Who Knows Ireland Best?

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Who Knows Ireland Best?
Presented by Derek Mooney
Country of origin Ireland
Original language(s) English
No. of series 1
Production
Executive producer(s) Philip McGovern
Production location(s) RTÉ Television Centre, Donnybrook, Dublin 4, Ireland
Camera setup Multi-camera
Running time 30 minutes
Production company(s) Big Mountain Productions
Distributor RTÉ
Release
Original network RTÉ One
Original release 20 January 2012 (2012-01-20)
External links
Production website

Who Knows Ireland Best? is an Irish quiz show broadcast on RTÉ One from 20 January 2012. The show is presented by Derek Mooney,[1] and air on Friday evenings.[2] Who Knows Ireland Best? has been received positively, being described by media as the "highlight" of RTÉ's spring 2012 season.[3]

Format

Who Knows Ireland Best? has been likened to the British quiz show Family Fortunes. Two teams of contestants would be asked to guess the results of various surveys. Prior to the show 1,000 Irish people were asked 100 questions regarding Irish life (e.g. "What percentage of people admitted to speaking on a mobile phone whilst driving?" or "What percentage of women said they would not date someone who was unemployed?").[4]

According to research commissioned for Who Knows Ireland Best?, shown in the second episode (in which three models took on three taxi drivers), 41% of Irish people have admitted to secretly checking their partner's emails or text messages.[5]

Production

Recording

The series was pre-recorded in front of a live studio audience at the RTÉ Television Centre over three days from 13 September to 15 September 2011.

Transmissions

Series Start date End date Episodes
1
20 January 2012
24 February 2012
6

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