How Long Will You Live?

How Long Will You Live?
Genre Lifestyle
Created by Waddell Media
Starring Mark Hamilton
Country of origin Ireland
Original language(s) English
Production
Running time 30 minutes
Release
Original network RTÉ One
Chronology
Preceded by Fair City
Followed by RTÉ News: Nine O'Clock
External links
Website

How Long Will You Live? is a television series broadcast on RTÉ One. Presented by Mark Hamilton, each week Hamilton examines a different individual with an unhealthy lifestyle, estimates their lifespan and attempts to increase that lifespan by implementing his own techniques into a plan to improve that person's lifestyle.[1] A fourth series began airing on 7 January 2009. The series is sponsored by Flora.[2]

Episode list

Series one

The first series contained six episodes.

Date Featured person Link
Stephen Good Stephen Good
Frank Sweeney Frank Sweeney
Geraldine Patten Geraldine Patten
Marian Devereaux Marian Devereaux
Paul Losty Paul Losty
Breege Geoghegan Breege Geoghegan

Series two

The second series contained eight episodes. The eight unhealthy individuals were revisited before the fourth series and their progress was filmed for a series titled How Long Will You Live? Revisited. One of these was a priest.

Date Featured person Ref
Gary Rooney Gary Rooney Revisited
Kathryn O'Dwyer Kathryn O'Dwyer Revisited
Michael Masterson Michael Masterson Revisited
Diane Leen Diane Leen Revisited
Fr Vinny Connaughton Fr Vinny Connaughton Revisited
Angela Byrne Angela Byrne Revisited
John Keane John Keane Revisited
Mary O'Neill Revisited

Series three

The third series contained ten episodes. Two couples featured in series three, meaning that twelve unhealthy individuals were featured overall. The third series saw the programme become more mulicultural by featuring an unhealthy individual who was originally from Nigeria and another unhealthy individual who was originally from a small village in southern India.

Date Featured person Ref
Rebecca Brady Rebecca Brady
Irene Winters Irene Winters
Thywill Bankole Thywill Bankole
Willie Carter Willie Carter
Paul and Mary Nolan Paul and Mary Nolan
Colum McGrath Colum McGrath
Antoinette and Kelly McLoughlin Antoinette and Kelly McLoughlin
Gaye Healy Gaye Healy
Jagadeesh Dharmapuri Jagadeesh Dharmapuri
Dave McCarthy Dave McCarthy

References

  1. "How Long Will You Live?". RTÉ. Accessed 7 January 2009.
  2. "Sponsorship Campaign from the Heart". RTÉ Sales. Retrieved 7 January 2009.

External links

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