Gogglebox Ireland

VMs own planner/EPG had it down for only 30 minutes, so I guess Sky can't be blamed for having bad information. But it was the full hour. Will be repeated a few times over the weekend so anyone who missed should be able to catch it.

Looks like Paudie and Andrew and his wife possibly will be on it.

is that gogglebox finished now until next September again?

I imagine it's about the cheapest programme you can make, it's a pity they dont do more of it.

I 'discovered' gogglebox about 7 years ago, despite thinking it was a ridiculous idea. I came in from work one cold November evening, put on the telly, Gogglebox Ireland was starting and I didnt have the energy to go looking for something else. 5 minutes in and I was hooked and spent a lot of the 30 minutes laughing. I sort of have cozy memories of it. Like what the Danes call Hygge.

Staff in the house? For all recordings? That would be hugely intrusive, surely?

Yeah, I was surprised. Don't really want to give a family member away, but that's how it was explained to me.
Their role was to be on-site for the entire recording process ('hiding in the kitchen', but watching on camera). It was apparently a change of procedure from previous series'.
Thinking about it I never asked if was just for the new families, or also the long-term regulars.

I watched an interview with one of the UK goggleboxers and he said the recording isn’t as long as you’d expect. It they are watching The Traitors for example, he said they get shown a 5min introduction and maybe 15min of the actual programme and then maybe the very last bit with the credits rolling. So it’s not as intrusive as you’d imagine