
In the middle of the Canadian wilderness, 28-year-old Louie is stalking a squirrel with a bow and arrow. It’s so quiet you can hear twigs snapping. The camera shakes slightly as he nocks, draws and fires.
It’s a hit. And while the prospect of watching a builder from the West Midlands lick the eyeballs out of a charred rodent’s head might normally be deeply distressing, this is just the latest twist in Channel 4’s newest reality TV series – and I am hooked.