Squid Game: The Challengeappears to have launched with a splash in the UK.
Four other episodes ofSquid Game: The Challengealso scored more than 1M viewers.
The shows second installment came closest to episode ones performance with almost 1.7M viewers.
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The UK streaming figures echodata coming out of America.
Two contestants told Deadline last weekthat the show was so faithfully recreated it was like stepping into the screen.
It definitely exceeded my expectations because the set was so realistic, said Lorenzo Nobilio (player 161).
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It was a fully immersive experience … you actually feel youre going to die for real.
