Off Their Rockers (UK TV series)

Off Their Rockers
Genre Hidden camera Sketch show
Created by Tim Van Aelst
Directed by Matt Holt (2014—)
Tom Vinnicombe (2014—)
Steve Harwood (2014—)
Ian Curtis (2014)
Simon Gibney (2014)
Starring Current cast
Composer(s) Jess Bailey
Graeme Perkins
Country of origin United Kingdom
Original language(s) English
No. of series 3 (+1 specials series)
No. of episodes 22 (inc. specials) (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producer(s) Murray Boland
Mobashir Dar
Danielle Lux
Producer(s) Mike Worsley (2013)
Editor(s) Michael Wolf
Alex Kirkland (2014—)
Duncan O'Neill (2013)
Running time 30 minutes (inc. adverts)
Production company(s) CPL Productions
Release
Original network ITV, STV, UTV
Picture format 16:9 (HDTV)
Original release 7 April 2013 (2013-04-07) – present
Chronology
Related shows Benidorm Bastards (Belgium)
Betty White's Off Their Rockers (USA)

Off Their Rockers is a British hidden camera sketch series on ITV. The programme sees senior citizens turn the tables on unsuspecting members of the public in a series of 'funny' and unexpected pranks.

Two special episodes known as the Blue Badge specials aired in June 2015, starring a new cast.[1]

Cast

Current

Former

Blue Badge specials cast

Transmissions

Series Episodes Series premiere Series finale Average UK viewers
(in millions)
1 6 7 April 2013 12 May 2013 4.46
2 7 6 April 2014 18 May 2014 3.40
3 7 1 March 2015 12 April 2015 3.08
Blue Badge Specials 2 1 June 2015 8 June 2015 TBA

Episodes

Series 1

The first series of Off Their Rockers aired for six episodes from 7 April until 12 May 2013.

Episode No. Original air date Viewers
(millions)[3]
ITV weekly ranking
1 7 April 2013 4.79[4] 15
2 14 April 2013 5.26 15
3 21 April 2013 4.68 17
4 28 April 2013 4.45 16
5 5 May 2013 3.44 20
6 12 May 2013 4.15 18

Series 2

The second series was commissioned in July 2013.[5] It began airing on 6 April 2014 and ran for seven episodes. Episode 7 was dedicated to/ in memory of Iris Sharples, a former participant, who died on Friday 22 November 2013 during filming for the second series.

Episode No. Original air date Viewers
(millions)[3]
ITV weekly ranking
1 6 April 2014 4.01 17
2 13 April 2014 3.82 18
3 20 April 2014 3.31 17
4 27 April 2014 3.37 20
5 4 May 2014 3.10 19
6 11 May 2014 3.29 15
7 18 May 2014 2.90 17

Series 3

A third series was commissioned in August 2014 and began airing on 1 March 2015 for six episodes.[6]

Episode No. Original air date Viewers
(millions)[3]
ITV weekly ranking
1 1 March 2015 3.31 18
2 8 March 2015 3.22 18
3 15 March 2015 3.12 16
4 22 March 2015 3.09 21
5 29 March 2015 2.96 19
6 5 April 2015 N/A Outside Top 30
7 12 April 2015 2.75 19

Blue Badge Specials

The two Blue Badge special episodes were announced on 12 April 2015, during the concluding episode of series 3.[7] These were aired in June 2015.[8]

Episode No. Original air date Viewers
(millions)[3]
ITV weekly ranking
1 1 June 2015[9] 1.84 (overnight)
2 8 June 2015

References

External links

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