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The show is filmed in the viewers homes by two small HD remote-control cameras<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.shooting-partners.co.uk/gogglebox-2/ |title=Gogglebox 2 |publisher=Shooting Partners |accessdate=2014-12-06 }}</ref> known as "hot heads" operated by a small team elsewhere in the home that have set up a temporary [[production control room]], the team consist of a producer/director, gallery operator, assistant, soundman, researcher (for live logging) and a [[Television crew#Runner|runner]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/academy/production/article/art20131104163905281 |title=I made... Gogglebox |last=Cahn |first=John |publisher=BBC |accessdate=2014-12-06 }}</ref>
The show is filmed in the viewers homes by two small HD remote-control cameras<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.shooting-partners.co.uk/gogglebox-2/ |title=Gogglebox 2 |publisher=Shooting Partners |accessdate=2014-12-06 }}</ref> known as "hot heads" operated by a small team elsewhere in the home that have set up a temporary [[production control room]], the team consist of a producer/director, gallery operator, assistant, soundman, researcher (for live logging) and a [[Television crew#Runner|runner]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/academy/production/article/art20131104163905281 |title=I made... Gogglebox |last=Cahn |first=John |publisher=BBC |accessdate=2014-12-06 }}</ref>


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Gogglebox
GenreReality
Directed byJon Cahn
Kayleigh Damen
Tom Hutchings[1]
StarringVarious Viewers
Narrated byCaroline Aherne
Craig Cash (stand-in)
Theme music composerKodaline – "Perfect World"
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of series4
No. of episodes42 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producerTania Alexander[2]
Camera setupDual cameras
Running time50 minutes (series 1–2)
60 minutes (series 3–)
Production companyStudio Lambert[3]
Original release
NetworkChannel 4
Release7 March 2013 (2013-03-07) –
present

Gogglebox is a British observational documentary, which has aired on Channel 4 since 7 March 2013. The show features recurring English couples, families and friends sitting in their living rooms watching weekly British television shows. The show won a BAFTA award in 2014.[4]

Production

The show is a production of Studio Lambert, a company run by British media executive Stephen Lambert, who was behind other Channel 4 shows such as Faking It, Wife Swap, Undercover Boss and The Secret Millionaire. The executive producer is Tania Alexander, who said the original idea was for the show to be a "mix of Harry Hill and The Royle Family".[2]

Farah Ramzan Golant, the boss of All3Media, said: "Everyone loves watching TV and talking about TV. But the show isn't really about TV. The show is about people's lives, their relationships, their living rooms and the way children and parents talk about TV. It's near real-time because you're watching what happened in the seven days before. That’s quite priceless. It captures a cultural response to something that's happening in the world. Gogglebox shows TV in people's living rooms is alive and well and thriving. It is asserting the indispensable role of TV in the fabric of people's lives."[3]

The show's current sponsor is Sofaworks.[5]

Filming

The show is filmed in the viewers homes by two small HD remote-control cameras[6] known as "hot heads" operated by a small team elsewhere in the home that have set up a temporary production control room, the team consist of a producer/director, gallery operator, assistant, soundman, researcher (for live logging) and a runner.[7]

Transmission

Season Episodes Originally aired
Series premiere Series finale
1 4 7 March 2013 (2013-03-07) 28 March 2013 (2013-03-28)
2 13 25 September 2013 (2013-09-25) 18 December 2013 (2013-12-18)
3 12 7 March 2014 (2014-03-07) 23 May 2014 (2014-05-23)
4 13 26 September 2014 (2014-09-26) 24 December 2014 (2014-12-24)
5 TBA 24 February 2015 (2015-02-24) TBA

==Viewers== 10,178,465

Current

Viewers Location Age(s) Duration Notes/ Notable Characteristics
Leon and June Bernicoff Liverpool 80 & 76 Series 1– They have been married for 54 years and are both retired teachers. Leon taught History and June taught English. Leon is something of a curmudgeon, whose behaviour and comments often wind June up.
Stephanie and Dominic Parker Sandwich, Kent 47 & 49 Series 1– They own and run an upmarket B&B and have had UKIP leader Nigel Farage stay in it.[8] They have appeared on an episode of Four in a Bed. The eccentric but light-hearted couple are always seen with an alcoholic drink in-hand. Dom will also be appearing on the second season of The Jump.[9]
The Tapper family Edgware, North London 46, 42, 17 & 14 Series 1– Husband and wife Jonathan and Nikki, and their children Josh and Amy (ages in order). Jonathan at one time ran a kosher restaurant in Golder's Green. The couple were spotted by a Gogglebox researcher after Nikki reached the final stages of Channel 4's Jewish Mum of The Year competition. They are members of Edgware Synagogue. They were seen celebrating Hanukkah on the episode on 19 December 2014.
Christopher Steed and Stephen Webb Brighton 45 & 42 Series 1– Both are hairdressers. The pair were in a relationship during series 1 but have since separated, though they remain close friends.[10] They like to take the mickey out of each other.
Sandy Channer and Sandra Martin Brixton 48 & 52[11] Series 1– With both women possessing larger-than-life personalities, they are often very loud and animated. The two friends are always seen enjoying a takeaway meal or some kind of snack.
Mohammed ('Sid'), Umar, Raza and Baasit Siddiqui Derby 69, 36, 35 & 31 Series 1– Ages in order. Akin to the Michael family (but perhaps more-so), the Siddiquis like to consider and discuss the more serious side of things.
The Woerdenwebers and "Silent" Jay The Wirral 50, 52, 19 & 21 Series 2– Husband and wife Ralph and Viv, Viv's daughter Eve and her boyfriend Jay.[12] Jay has become known for rarely moving and not talking during his entire time on the show, but broke his silence to root for Andrea in the 2014 X Factor semi-final by uttering the subsequent loser's name. Jay had his hair cut drastically shorter for the fourth series of the show.
Bill and Josef Cambridge Series 2– Board game champions: Josef had appeared on Countdown 30 years earlier,[13] and Bill is a former British Chess Champion.[14]
Annie and Marc Warwickshire Series 3– Annie was known to TV audiences in the 1970s as actress Ann Curthoys. She appeared in episodes of The Tomorrow People and The Sweeney both for Thames Television.
The Moffatt family County Durham Series 3– Husband and wife Mark and Betty, and daughter Scarlett (who previously appeared as part of Beauty School Cop Outs on MTV)
Kate and Graham Nottinghamshire Series 3– Kate is a vicar and can often be seen wearing her dog collar while watching TV. The couple's dog can usually be seen partly in shot, lying on the sofa next to them.
The Malones Manchester Series 4– New for Series 4, this Mancunian family replaced Linda and Pete McGarry and George Gilbey.
Jenny and Lee Pocklington Series 4– New for Series 4, They watch from a static caravan at a Haven holiday park[15]
David, Kye and James Reading Series 4– New for Series 4. They are flat mates and live in Reading.

Former

Viewers Location Age(s) Duration Notes
The Michael family Brighton 55, 52, 24 & 18 Series 1–4 Husband and wife Andrew and Carolyne, and their children Alexandra and Louis (ages in order)[16] They were axed after Andrew became a candidate for UKIP.
Linda and Pete McGarry and George Gilbey Clacton-on-Sea Series 2–3 The family were removed from the show as a result of (Linda's son) George's participation in the fourteenth series of Celebrity Big Brother.[17] They were told in advance of George's appearance on the Channel 5 show.
Gill and Helen Maidstone, Kent Series 2
Jeff and Tracey Tiverton, Devon Series 2
Audrey and Brenda Liverpool Series 2
Steven Dermott and Michael Wilcock Wigan 25 & 32 Series 1–2 Steven has previously appeared on Desperate Scousewives[18]
The Allen Sisters Essex Series 1–2
Chris and Colin Manchester Series 1

Awards

Award Year Result
BAFTA TV Award for "Reality & Constructed Factual Programme" 2014 Won
BAFTA TV Award for "Radio Times Audience Award" 2014 Nominated

International versions

Following the success of the British series, the rights to the show have been sold to Chinese (Jiangsu Television), Ukrainian (ICTV), Canadian (in Toronto),[19] and American broadcasters, with the American and Canadian versions called The People's Couch and aired on Bravo since 10 March 2014 (however a three-episode pilot run was aired in October 2013).[3][20]

Irish broadcaster TV3 will air an Irish version of Gogglebox. It will air in January 2015, in order to compete with the launch of UTV Ireland.[21] An Italian version of the show is scheduled to air on Mediaset in the autumn of 2014.[22] In Poland, the show will begin airing in autumn 2014 on TTV, who bought three-year broadcast rights.[23]

An Australian edition of the programme is set to air in 2015. It will be a co-production between pay TV provider Foxtel and commercial Network Ten. It will air on Foxtel's Lifestyle Channel first and 24 hours later it will air on Ten.[24]

References

  1. ^ "Gogglebox: Full Cast & Crew". Internet Movie Database. Retrieved 19 December 2013.
  2. ^ a b McNulty, Bernadette (18 December 2013). "Gogglebox: the TV show making Britain feel great". The Telegraph. Retrieved 19 December 2013.
  3. ^ a b c d Spanier, Gideon (18 December 2013). "Watching you, watching me: why C4 show Gogglebox is set to go global". London Evening Standard. Retrieved 19 December 2013.
  4. ^ "Bafta's view from the other side of the screen". Telegraph.co.uk. 18 May 2014.
  5. ^ "Sofaworks to sponsor Gogglebox as it moves to Friday night". Campaignlive.co.uk. 26 February 2014.
  6. ^ "Gogglebox 2". Shooting Partners. Retrieved 6 December 2014.
  7. ^ Cahn, John. "I made... Gogglebox". BBC. Retrieved 6 December 2014.
  8. ^ http://www.channel4.com/programmes/steph-and-dom-meet-nigel-farage
  9. ^ http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/30408557
  10. ^ Lang, Kirsty (6 November 2013). "Gogglebox: Get to know the families on their sofas watching for our entertainment on the hit Channel 4 show". Radio Times. Retrieved 3 April 2014.
  11. ^ Stevens, Christopher (14 March 2014). "Gogglebox's unlikely stars are back for a third series". DMG Media.
  12. ^ "EXCLUSIVE: Wirral's Gogglebox stars open their door to the Globe". Retrieved 6 December 2014.
  13. ^ "Josef Kollar - Countdown". Wiki.apterous.org. 29 November 1982. Retrieved 3 April 2014.
  14. ^ "Gogglebox star and chess champ Bill Hartston of Cambridge on the joys of appearing on bizarre Channel 4 show". Retrieved 6 December 2014.
  15. ^ "East Riding friends Jenny and Lee join Gogglebox cast on Channel 4". Hull Daily Mail. Retrieved 6 December 2014.
  16. ^ "Gogglebox's "token gay couple" review TV from their Brighton sofa". Retrieved 6 December 2014.
  17. ^ "George Gilbey Axed From Gogglebox After Celebrity Big Brother Stint". Digital Spy. 23 August 2014. Retrieved 23 August 2014.
  18. ^ "Programme Information: Gogglebox". Channel 4. 25 February 2013. Retrieved 19 December 2013.
  19. ^ "Gogglebox Canada casting call".
  20. ^ Plunkett, John (17 December 2013). "Channel 4 hit show Gogglebox goes global". The Guardian. Retrieved 19 December 2013.
  21. ^ "TV3 to make Irish version of 'Gogglebox'". BreakingNews.ie. 5 July 2014.
  22. ^ "Arriva "Gogglebox", lo show con protagoniste le famiglie italiane".
  23. ^ "TTV z trzyletnią licencją na "Gogglebox". "Format bijący rekordy"". Wirtualne Media. Retrieved 24 July 2014.
  24. ^ http://www.tvtonight.com.au/2014/10/gogglebox-to-premiere-on-foxtel-one-night-ten-the-next.html

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