Here's a rundown of the upcoming season's highlights
Virgin Media Television has announced its full spring slate of what we can look forward to in the months ahead, including brand new Irish factual and entertainment shows, more premium live sport than ever before, brand-new boxset drops on the free Virgin Media Player and the very best of international entertainment and drama.
Plus, two seasons of VMTV’s most streamed show in 2022, 'Love Island', which attracted a record-breaking 15 million streams.
Homegrown Telly
A host of brand new Irish factual and entertainment shows will be launching this season including the brand new six-part property show, fronted by Liz O’Kane and Michael Fry, 'How To Buy A Home'. Starting in March, this series unpacks the unfiltered realities Irish people face in the search for a home. Following real-life experiences, this series takes a raw and honest look at the emotional rollercoaster, challenges, and hard-won joys of buying a home in Ireland.
'Stories From The Street', a new three-part documentary launches in February and follows the lives of homeless people in the capital, capturing an unflinchingly honest and sometimes difficult account of life and death, on the street. Across the series, we meet people like Cian, who holds down a full-time job as a builder while sleeping in a doorway, Martin & Shauna a young couple who are trying to survive life in a tent as they keep on trying to find couples accommodation in a homeless shelter and Tommy, whose battle with homelessness and addiction hasn't stopped him becoming a rapper.
Series two of 'Eating With The Enemy' starts on January 16th, featuring some familiar faces such as George Hook and TikTok star, Miriam Mullins. This six-part social experiment series, which takes the debate off Twitter and presents it face-to-face, explores what happens when two strangers with diametrically opposed views sit down together for a conversation over dinner. Will they find common ground, or will there be fireworks?
We find out if the Irish public are really as healthy as they seem in the brand-new docuseries 'The Clinic For Well People' airing right now on Virgin Media One. The four-part series shows us what happens when people with no underlying symptoms are invited to come for a full medical check by a team of medical professionals. The doctors at the clinic carry out tests including blood, ECG, body composition, audiology, and an eye test while every episode features a variety of medical topics that emerge from the health checks.
Newsworthy Entertainment
Brand new Virgin Media News documentary 'Trump's Last Stand' charts Donald Trump's road back to the White House, as Richard Chambersmeets those whose lives have been upended by the political division, violence and conspiracy theories that have divided America. This documentary examines the biggest obstacles on Trump's road back to power and includes exclusive interviews with the former President's closest advisors who say their old boss will stop at nothing to make it happen again.
Virgin Media News' trio Gavan Reilly, Zara King and Richard Chambers are back on January 18th with 'The Group Chat', discussing the stories making the headlines, weekly on Wednesday nights on Virgin Media Two.
World Class Drama
Virgin Media Television promises the very best in world-class drama with a number of standout series to kick off the start of 2023.
Aidan Turner stars in the highly anticipated series 'The Suspect' about Dr. Joe O'Loughlin, a clinical psychologist who is brought in by a veteran police officer to assist in an investigation that could be a suicide, but also could be a murder. 'The Walk In' starring Stephen Graham tells the story of MP Jo Cox who is murdered in the ‘downfall of white society’ in Britain, and plans to escalate a terrifying situation into a full-blown race war.
Irish actor Niamh Algar will take the leading role in 'Malpractice', a five-part medical thriller series that sees her play Dr. Lucinda Edwards, a doctor who is faced with an enquiry into the death of one of her patients. 'Karen Pirie' reopens a cold case of a murdered barmaid while 'Without Sin' stars Vicky McClure and presents a relationship which develops between a grieving mother and the man she believes murdered her daughter.
Brand new 'Vera' starts 20th January, as the highly-anticipated eleventh series returns with Brenda Blethyn as your favourite Northumbrian detective. Murder investigation series 'The Bay' is back for a fourth season featuring a brand-new lead character: DS Jenn Townsend.
Fan Favourites
'Love Island' returns with two seasons for 2023 with the first one kicking off on January 16th. Join brand new host Maya Jama as she shows us around the new luxurious villa in South Africa.
There’s so much more to look forward to including the very best of international entertainment with 'The Masked Singer' along with 'Dancing on Ice', 'Saturday Night Takeaway', 'The John Bishop Show' and 'I’m a Celebrity All Stars' an all-stars version of 'I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here!'.
If that’s not enough for you, Virgin Media Player is bursting with boxsets. Starting with the iconic 'Real Housewives of Beverly Hills Season 8', and 'Real Housewives of Orange County Season 12', alongside the hilarious new comedy series 'Spreadsheet' and a brand-new season of the much-loved 'Bump' there is something for everyone.
All of this and much more coming to your screens this spring. We think you’d have to agree, there’s something for everybody on Virgin Media Television.