Gogglebox Ireland
Gogglebox Ireland is an Irish reality show, broadcast on Virgin Media One from 22 September 2016 onwards and a co-production between Kite Entertainment in Dublin and Studio Lambert in London. The series is based on the original UK version and features 15 groups of families and friends from around Ireland who react to Irish, British and American television shows broadcast in Ireland. As well as RTÉ, Virgin Media Television and TG4, British channels BBC One, BBC Two and Channel 4 are also available to ROI viewers so these are included in the programmes reviewed along with some broadcast on satellite channels such as Sky Showcase, TLC and MTV.
History
The show, which follows 15 groups of families and friends from Ireland, is part of the international Gogglebox franchise. It was ordered in early 2016 and premiered on TV3 airing fourteen episodes from Thursday 22 September 2016 until 29 December 2016 in series 1 and returning on Wednesday 8 February 2017 with series 2 which ended with a highlights episode subtitled 'Best Bits' on Wednesday 3 May 2017. Series three began on Wednesday 13 September 2017 - with repeats on Saturday nights at 10.30pm - and ended on Wednesday 22 November.The series broke new ground in the final episode of Series 1 when it featured cast's children and additional family members joining them to review the biggest TV show of the year in Ireland The Late Late Toy Show.
Following strong ratings, the series was renewed for a second series on 20 November 2016, which began broadcasting on 8 February 2017, consisting of twelve episodes and a highlights show. Series 2 saw the introduction of five new house holds from all around the country; Lauara and Aisling, Tadgh and Ettie, Shelly and John, Dawn and Dale and The Moran Family
Series 3 introduced two new households from Dublin City Centre and the Cooley Peninsula Jamie welcomed baby Cobey to the Cabra household while, in Navan, Loretta gave birth to baby Asha in early November.
In the final episode of Series 3, the cast of Daddy's Home 2 - Mel Gibson, John Lithgow, Will Ferrell and Mark Wahlberg - featured as a guest 'family' on the show and reviewed 'Ireland's Fittest Family', 'Fair City' and 'Stetsons and Stilettos.'
On 23 August 2018, it was announced that Gogglebox Ireland would return for a fourth series. The series returned to Virgin Media One on 5 September 2018.
Episodes
Series 8 (2022)
Series 6 (Featured Programmes)
Series 9 ( Featured Programme)
Series 10 Featured Programmes| Series- 1 | News at 5.30, Dead & Buried, The Gentle Art of Swedish Death Cleaning, The Answer Run, On The Beat, Prime Time, Dating Naked UK |
| Series- 2 | The Voice UK, News at 5.30, Love Is Blind UK, America’s New Female Right, Nico’s Cook In, Cook Out, EastEnders, Ireland’s Thalidomide Scandal, Chestnut Vs. Kobayashi: Unfinished Beef |
| Series- 3 | Fair City, This Morning, Skywalkers: A Love Story, Cheap irish Homes, BBC News at One, Emma Willis: Delivering Babies, Night Sleeper, The Grand Tour: One For The Road |
| Series- 4 | Ant and Decs Limitless Win, Dead & Buried, RTE Investigates: Inside the Protests, Married at First Sight UK, News at 5.30, Patrick A Young Traveller Lost, Celebrity SAS Who Dares Wins, Selling Sunset |
| Series- 5 | The Great British Bake Off, The Tower 3: Gallowstree Lane, Into the Jungle With Ed Stafford, Ireland AM, Our Lives: The Omagh Hum, Parole, First Dates, Will and Harper |
| Series- 6 | The Late Late Show, Married at First Sight UK, News at 12.30, My Feet Are Killing Me, Real Life With Lucy, Living Every Second, The Great British Bake Off, E.T The Extra Terrestrial |
| Series- 7 | Big Brother, Life Actually, Rick Stein Food Stories, Who Wants to Be a Millionaire, At Your Service, Coma, Caught in The Act: Unfaithful, Anorexia, My Family and Me |
| Series- 8 | The 2 Johnnies Late Night Lock In, Breakfast With Kay Burley, This Morning, Champions: Full Gallop, Love in The Country, UHL; Irelands Hospital Crisis, BBC NEws at Ten, Rivals |
| Series- 9 | Love Is Blind UK, Fair City, The Group Chat, Ramseys Kitchen Nightmares USA, The Case I Can't Forget: ATM Heist, Will and Ralph Should Know Better, Solar System, Smile |
| Series- 10 | Today With Daithi And Maura, Asia, Will You Marry Me?, Marys Fool Proof Dinners, I Cut Off His Penis: Truth Behind The Headlines, News at 12.30, Leathered: Violence in Irish Schools, Titanic |
Series 11 Featured Programme List
| Series- 1 | Who wants to be a millionare?, Eastenders, Conor Mcgregor pres, Danny Dyer: War on Men, Home Rescue, South Park, Dating Naked, Jaws |
| Series- 2 | Traitors Ireland, With Love Meghan, Eurovision Boycott RTE, The Girlfriend, The Late Late Show- Flatley, True North, My Stammer, My Story, The price of Perfection with Olivia Atwood, Unknown Number |
| Series- 3 | Fair City, Married at First Sight UK, Cheap Irish Homes, Trump UK visit RTE, Train Wreck Poop Cruise, This Morning, Task |
| Series- 4 | House of Guinness, Ru Paul's Drag Race, Prime Time, Untold: Ibiza Final Boss, The Walsh Sisters, Match Me Abroad, The trail of Richard Satchwell, Ireland AM |
| Series- 5 | Dragons Den, Dinner With The Enemy, The Voice US, Great British Bake Off, DIY SOS The Big Build Ireland, Nightmare of Nature, The Graham Norton Show, Wayward |
| Series- 6 | Living with Lucy, Love is Blind, Hunted, Gaza Ceasefire, Rebel Education, Monsters: ED Gein, Faithless, Come Dine With Me |
| Series- 7 | Beat The Chasers, BBC News at 10, Worlds Apart, Obituary, Made of Stone, Will AI Take My Job? Dispatches, The Morning, I Kissed A Boy |
| Series- 8 | Hollyoaks, RTE News, 2 Johnnies Late Night Lock In, Secret of Super Cheap Shopping, The Late Late Show - Westlife, Ambulance, Dr Pimple Popper, Sinners |
| Series- 9 | The Celebrity Traitors, Fair City, Irelands Fittest Family, Living With Lucy- Nicola Tallant, RTE News, Molly Mae, Game of Wool, IT: Welcome to Derry |
| Series- 10 |