Squid Game - The Challenge: Behind the scenes on the new Netflix reality show 

Following on from the success of the Squid Game drama series, over 400 people assembled in London for a reality show in which they take on real tests in the hope of winning the big cash prize, writes Esther McCarthy

Squid Game: The Challenge is on Netflix from November 22.

Squid Game was the smash-hit series that became a global sensation. Now it returns to our screens in a reality-TV show format like no other.

A total of 456 real players - among them, Irish competitors including Co Donegal TikTok star Eric Roberts - will enter the contest in pursuit of a life-changing prize of $4.56 million (€4.2m) in Netflix’s forthcoming Squid Game: The Challenge.