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