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WINGMAN ***Final***

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Episode 3:

The final episode in the series sees bubbly Emma Stafford, a middle-aged, single mom in who has survived breast cancer want to take up a new challenge –  something that might toughen her up –  perhaps self defence.  

Baz is impressed with Emma’s courage in her health battle  and suggests that Emma might have the clue in her name MMA –   would she be up for a fight in a cage? He approaches Coach John Kavanagh, one of the world’s most successful MMA trainers –  and the plan is hatched.  

Baz takes on the role of Mickey to Emma’s Rocky Bilboa but it will be no joke in the cage as John Kavanagh and Wingman see the lady step in the cage for her first time in an SBG record of only three months from zero to fight night.  

Series Overview:

Baz Ashmawy is a good guy to have on your side.

With 50 Ways To Kill Your Mammy and Holy Show, he sealed his reputation as a good-natured, mischievous messer and an inveterate taker of things to their extremes. With Lost Muslim and All Bets Are Off, he showed that he can handle serious issues too – with a unique blend of sincerity, charm and empathy.

Baz is a charismatic ‘people person’, a doting son, a fully engaged dad and the big brother everyone wishes they had.

Now, he brings that entire skillset to bear in an entertaining, madcap, poignant, revealing new series: Baz Ashmawy: Wingman.

FORMAT

In each of the 3 episodes, Baz meets a person with something missing from their life: an unfulfilled ambition,  a personal dream ; a love lost; a hope that’s never been encouraged; a one-time zest frozen by loneliness or self-doubt; an opportunity missed or avoided.

As he gets to know each new friend, engaging with them on their home ground, Baz hatches a plan to shake things up, to open their mind to new possibilities and show them what could be.

Some may take a bit of convincing but eventually, they agree to embark on a journey of discovery with Baz as their cheerleader, their facilitator – their ‘wingman’.

And so the journey begins. Each one unique and tonally independent from others in the series. Baz’s commitment is unwavering – every move he pulls, every experience he sets up is in the service of his new friend. Naturally – because it’s Baz – some of the ‘waypoints’ on this quest are well over the top, seemingly inexplicable but always done with the sincere aim of helping, encouraging and moving things forward.

Inevitably, in the course of the journey, new or accidental revelations will serve to consolidate and refine the original plan. Often, the ultimate goal will turn out to be different  to, but even more relevant than the original one.

Baz Ashawy: Wingman is entertaining, emotional, feel-good TV – full of heart and empathy.   Initial feedback says it is both grassroots and contemporary.   This is Baz’s first entertainment series for RTÉ One – and he  feels as proud of this series as he did of his Emmy-winning series.

The unpredictability of its authored approach and the diversity (in terms of age, social background and outlook) of the people featured are all key to this fresh new homegrown series.