The Real Housewives of Cheshire

The Real Housewives of Cheshire
Genre	Reality television
Based on	The Real Housewives
Starring	Tanya Bardsley Leanne Brown Ampika Pickston Lauren Simon Dawn Ward Missé Beqiri Stacey Forsey Seema Malhotra
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language(s)	English
No. of series	3
No. of episodes	20 (list of episodes)
Production
Location(s)	Cheshire and Greater Manchester, England
Production company(s)	Monkey Kingdom
Release
Original network	ITVBe
Picture format	HDTV
Original release	12 January 2015 – present
External links
Website

The Real Housewives of Cheshire (abbreviated RHOCheshire) is a British reality television series broadcast on ITVBe which premiered on 12 January 2015. The show is based on The Real Housewives, an American television franchise.^[1] The Real Housewives of Cheshire documents the lives of several affluent housewives who reside in Cheshire and Greater Manchester.^[2] The show was subsequently renewed for a second season which commenced on 7 September 2015.^[3] On 4 March 2016, The Real Housewives of Cheshire was renewed for a third series which commenced on 4 April 2016. ^[4]

Overview and casting

On 22 September 2014, ITVBe announced the cast for Britain's first housewives instalment The Real Housewives of Cheshire. Starring Ampika Pickston, Dawn Ward, Lauren Simon, Leanne Brown, Magali Gorré and Tanya Bardsley. The series follows the casts' intertwining and fast lives in the rich communities of Cheshire and Greater Manchester.^[5]On 27 April 2015, it was announced that a second series has been commissioned, with filming to begin in May 2015 and airing from 7 September 2015.^[6] It was also confirmed, all the main housewives were returning and also Chantelle Heskey joining the cast in a recurring role.

On 1 March 2016 it was announced that Gorré would be departing the series, although a return in future hasn’t been ruled out. ^[7] On 4 March 2016 ITVBe announced that Ward, Simon, Pickston, Brown and Bardsley would be returning for a third series along with three new wives, Missé Beqiri, Seema Malhotra and Stacey Forsey. ^[8] On 25 April it was also confirmed by cast member Tanya Bardsley on Twitter, that the third series would have a reunion show. ^[9]

Timeline of housewives

Housewives	Series
	1	2	3
	Current main housewives
Tanya Bardsley	Main
Leanne Brown	Main
Ampika Pickston	Main
Lauren Simon	Main
Dawn Ward	Main
Missé Beqiri			Main
Stacey Forsey			Main
Seema Malhotra			Main
	Former main housewives
Magali Gorré	Main
	Friends of the housewives
Chantelle Heskey		Friend	Guest

Episodes

Season		Episodes	Originally aired
			First aired	Last aired
	1	10	12 January 2015	16 March 2015
	2	10	7 September 2015	9 November 2015
	3	TBA	4 April 2016	TBC

International broadcast

In Australia, the series premiered on Arena on 24 May 2015.^[10] In the United States, the series debuted on 14 November 2015, on Bravo, the same network that initiated the The Real Housewives franchise.^[11]

References

1. Fletcher, Alex (12 January 2015). "Real Housewives of Cheshire: Meet ITVBe's new reality stars". Digital Spy. Retrieved 21 November 2015.
2. Bourne, Dianne (22 September 2014). "The Real Housewives of Cheshire – full cast revealed". Manchester Evening News. Retrieved 25 October 2014.
3. Bourne, Dianne (27 April 2015). "Real Housewives of Cheshire will return for second series on ITVBe". Manchester Evening News. Retrieved 21 November 2015.
4. "The Real Housewives of Cheshire returns to ITVBe". ITV. ITV. Retrieved 4 March 2016.
5. "Revealed: The Real Housewives of Cheshire". ITV.com. 22 September 2014. Retrieved 23 December 2015.
6. "The Real Housewives of Cheshire to return to ITVBe | "ITV Press Centre"". ITV.com. 27 April 2015. Retrieved 23 December 2015.
7. "The Real Housewives of Cheshire to return for a third series with new cast member". Manchester Evening News. Katie Fitspatrick. Retrieved 1 March 2016.
8. "The Real Housewives of Cheshire returns to ITVBe". ITV. ITV. Retrieved 4 March 2016.
9. "The Real Housewives of Cheshire Season 3 Reunion". Twitter. Twitter. Retrieved 25 April 2016.
10. "Foxtel in May: 200+ new shows including Wayward Pines, Open Slather, Nashville and River Cottage Australia". The Green Room. Foxtel. 29 April 2015. Retrieved 30 April 2015.
11. Murphy, Desiree (6 November 2015). "'Real Housewives of Dallas' Is Happening!". Entertainment Tonight. Retrieved 21 November 2015.

External links

• Official website
• The Real Housewives of Cheshire at the Internet Movie Database
• The Real Housewives of Cheshire at TV Guide