Graham Norton's new ITV show The Neighbourhood is set to rival Claudia Winkleman's The Traitors, according to Ed Daggett, Development Executive at Lifted Entertainment. The 11-part series features six households living on a real street in the Peak District, competing in large-scale challenges for a £250,000 prize. Producers have actively encouraged cut-throat behavior, with contestants secretly voting rivals out by placing a 'For Sale' sign outside the house of the person they wish to evict, according to reports.
The show was filmed last year in the Peak District, with filming taking place around the clock for three weeks, according to reports. Graham Norton oversees events and stirs the pot via a group WhatsApp chat, according to reports. Norton admitted he couldn't turn down the opportunity to front the series, according to reports.
Welcome to The Neighbourhood. Where you are now - this is Keep Your Enemies Close, and this is the hub of the show where all the drama, tensions and laughs will unfold right here.
The Neighbourhood features large-scale challenges including an oversized clothesline task and a sprint involving 2,500 garden gnomes, according to reports. Ed Daggett expressed hopes that the show could rival The Traitors, saying: "The Traitors has been absolutely phenomenal in terms of the way it's attracted reality fans and people who may not normally come to reality shows. Of course, we would want to come close to that sort of success."
The six households competing are The Scouse Haus, The Bradons, The Kandolas & Samra, The Lozman Sturrocks, The Pescuds, and The Uni Boys. The Kandolas and Samra were eliminated in the first episode, and a new household, the Campbell Grahams, moved in after the elimination. The Campbell Grahams are made up of Donna, a 43-year-old firefighter; Ken, a 43-year-old youth mentor and sports coach; and Thai, a 20-year-old who works in hospitality and catering. The Scouse Haus consists of Lyndsey and Louise, twins from Liverpool who previously appeared on Channel 4's Taskmaster and have over 90,000 followers on TikTok, along with Lyndsey's girlfriend Rosie. The trio live together in central Liverpool.
You are the first people in the world to get a sneak peek at The Neighbourhood, and it's a show that I'm really excited to be at the helm of.
Contestants shared their motivations for winning the prize money. According to Daily Mirror - Main, Rosie described the money as life-changing, saying she would use it for a house deposit, IVF treatment, and getting married. According to Daily Mirror - Main, Louise described wanting to take their ill mother on holiday and use the money for their business. According to Daily Mirror - Main, Donna described the Campbell Grahams' plan to move to Thailand with the prize money. According to Daily Mirror - Main, Ken described wanting to retire in Thailand and open a chip shop, while Thai joked that no one would go to Ken's chip shop and it would get a one-star food rating. According to Daily Mirror - Main, Ken said they just want to enjoy the experience, and Donna said their strategy is to be themselves. According to Daily Mirror - Main, Thai admitted she can't stand losing.
Anyone that knows me will know that as much as I enjoy my job, I'm also very lazy, so when the brilliant teams from Lifted Entertainment and The Garden asked me in for the pitch, I thought, well I'll do that but then I'll say no.
And then as I was sitting there, I thought oh this is really good. I have to say yes to this, so here I am.
It has that combination of big challenges and also all the behind-the-scenes, behind-the-doors 24/7 filming, combining those with a life-changing prize of £250,000, and I was hooked. Being here, you get the scale of this competition - it really is extraordinary.
The Traitors has been absolutely phenomenal in terms of the way it's attracted reality fans and people who may not normally come to reality shows. Of course, we would want to come close to that sort of success.
We always say we don’t want our every day to look the same. I feel like when the opportunity came up we were like, ‘Of course’.
We’ve got to do it. What other chance would you get to do something as mad as this? Let’s do it.
Where I am now in my life, I’m hitting dead ends and that money would be life changing for me. I'd be able to put a deposit down on a house, and think about getting IVF treatment to have a baby at some point in my life. And getting married would be a possibility because where I’m at now, it’s not.
Me and Lyndsey want to take our mum on holiday. She’s a bit ill, so we wanted to take her on holiday and let her see places and make memories and also use it for our business.
One of the loveliest things about the show is seeing households who would never meet in real life, not only meeting but forming proper bonds of friendship. There are a few moments in the show that really do bring a tear to my eye because it's just so genuine, so lovely and properly heartwarming. It's such an odd word to describe a show like this but it's properly wholesome. There's something about the bright colours, being out in the countryside and the genuine bonds that you see created.
We are looking to move to Thailand, so that would help.
I want to retire in Thailand and open my own chip shop in Thailand.
Oh my God - no one is going there, I’ll tell you that for free! It’s going to have one star on the food rating.
We just want to enjoy the experience.
And be ourselves. That’s our strategy, to go in and be ourselves.
I can’t stand losing.