The Akabusi-Martins' mystery box comes with an ice-bath threat

Channel 4's sponsored Changing Lanes challenge added around 90,000 views in a day after a modest start.

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Channel 4 Story of November 13, 2026Trari Newsroom

Why this story? The video is running at 90,509 views a day, 43 times its usual pace (2,126).

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Identifying the sweets is only half the task. Resisting them proves harder: once the Akabusi-Martin children work out what's inside the mystery box, they start sampling its contents. "Stop, they're eating the props," the narrator says.

Channel 4's Changing Lanes clip puts the family through a guessing game with an uncomfortable incentive. Reach inside, identify the hidden object by touch and avoid an ice bath. The segment is made in partnership with Kwik Fit.

Bread, dirt and rubber toy snakes are among the things the children correctly identify. Then Dad encounters something less cooperative: cold, dry porridge. His guess is bolognese.

"Can't we just pretend it's bolognese for this one time?" he asks, trying to negotiate his way out of the forfeit.

Published five days ago, the clip has suddenly drawn far more views than its usual daily trickle. Its first day brought fewer than a thousand views; this latest day's increase accounts for most of its audience so far. Inside the game, though, Dad's problem is rather simpler: a bin filled with icy water.

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