Sky’s free-to-air channel will premiere the 13 x 60-minute series on 22 February – the first time it has exclusively aired a US network drama.

Siberia challenges 16 contestants with surviving the Siberian wilderness for the chance to win half a million dollars, but the competition goes terribly wrong.

The show was created by Matthew Arnold, who is the executive producer alongside Michael Ohoven, Slava N. Jakovleff and Chris Philip. It first aired on NBC in July 2013.

Siberia was acquired by Sky acquisitions manager Michael Whelan from Sierra / Engine.

Pick director Steven Ladlow said: “There’s not much the reality genre hasn’t covered, and Siberia imagines what could happen if something went drastically wrong. This mock-reality series is a unique drama.”