Shock Treatment is a reality entertainment documentary shown in 2005 on Sky One in the UK and Fox Reality in the U.S. It stars Rutger Hauer as the fictional Dr. John Templeton. 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Sky One is one of British Sky Broadcastings entertainment channels in the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland. ... Fox Reality is a reality TV network on U.S. cable and satellite. ... United States is the current Good Article Collaboration of the week! Please help to improve this article to the highest of standards. ... Rutger Hauer Rutger Oelsen Hauer is a Dutch actor, born January 23, 1944 in Breukelen, the Netherlands. ...

In this show, four volunteers are challenged to stay for 48 hours in a disused mental asylum and endure a series of mental challenges designed to test their courage. Such challenges include facing violence, snakes, electrocution, the dark, drowning, disgust, heights, spiders, pain, and inflicting pain on others. A cast of actors and stuntmen are used to increase the realism of the challenges, while psychological tricks and illusions aim to convince the volunteers that they are really facing their worst fears. They can forfeit a challenge at any time by pressing a buzzer which they hold with them. A psychiatric hospital (also called a mental hospital or asylum) is a hospital specializing in the treatment of persons with mental illness. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... A stunt double is a type of body double, specifically a skilled replacement used for dangerous film or video sequences, in movies and television (such as jumping out of a building, jumping from vehicle to vehicle, or other similar actions), and for other sophisticated stunts (especially fight scenes). ...

When not performing a challenge, the volunteers are escorted to their cells by unknown masked men who never talk, to create an environment of stress and panic. The volunteers also have to stay the night in their cells in complete darkness, while screams and shouts further unsettle the volunteers.

The volunteers are also allowed to leave the asylum at any time should they be unable to continue, but those that stay to the end are rewarded with the knowledge that they have faced their greatest fears.

External links

• Sky One Shock Treatment Site
• Fox Reality Shock Treatment Site