Series 2, Programme 4
Freezing water, ten foot walls, swamps, ramps and hay all come together in Killruddery’s infamous Hell & Back course to test the first three of our quarter final families, the Hurleys, Kearneys and Mulhares. Tensions rise amongst the coaches as the referee makes a crucial call with Jason Sherlock showing us that nice guys can bite too.
Series Overview
Following its hugely successful first series on RTÉ One, Ireland’s Fittest Family is back. Kicking off a seven week run at 6.30pm on RTE One the series will once again pit twelve sports obsessed families against each. Through a series of intense and extreme physical challenges they will battle it out for the €15k prize and the title of Ireland’s Fittest Family 2014.
From Spike Island to Killary, Lough Key to Kilruddery in Wicklow our twelve families will again face mud, heights, hills, water, tunnels, towers, hay, logs, sandbags, jumps and this year a fire engine…..that they’ve to pull along a road, as you do.
Again our families will be joined by four big name sports star to coach them through the process. This year sees the return of Claire bainisteoir Davy Fitzgerald and Olympic medal winning boxer Kenneth Egan alongside our two newbies, World Champion HurdlerDerval O’Rourke and Dublin footballing legend Jason Sherlock. These coaches don’t like losing so sparks fly as they compete to get their families to the podium. Across seven weeks of glorious battles that test the families to their core and see the coaches do whatever it takes for them to taste victory we get to see some extraordinary families dig deep over some incredibly difficult challenges.
Presented by Mairead Farrell, Ireland’s Fittest Family is produced by Animo TV and Kite Entertainment for RTE Entertainment.