The first episode received overnight ratings of 1.93 million viewers , a 15 % audience share . Although hot weather was given as a possible reason for the low ratings , it was reported that many viewers were unimpressed with the show , assuming it was a one-off to tie in with Easter ( since the tagline used to promote the show was " this year , the Easter bunny has competition " ) , and were surprised to learn that more episodes were scheduled to be broadcast . Justin Mason , critic for ATV , said , " I do n't think I 've quite seen anything like '' Do n't Scare the Hare '' . I was wondering who on earth dreamt up the idea ... it looked like a cheap , children 's quiz-show that would be better placed on CBeebies than prime-time BBC One . " Jim Shelley of the '' Daily Mirror '' was equally as critical , summing up his review as follows : " The idiots playing might have enjoyed themselves but even toddlers would have found the games dull and Jason creepy . " A review in '' The Stage '' observed : " The actual games are pretty feeble and uninspired , leaving the poor hare and his robotic novelty value to carry the show . Unfortunately , the hare is far from impressive either . Doctor Who 's tin dog K9 managed more personality and manoeuvrability , and he was operating within the confines of seventies technology . " John Anson of the '' Lancashire Evening Post '' opined : " If you ’re going to have a gimmick in your game show at least make it entertaining . Surely this is a programme which would have been ideal for CBeebies . Make the questions simple , involve bunches of kids and hey , presto it works ... But primetime Saturday night viewing it ai n’t . " Digital Spy 's Alex Fletcher noted : " Not since the days of '' Mr Blobby '' and '' Ice Warriors '' have weekends been filled with such peculiar antics . " The second episode , aired on 30 April , achieved an audience of 1.39 m ( 10.5 % ) . By the fourth episode , the viewing audience had declined to 900,000 viewers ( a 5.9 % audience share ) . Because the show has been so poorly received , BBC One decided to reschedule it to an earlier timeslot , beginning on 14 May . Do n't Scare the Hare was moved from 17:25 to 16:40 , while the second series of '' So You Think You Can Dance ? '' – whose ratings have also struggled – was aired earlier . The schedule change was spurred on by the broadcast of the '' 2011 Eurovision Song Contest '' , which aired on 14 May . On the previous day , 13 May , the BBC had announced that the series would be cancelled after only three episodes had been aired . Speaking about the programme on an edition of '' BBC Breakfast '' , the BBC ’s entertainment controller Mark Linsey said : " Obviously Hare is not going well . It was a huge risk we took – it ’s co-hosted by an animatronic hare – and while it ’s proved successful with children , we were hoping there would be enough knowingness within the show to draw in the adults . There was n’t enough of that , which is where it fell down . " The final 3 episodes which had n't aired were rescheduled for October
2011 Eurovision Song Contest
Eurovision Song Contest 2011
Don't Scare the Hare