A British
reality TV series, sometimes abbreviated to ITRC (in the rat cave), in which a number of celebrities live together in a sweaty cave
environment for a number of weeks, competing to be crowned "King" or "Queen of the Cave".
The show was originally created in the
United Kingdom by the factual programmes department of CooperDigital then London franchise, London Weekend Television (LWT) and developed by a team including Oliver Cooper, Natalka Znak, Brent Baker and Stewart Morris. The first episode aired on 22 June 2009 hosted by Oliver Cooper (The original rat king).