows eight celebrities who are trained by Dutch extreme athlete and motivational speaker Wim Hof, to complete a series of challenges in sub-zero temperatures that tests the participants both physically and mentally. [1]

Production

In August 2021, it was announced that the BBC had ordered a competition series by Wim Hof, to be presented by Holly Willoughby and Lee Mack. [2] [3] In March 2022, the series title Freeze the Fear with Wim Hof and the participants were announced. [1]

The series is executive produced by Dan Baldwin for Hungry Bear Media, and is distributed by BBC Studios. [2] [1]

Cast

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Participants

Spin-off

In March 2022, it was announced that a spin-off show called Munya and Filly Get Chilly would be aired alongside the series, presented by Munya Chawawa and Yung Filly on BBC Three. [4] The show features behind-the-scenes content and interviews with the presenters and the participants of the series. [5]

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