Gogglebox

Gogglebox
Genre	Reality
Created by	Stephen Lambert ; Tania Alexander[1]
Directed by	Tania Alexander
Creative director(s)	Tania Alexander ; Tim Harcourt
Narrated by	Caroline Aherne (2013–2016) ; Craig Cash (2016–)
Opening theme	"Perfect World" and "Brand New Day" ; by Kodaline
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language(s)	English
No. of series	15
No. of episodes	234, including spinoffs (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producer(s)	Tania Alexander[2]
Camera setup	Dual cameras
Running time	50 minutes (series 1–2); 60 minutes (series 3–)
Production company(s)	Studio Lambert[3]
Distributor	All3Media
Release
Original network	Channel 4
Picture format	16:9
Audio format	Stereo
Original release	7 March 2013 –; present
External links
	Website
	Production website

Gogglebox is a British television reality series that premiered on Channel 4 on 7 March 2013. The programme features a number of families and groups of friends from different places around the United Kingdom who react to television programmes from their own homes. Gogglebox was narrated from its launch on 7 March 2013 until 8 April 2016 by Caroline Aherne. She was diagnosed with lung cancer in 2014, which led to her death on 2 July 2016. Craig Cash regularly filled in for Aherne when she was unavailable and took over the role as narrator permanently on 15 April 2016. The series won a BAFTA award in 2014[4] and a National Television Award in 2015, 2016, 2017, and 2018.

A version of the series featuring children, titled Gogglesprogs, launched as a Christmas special on Christmas Day 2015, and was followed by a full-length series which began airing on 17 June 2016.[5] In 2017, a spin-off series titled Vlogglebox aired on E4, which featured reactions from 16 to 24-year-olds as they watch online content on their smartphones, laptops or tablets.[6] In 2019, it was announced that a celebrity version had been ordered; Celebrity Gogglebox began airing in 2019, and it was later renewed for a second series which aired in 2020. In July 2020, it was announced that the sixteenth series of Gogglebox is set to begin airing on 11 September 2020.[7]

Production

The programme is a production of Studio Lambert, a company run by British media executive Stephen Lambert, who was behind other Channel 4 programmes such as Faking It, Wife Swap, Undercover Boss and The Secret Millionaire. Director of Factual Entertainment for Studio Lambert Tania Alexander, the executive producer and person responsible for the TV series, said the original idea was for the programme to be a "mix of Harry Hill and The Royle Family" but with real people.[2]

The Creative Director for Studio Lambert Tim Harcourt had the original idea for the programme while watching the London riots,[8][9] and along with Alexander devised the format for the show. They wondered what people were talking about while watching the news and came up with the idea of cutting between people watching the same TV programmes.[10][11]

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]

Filming

The programme is filmed in the viewers' homes, by two small HD remote-control cameras[12] known as "hot heads", operated by a small team elsewhere in the home that have set up a temporary production control room; the team consists of a producer/director, gallery operator, assistant, audio engineer, researcher (for live logging) and a runner.[13]

Cast

This is a list of cast members currently appearing in the programme.

Cast members	Series	Year
Stephen Webb	1–	2013–
Siddiqui family (Sid, Umar and Bassit)	1–	2013–
Michael family (Andrew, Carolyne, Louis, Alex and Katie)	1–4, 6–	2013–2014, 2015–
Linda and Peter McGarry	2–3, 7–	2013–2014, 2016–
Malone family (Tom, Julie, Tom Jnr and Shaun)	4–	2014–
Jenny and Lee	4–	2014–
Giles Wood and Mary Killen	5–	2015–
Ellie and Izzi Warner	6–	2015–
Dave and Shirley	6–	2015–
Plummer family (Tremaine, Twaine and Tristan)	7–	2016–
Mary and Marina	8–	2016–
Amira and Iqra	10–	2017–
Alison, George and Helena	10–	2017–
Pete and Sophie Sandiford	10–	2017–
Marcus, Mica, Sachelle and Shuggy	11–	2018–
John and Beryl	12–	2018–
Abbie and Georgia	12–	2018–
Daniel Lustig-Webb	13–	2019–
Paige and Sally	13–	2019–
Sue and Steve	14–	2019–
Anne and Ken	15–	2020–

Other appearances

As well as appearing on Gogglebox, some of the cast members have competed in other reality series, including Celebrity Big Brother, I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!, The Jump and Celebrity Masterchef

Celebrity Big Brother
- George Gilbey – Series 14 (2014) – Fourth[14]
- Sandi Bogle – Series 20 (2017) – Ninth
The Jump
- Dominic Parker – Series 2 (2015) – Fifteenth[15]
I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!
- Scarlett Moffatt – Series 16 (2016) – Winner[16]
Celebs on the Farm
- Sandi Bogle – Series 1 (2018) – Seventh

Episodes

Series		Episodes	Originally aired
Series		Episodes	First aired	Last aired
	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	12	26 September 2014 (2014-09-26)	19 December 2014 (2014-12-19)
	5	12	20 February 2015 (2015-02-20)	8 May 2015 (2015-05-08)
	6	15	11 September 2015 (2015-09-11)	18 December 2015 (2015-12-18)
	7	17	19 February 2016 (2016-02-19)	10 June 2016 (2016-06-10)
	Gogglesprogs 1	6	17 June 2016 (2016-06-17)	22 July 2016 (2016-07-22)
	8	12	23 September 2016 (2016-09-23)	16 December 2016 (2016-12-16)
	9	15	24 February 2017 (2017-02-24)	2 June 2017 (2017-06-02)
	Gogglesprogs 2	6	9 June 2017 (2017-06-09)	14 July 2017 (2017-07-14)
	Vlogglebox	6	18 June 2017 (2017-06-18)	23 July 2017 (2017-07-23)
	10	15	8 September 2017 (2017-09-08)	15 December 2017 (2017-12-15)
	11	15	23 February 2018 (2018-02-23)	1 June 2018 (2018-06-01)
	12	15	7 September 2018 (2018-09-07)	14 December 2018 (2018-12-14)
	13	15	22 February 2019 (2019-02-22)	31 May 2019 (2019-05-31)
	Celebrity 1	6	14 June 2019 (2019-06-14)	20 December 2019 (2019-12-20)
	14	16	13 September 2019 (2019-09-13)	3 January 2020 (2020-01-03)
	15	15	21 February 2020 (2020-02-21)	29 May 2020 (2020-05-29)
	Celebrity 2	7	5 June 2020 (2020-06-05)	17 July 2020 (2020-07-17)
	16	TBA	11 September 2020 (2020-09-11)	TBA

Awards and nominations

Award	Year	Result
BAFTA TV Award for "Reality & Constructed Factual Programme"	2014	Won
BAFTA TV Award for "Radio Times Audience Award"	2014	Nominated
Broadcasting Press Guild for "Best Factual Entertainment Programme"[17]	2014	Won
National Television Award for "Factual Programme"	2015	Won
TV Choice Award for "Factual Entertainment Show"	2015	Won
National Television Award for "Factual Programme"	2016	Won
BAFTA TV Award for "Reality & Constructed Factual Programme"	2016	Nominated
TV Choice Award for "Lifestyle Show"	2016	Won
Radio 1's Teen Award for "TV Show"	2016	Won
National Television Award for "Factual Entertainment"	2017	Won
Diversity in Media Awards for "TV Programme of the Year"	2017	Won
National Television Award for "Factual Entertainment"	2018	Won
National Television Award for "Factual Entertainment"	2019	Nominated
National Television Award for "Factual Entertainment"	2020	Nominated

International versions

Australian version

An Australian edition of the programme debuted on 11 February 2015. It is a co-production between pay TV provider Foxtel and commercial Network Ten. It airs on Foxtel's Lifestyle Channel first and is repeated 24 hours later on Ten.[18] The programme started its second season on 30 September 2015,[19] and its third season in 2016. It had shown 8 episodes of the 4th season as of December 2016.

American and Canadian versions

Canadian (Bell Media),[20] and American broadcasters. The American and Canadian versions, both called The People's Couch, premiered on Bravo on 10 March 2014 (although a three-episode pilot run was aired in October 2013) and Bravo (Canada) in July 2014.[3][21][22]

A celebrity version, called Celebrity Watch Party, premiered on Fox 7 May 2020.[23]

Gogglebox around the world

Currently airing

No longer airing

Country	Name	Channel	Date aired	Series
Australia	Gogglebox Australia	Lifestyle (Pay TV) Network 10 (Free-to-air)	11 February 2015 – present	Series 1, 2015 Series 2, 2015 Series 3, 2016 Series 4, 2016 Series 5, 2017 Series 6, 2017 Series 7, 2018 Series 8, 2018 Series 9, 2019 Series 10, 2019 Series 11, 2020
Belgium	Vu à la télé	RTL-TVI	19 October 2014 – present	Series 1, 2014 Series 2, 2015 Series 3, 2015 Series 4, 2016 Series 5, 2016 Series 6, 2017 Series 7, 2017
Belgium	Hallo televisie!	Eén	6 January 2015 – 1 January 2016	Series 1, 2015 Series 2, 2016
Finland	Sohvaperunat	Yle TV2	27 February 2015 – present	Series 1, 2015 Series 2, 2016 Series 3, 2017 Series 4, 2017 Series 5, 2018 Series 6, 2018 Series 7, 2019 Series 8, 2019 Series 9, 2020
France	Vu à la télé	M6	18 October 2014 – 20 December 2014	Series 1, 2014
Germany	Wohnzimmerhelden	Sat.1	16 December 2014 – 23 December 2014	Series 1, 2014
Germany	Sofa Star	RTL Television	1 January 2015 – 30 January 2015	Series 1, 2015
Ireland	Gogglebox Ireland	TV3/Virgin Media One	22 September 2016 – present	Series 1, 2016 Series 2, 2017 Series 3, 2017 Series 4, 2018:
Israel	Tadliku (תדליקו)	Channel 2	12–20 June 2014	Series 1, 2014
Italy	Gogglebox Italia	Italia 1	23 October 2016 – present	Series 1, 2016 Series 2, 2017
New Zealand	Gogglebox NZ[24]	Three	19 September 2018 – present	Series 1, 2018 Series 2, 2019
Norway	Sofa	NRK	23 October 2014 – present	Series 1, 2014 Series 2, 2015 Series 3, 2016 Series 4, 2017
Poland	Gogglebox. Przed telewizorem	TTV	6 September 2014 – present	Series 1, 2014 Series 2, 2015 Series 3, 2015 Series 4, 2016 Series 5, 2016 Series 6, 2017 Series 7, 2017 Series 8, 2018 Series 9, 2018 Series 10, 2019 Series 11, 2019 Series 12, 2020
Slovenia	Bognedaj, da bi crknu televisor	Planet TV	September 2014 – 19 June 2016	Series 1, 2014 Series 2, 2015 Series 3, 2015 Series 4, 2016
South Africa	Gogglebox South Africa	Sony Channel	3 March 2016 – 5 May 2016	Series 1, 2016
Spain	Aquí mando yo	Antena 3	15 April 2016	Series 1, 2016
United States Canada	The People's Couch	Bravo	10 March 2014 – 26 May 2016	Series 1, 2014 Series 2, 2014 Series 3, 2015 Series 4, 2016
United States	Celebrity Watch Party	Fox	7 May 2020 – present	Series 1, 2020

References

"The secrets of making Gogglebox". Radio Times. 2 October 2015. Retrieved 29 April 2019.
McNulty, Bernadette (18 December 2013). "Gogglebox: the TV show making Britain feel great". The Telegraph. Retrieved 27 April 2020.
Spanier, Gideon (18 December 2013). "Watching you, watching me: why C4 show Gogglebox is set to go global". London Evening Standard. Retrieved 27 April 2020.
"BAFTA's view from the other side of the screen". Daily Telegraph. 18 May 2014.
"C4 follow up Xmas Gogglebox Kids special with series order". Channel 4. 14 December 2015. Retrieved 3 January 2020.
Houghton, Rianne (30 May 2017). "Gogglebox gets a teenager spin-off called Vlogglebox". Digital Spy.
Edwards, Chris (20 July 2020). "Gogglebox boss confirms series will return in September". Digital Spy. Retrieved 21 July 2020.
Methven, Nicola (22 August 2014). "Gogglebox axe for Celebrity Big Brother star George Gilbey and family". Daily Mirror. Retrieved 26 October 2017.
Arrow, Platinum. "Tim Harcourt". www.studiolambert.com. Retrieved 26 October 2017.
Methven, Nicola (22 August 2014). "George Gilbey's family AXED from Gogglebox due to CBB appearance". Daily Mirror. Retrieved 26 October 2017.
Teeman, Tim (20 March 2014). "Watching Us, Watching Them: On 'The People's Couch'". The Daily Beast. Retrieved 26 October 2017.
"Gogglebox 2". Shooting Partners. Retrieved 12 June 2014.
Cahn, John. "I made... Gogglebox". BBC. Retrieved 12 June 2014.
Greenwood, Carl (12 September 2014). "Celebrity Big Brother final: George Gilbey evicted after SNOGGING Edele Lynch".
Walker, Danny (27 January 2015). "Gogglebox star Dom Parker INJURED in crash on The Jump". Daily Mirror.
"I'm a Celeb: Scarlett is crowned Queen of the Jungle". Daily Mirror. 4 December 2016.
"2014". Broadcasting Press Guild.
"Gogglebox to premiere on Foxtel one night, TEN the next". tvtonight.com.au.
"Gogglebox Australia: season 2 will get you talking". www.foxtel.com.au. Retrieved 15 October 2015.
"Gogglebox Canada casting call".
Plunkett, John (17 December 2013). "Channel 4 hit show Gogglebox goes global". The Guardian. Retrieved 19 December 2013.
"Everyone's a Critic. All-New Canadian Unscripted Series, THE PEOPLE's COUCH Gets Cozy on Bravo July 13". Retrieved 17 January 2015.
White, Peter; White, Peter (1 May 2020). "Fox Orders Remote Reality Series 'Celebrity Watch Party', Based On Studio Lambert's UK Format 'Gogglebox'". Deadline. Retrieved 5 May 2020.
"Gogglebox NZ". Retrieved 12 October 2018.

External links

Gogglebox at Channel 4
Gogglebox on IMDb

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.

[1] "The secrets of making Gogglebox". Radio Times. 2 October 2015. Retrieved 29 April 2019.

[Telegraph-2] McNulty, Bernadette (18 December 2013). "Gogglebox: the TV show making Britain feel great". The Telegraph. Retrieved 27 April 2020.

[Standard-3] Spanier, Gideon (18 December 2013). "Watching you, watching me: why C4 show Gogglebox is set to go global". London Evening Standard. Retrieved 27 April 2020.

[4] "BAFTA's view from the other side of the screen". Daily Telegraph. 18 May 2014.

[5] "C4 follow up Xmas Gogglebox Kids special with series order". Channel 4. 14 December 2015. Retrieved 3 January 2020.

[6] Houghton, Rianne (30 May 2017). "Gogglebox gets a teenager spin-off called Vlogglebox". Digital Spy.

[7] Edwards, Chris (20 July 2020). "Gogglebox boss confirms series will return in September". Digital Spy. Retrieved 21 July 2020.

[8] Methven, Nicola (22 August 2014). "Gogglebox axe for Celebrity Big Brother star George Gilbey and family". Daily Mirror. Retrieved 26 October 2017.

[9] Arrow, Platinum. "Tim Harcourt". www.studiolambert.com. Retrieved 26 October 2017.

[10] Methven, Nicola (22 August 2014). "George Gilbey's family AXED from Gogglebox due to CBB appearance". Daily Mirror. Retrieved 26 October 2017.

[11] Teeman, Tim (20 March 2014). "Watching Us, Watching Them: On 'The People's Couch'". The Daily Beast. Retrieved 26 October 2017.

[12] "Gogglebox 2". Shooting Partners. Retrieved 12 June 2014.

[13] Cahn, John. "I made... Gogglebox". BBC. Retrieved 12 June 2014.

[14] Greenwood, Carl (12 September 2014). "Celebrity Big Brother final: George Gilbey evicted after SNOGGING Edele Lynch".

[15] Walker, Danny (27 January 2015). "Gogglebox star Dom Parker INJURED in crash on The Jump". Daily Mirror.

[16] "I'm a Celeb: Scarlett is crowned Queen of the Jungle". Daily Mirror. 4 December 2016.

[17] "2014". Broadcasting Press Guild.

[18] "Gogglebox to premiere on Foxtel one night, TEN the next". tvtonight.com.au.

[19] "Gogglebox Australia: season 2 will get you talking". www.foxtel.com.au. Retrieved 15 October 2015.

[20] "Gogglebox Canada casting call".

[Guardian-21] Plunkett, John (17 December 2013). "Channel 4 hit show Gogglebox goes global". The Guardian. Retrieved 19 December 2013.

[22] "Everyone's a Critic. All-New Canadian Unscripted Series, THE PEOPLE's COUCH Gets Cozy on Bravo July 13". Retrieved 17 January 2015.

[23] White, Peter; White, Peter (1 May 2020). "Fox Orders Remote Reality Series 'Celebrity Watch Party', Based On Studio Lambert's UK Format 'Gogglebox'". Deadline. Retrieved 5 May 2020.

[24] "Gogglebox NZ". Retrieved 12 October 2018.

Gogglebox
Cast members • Episodes
Spinoffs	The People's Couch (U.S., 2013–2016) Gogglebox Australia (since 2015) Gogglebox Ireland (since 2016) Celebrity Watch Party (U.S., since 2020)