Bridget & Eamon

Bridget & Eamon
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(s) English
No. of seasons 3
No. of episodes 18 + 2 Christmas specials
Production
Executive producer(s) Bernard O'Shea
Jennifer Maguire
Producer(s) Jason Butler
Cinematography Eleanor Bowman
Editor(s) Bob Caldwell
Running time 25 minutes
Production company(s) Pure Class Productions
Distributor Raidió Teilifís Éireann
Release
Original network RTÉ Two
Original release 1 February 2016
External links
RTE TV webpage
Official Production Website

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

Episodes

Season 1

No. in series Title Directed by Written by Original air date
1"The Trócaire Box"Jason ButlerJennifer Maguire, Jason Butler & Bernard O'SheaFebruary 1, 2016 (2016-02-01)

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 ButlerJennifer Maguire, Jason Butler & Bernard O'SheaFebruary 8, 2016 (2016-02-08)
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 ButlerJennifer Maguire, Jason Butler & Bernard O'SheaFebruary 15, 2016 (2016-02-15)
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 ButlerJennifer Maguire, Jason Butler & Bernard O'SheaFebruary 22, 2016 (2016-02-22)

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 ButlerJennifer Maguire, Jason Butler & Bernard O'SheaOctober 31, 2004 (2004-10-31)

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 ButlerJennifer Maguire, Jason Butler & Bernard O'SheaFebruary 29, 2016 (2016-02-29)
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
1"New Best Friends"Jason ButlerJennifer Maguire, Jason Butler & Bernard O'SheaNovember 14, 2016 (2016-11-14)
Bridget and Eamon befriend visiting American couple Barbara and Mikey. They wrongly believe the Americans to be swingers.
2"The Election"Jason ButlerJennifer Maguire, Jason Butler & Bernard O'SheaNovember 21, 2016 (2016-11-21)
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 ButlerJennifer Maguire, Jason Butler & Bernard O'SheaNovember 28, 2016 (2016-11-28)
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 ButlerJennifer Maguire, Jason Butler & Bernard O'SheaDecember 5, 2016 (2016-12-05)
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 ButlerJennifer Maguire, Jason Butler & Bernard O'SheaDecember 12, 2016 (2016-12-12)
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 ButlerJennifer Maguire, Jason Butler & Bernard O'SheaDecember 19, 2016 (2016-12-19)
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 ButlerJennifer Maguire, Jason Butler & Bernard O'SheaDecember 24, 2016 (2016-12-24)
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
1"Where There's a Will..."Jason ButlerJennifer Maguire, Jason Butler & Bernard O'SheaSeptember 19, 2017 (2017-09-19)

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 ButlerJennifer Maguire, Jason Butler & Bernard O'SheaSeptember 26, 2017 (2017-09-26)
Bridget and Eamon take over the airwaves when they start a pirate radio station in their front room.
3"The Camogie Team"Jason ButlerJennifer Maguire, Jason Butler & Bernard O'SheaOctober 3, 2017 (2017-10-03)
Bridget has joined the local camogie team. Soon after, jealous Eamon joins - badly disguised as a woman.
4"The Video Shop"Jason ButlerJennifer Maguire, Jason Butler & Bernard O'SheaOctober 10, 2017 (2017-10-10)
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 ButlerJennifer Maguire, Jason Butler & Bernard O'SheaOctober 17, 2017 (2017-10-17)
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 ButlerJennifer Maguire, Jason Butler & Bernard O'SheaOctober 24, 2017 (2017-10-24)
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 ButlerJennifer Maguire, Jason Butler & Bernard O'SheaDecember 28, 2017 (2017-12-28)
Bridget works out that with the widow’s pension and life insurance, Eamon would be worth more dead than alive.

References

  1. ↑ "Bridget & Eamon bring 80s cop-on and a love of Dick...Moran". RTE News. 28 January 2016. Retrieved 1 February 2016.
  2. ↑ "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.
  3. ↑ "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.
  4. ↑ "IFTA Academy | Irish Film & Television Academy | Irish Film & Television Awards". www.ifta.ie. Retrieved 2016-12-23.
  5. ↑ "Bridget & Eamon – Best Comedy Show Irish Film & Television Awards 2016". www.bridgetandeamon.com. Retrieved 2016-12-23.
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