Dowling Sitting on a Fortune for TV3
TV3 has confirmed Brian Dowling as the host of its new Saturday night entertainment show 'Sitting On A Fortune'. The 10 x 60 minute series, a co-development and co-production between 3Studios and RDF Television, will begin filming in the TV3 Sony HD Studio this June with an air date scheduled for the autumn.
Since being crowned the winner of Big Brother in 2001, Brian Dowling has forged a career as one of Britain's best loved TV personalities. He has previously presented the BAFTA Award winning SMTV Live, Big Brother and Celebrity Big Brother, as well as The National Soap Awards. In Ireland he co-hosted Wagon’s Den on RTE and The Big Fat Breakfast Show.
On a set dominated by super-sized chairs, Sitting On A Fortune will see three couples take turns to sprint to the games area to take on a fiendish puzzle. All the time they’re away from their chair, their rivals earn money. Once they think they have solved the puzzle, each couple must race back and sit down again, but they’ll only cut off the cash to their rivals if they’ve been successful.
It’s a game where quick feet are as important as quick thinking, as only one couple can reach the end game where they’ll have a chance to literally sit on a fortune…
It’s the fourth major production from TV3 in the last 6 months. Other recent shows to come out of the TV3 Sony HD Studio include Keith Barry: Brain Hacker, The Lie hosted by Jonathan McCrea, and Crossfire hosted by Sean Moncrieff. The TV3 Sony HD Studio is also home to TV3’s new current affairs programme The People’s Debate with Vincent Browne.
Brian Dowling said: “I’m so excited to be part of the Saturday night lineup on TV3. It’s especially great to be back in Ireland doing what I love to do. I hope I can bring some fantastic family entertainment to everyone watching.”