The Running Man (Laiorian game show)

The Running Man is a Laiorian reality game show to be broadcast on Tyla'agegar 1 from 2024. It is based on the cult Dryicoran show Juokse tai kuole, itself similar to the game show in the novel .

The show puts ten contestants on the run across the world along a vague course, offering KR 50 per hour survived, with a KR 1 000 000 prize to anyone who survives a total of thirty days without being caught by the team's "hunters".

Casting for the show is complete, with filming set to start in the summer, with a view to air in early 2024.

Format
Ten contestants are declared 'enemies of the State of Laioria' and, after having body cameras strapped to them, are sent on the run to loosely follow a course from the north to the south of the world (yet in practice no contestant would ever complete the full course). They must hitchhike, run, walk their way across the world. They are given KR 5 000 and a pocket video camera to start off with. For every hour survived, the contestant wins KR 50.

After 12 hours of amnesty, the Hunters, an elite team of ex-Secret Service and police officials, are sent out to use their experience to track them down, given powers akin to law enforcement.

The caveat is that contestants have to send two video messages a day back to Laioria for broadcasting; and to try to get to an agreed meeting point in the south of the world.

The contestant can travel anywhere they want as long as they try to follow a course similar to the one defined by producers. If they survive for thirty days, the contestant wins a grand prize of 10 000 000 Kr, and the Hunters call off the search.