Where is Squid Game: The Challenge filmed?

The highly-anticipated second season of Squid Game: The Challenge has finally arrived on Netflix, providing viewers with a high-octane, stress-inducing watch.

The first four episodes are now available to watch, introducing viewers to brand new games and a new eclectic mix of contestants, all vying for a chance to win $4.56 million.

The BAFTA winning reality series picks up after the conclusion of the drama series earlier this year, which certainly left viewers hungry for more action, albeit less deadly.

From Marbles to the Circle of Trust, viewers are likely wondering how Squid Game: The Challenge's producers went about recreating the original dystopian show's iconic sets.

Read on for everything you need to know about the Squid Game: The Challenge filming locations.

Where is Squid Game: The Challenge filmed?

Squid Game: The Challenge was filmed at Wharf Studios in London.

A total of six interconnected sound stages were taken up by production to allow players to live inside a "completely immersive world".

The only point of the show where filming took place elsewhere was during the Red Light, Green Light game, during season 1.

Red Light, Green Light was filmed at Cardington Studios in Bedford, Europe's largest indoor space. At over 100,000 square feet, the space was previously used to build airships and zeppelins in the 1920s and '30s.

A lot of work went into making the competition look just as it did in the drama series, including items that were CGI'd into the original drama.

For example, the piggy bank that the players see fill up with money every time a contestant is eliminated was created for the very first time for Squid Game: The Challenge.

The same goes for the trap doors in the Glass Bridge challenge.

Speaking about replicating the challenge, Squid Game: The Challenge’s production designer Mathieu Weekes told RadioTimes.com: "We were really strict with the lighting levels and blacking everything out.

"Even the stairwell to get to the bridge was blacked out, so the contestants had no idea how far up they were, to fully tap into the fear of the unknown as they reached the 'glass' panels to cross."

Games designer Ben Norman added: "We did initially go down the route of seeing if we could do it with glass.

"But it was a huge battle of safety, and without a shadow of a doubt, you could tell the difference between glass that could hold someone and glass that couldn't.

"We looked at other options, like using sugar glass, but trapdoors were the final idea."

The first four episodes of Squid Game: The Challenge season 2 are available to watch now on Netflix. Sign up for Netflix from £5.99 a month. Netflix is also available on Sky Glass and Virgin Media Stream.

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