There’s a new “coach” in world champion athlete and Irish Times columnist Sonia O’Sullivan. But while the premise of families competing in gladiatorial, pontoon-based feats of physical prowess remains the same, the latest series ushers in some significant changes. To RTÉ, it involves running around on pontoons in a Co Meath aquatics park with occasional tumbles into the water to keep the excitement ticking along. “Fitness” means different things to different people. The former Clare hurler and intercounty manager is back playing the hits in the latest season of Ireland’s Fittest Family (RTÉ One, Sunday 6.30pm) – the Godfather Part II of Irish reality shows involving sports stars, punters from the provinces and extravagant yelling. That latter series might as well have been called Davy Fitzgerald Bellows At People. And it was the entire premise of Davy’s Toughest Team featuring Davy Fitzgerald. There used to be a bit of that on Operation Transformation – though they’ve lately dialled it down significantly. But there are some genres in which we excel – such as reality TV involving sports stars yelling at members of the public. In television, Ireland remains a perennial underachiever.
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