Bridget & Eamon
Bridget & Eamon | |
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Genre | Sitcom |
Written by | Jason Butler Bernard O'Shea Jennifer Maguire |
Directed by | Jason Butler |
Starring | Jennifer Maguire Bernard O'Shea Norma Sheahan Edwin Sammon |
Country of origin | Ireland |
Original language | English |
No. of seasons | 3 |
No. of episodes | 18 + 2 Christmas specials |
Production | |
Executive producers | Bernard O'Shea Jennifer Maguire |
Producer | Jason Butler |
Cinematography | Eleanor Bowman |
Editor | Bob Caldwell |
Running time | 25 minutes |
Production company | Pure Class Productions |
Original release | |
Network | RTÉ Two |
Release | 1 February 2016 |
Bridget & Eamon is an Irish sitcom that first aired on RTÉ Two on 1 February 2016, having previously aired as a RTÉ Player-exclusive series. It is based on the Bridget & Eamon sketches that featured on the Republic of Telly comedy review show.[1] The show centres on 1980s husband and wife played by Bernard O'Shea and Jennifer Maguire.[2][3]
The show won the IFTA for Best Comedy at the IFTA GALA Television 2016 awards. The show's director Jason Butler also won the IFTA for Best Director Soap / Comedy.[4]
It is produced with the support of investment incentives for the Irish Film Industry provided by the Government of Ireland, and filmed on location in Ireland.[5]
Plot
Bridget and Eamon are an unhappily married 1980s Irish couple. They live in the Midlands with their indeterminate number of children. The series follows their lives.
Cast
Main cast
- Jennifer Maguire as Bridget
- Bernard O'Shea as Eamon
- Norma Sheahan as Noreen
- Edwin Sammon as Father Gabriel
Episodes
Season 1
No. in series | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | |
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1 | "The Trócaire Box" | Jason Butler | Jennifer Maguire, Jason Butler & Bernard O'Shea | February 1, 2016 | |
Eamon always spends the money from the Trócaire box so Fr. Gabriel is keeping an eye on him this year. Bridget hosts a Tupperware party that goes disastrously wrong when illegal condoms are delivered instead. | |||||
2 | "The Divorce Referendum" | Jason Butler | Jennifer Maguire, Jason Butler & Bernard O'Shea | February 8, 2016 | |
The couple are chosen to be on the poster for the forthcoming divorce referendum, but Phelim returns home from the United States with shocking news about his marriage. | |||||
3 | "The Lottery" | Jason Butler | Jennifer Maguire, Jason Butler & Bernard O'Shea | February 15, 2016 | |
The National Lottery could be the answer to the couple's financial troubles, but Bridget is unhappy when the syndicate they form with their neighbours wins. | |||||
4 | "The Job" | Jason Butler | Jennifer Maguire, Jason Butler & Bernard O'Shea | February 22, 2016 | |
When Eamon loses his job, Bridget must get her first one ever. Eamon accidentally joins the IRA. | |||||
5 | "The Last Day of the Cigarettes" | Jason Butler | Jennifer Maguire, Jason Butler & Bernard O'Shea | October 31, 2004 | |
The television can now receive British channels. When the TV licence inspector appears at the door, Bridget puts the house into lockdown. Bridget becomes very angry when she runs out of cigarettes. | |||||
6 | "The La-sag-ne" | Jason Butler | Jennifer Maguire, Jason Butler & Bernard O'Shea | February 29, 2016 | |
Bridget is a finalist in the Housewife of the Year competition, and Eamon goes to extreme lengths to maximise her chance of winning. |
Season 2
No. in series | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | |
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1 | "New Best Friends" | Jason Butler | Jennifer Maguire, Jason Butler & Bernard O'Shea | November 14, 2016 | |
2 | "The Election" | Jason Butler | Jennifer Maguire, Jason Butler & Bernard O'Shea | November 21, 2016 | |
Eamon runs for the local election helped by Billy the builder, but when Bridget runs against Eamon, the battle between husband and wife becomes personal. | |||||
3 | "The Salon" | Jason Butler | Jennifer Maguire, Jason Butler & Bernard O'Shea | November 28, 2016 | |
Eamon cuts Bridget's hair and she is very pleased with the result. She sets up a salon in the Good Room. Her friends visit to have their hair cut by Eamon, ignoring Bridget. | |||||
4 | "Who Called?" | Jason Butler | Jennifer Maguire, Jason Butler & Bernard O'Shea | December 5, 2016 | |
When Bridget and Eamon miss a phone call, they scramble to find out who it was from before the news spreads out of control. | |||||
5 | "The Moving Statue" | Jason Butler | Jennifer Maguire, Jason Butler & Bernard O'Shea | December 12, 2016 | |
The couple start a lucrative business when the holy statue in their front room begins to move every hour, but Father Gabriel doubts that it is a genuine miracle. | |||||
6 | "The Irish Summer" | Jason Butler | Jennifer Maguire, Jason Butler & Bernard O'Shea | December 19, 2016 | |
The sun is out. The Irish summer has started and it will not last, so Bridget and Eamon get out there fast...using cooking oil as suntan lotion. | |||||
7 | "Bridget & Eamon's Christmas Special" | Jason Butler | Jennifer Maguire, Jason Butler & Bernard O'Shea | December 24, 2016 | |
On St. Stephen's Day, Eamon's mother arrives to make her daughter-in-law's life even more miserable. Bridget accidentally cuts her neck with an electric carving knife, then deliberately cuts her neck with it a few more times, killing her. She becomes a zombie. |
Season 3
No. in series | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | |
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1 | "Where There's a Will..." | Jason Butler | Jennifer Maguire, Jason Butler & Bernard O'Shea | September 19, 2017 | |
Bridget's mother has a new Turkish boyfriend who is 32 years younger than her. She tells Bridget that she is rewriting her will in favour of her boyfriend, so Eamon makes him leave by using a turd on a stick. Eamon reveals to Bridget and her mother that he has been in love with her mother since before he married Bridget. | |||||
2 | "The Radio Station" | Jason Butler | Jennifer Maguire, Jason Butler & Bernard O'Shea | September 26, 2017 | |
Bridget and Eamon take over the airwaves when they start a pirate radio station in their front room. | |||||
3 | "The Camogie Team" | Jason Butler | Jennifer Maguire, Jason Butler & Bernard O'Shea | October 3, 2017 | |
4 | "The Video Shop" | Jason Butler | Jennifer Maguire, Jason Butler & Bernard O'Shea | October 10, 2017 | |
Eamon has got a VHS video cassette recorder. The whole town want to rent it off him, but he and Bridget try to satisfy the demand for films by opening a video shop. There is a lot of demand for blue movies, so the couple decide to make one, despite not knowing what they are. | |||||
5 | "The Census" | Jason Butler | Jennifer Maguire, Jason Butler & Bernard O'Shea | October 17, 2017 | |
Bridget's job with the census gives her information to blackmail half the town, but Eamon has bigger ideas. Some of the neighbours find out that the couple are second cousins, but they say that is common knowledge, and they were granted dispensation to marry in a Catholic church. | |||||
6 | "The Trip to Lourdes" | Jason Butler | Jennifer Maguire, Jason Butler & Bernard O'Shea | October 24, 2017 | |
There are two free seats on the bus to Lourdes, but how far will Bridget go to make sure she gets to go this year? All she is missing is someone who needs to be cured. Bridget beats Eamon up, making him eligible. | |||||
7 | "Eamon's Last Christmas" | Jason Butler | Jennifer Maguire, Jason Butler & Bernard O'Shea | December 28, 2017 | |
Bridget works out that with the widow’s pension and life insurance, Eamon would be worth more dead than alive. |
References
- ^ "Bridget & Eamon bring 80s cop-on and a love of Dick...Moran". RTE News. 28 January 2016. Retrieved 1 February 2016.
- ^ "Bernard and Jen hope to take new RTE show 'Bridget & Eamon' on the road like Mrs Brown's Boys". Irish Independent. 29 January 2016. Retrieved 1 February 2016.
- ^ "Bridget & Eamon, RTE2 review: The critics will say it's childish - but I laughed the whole way through". Irish Independent. 1 February 2016. Retrieved 1 February 2016.
- ^ "IFTA Academy | Irish Film & Television Academy | Irish Film & Television Awards". www.ifta.ie. Retrieved 2016-12-23.
- ^ "Bridget & Eamon – Best Comedy Show Irish Film & Television Awards 2016". www.bridgetandeamon.com. Retrieved 2016-12-23.
External links
- 2016 Irish television series debuts
- 2010s Irish television series
- 2010s sitcoms
- English-language television programs
- Irish comedy television programmes
- RTÉ television programmes
- Television series about cousins
- Television series about dysfunctional families
- Television series about marriage
- Television series about siblings
- Television series set in the 1980s