Gogglebox
Genre	Reality Reaction
Created by	Stephen Lambert Tania Alexander
Directed by	Tania Alexander (2013–2020) Tom Hutchings (2013) Jon Cahn (2013) Kayleigh Damen (2013) James Bainbridge (2013) Mike Cotton (2020–present)
Creative directors	Tania Alexander (2013–2020) Tim Harcourt (2014–present) Mike Cotton (2020–present)
Narrated by	Caroline Aherne (2013–2016) Craig Cash (2016–present)
Opening theme	"Perfect World" and "Brand New Day" by Kodaline
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language	English
No. of series	30, including spin-offs
No. of episodes	349, including spin-offs, excluding some of the highlights specials (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producers	Tania Alexander (2013–2020) Leon Campbell (2016–present) Mike Cotton (2020–present) Victoria Ray (2021–present)
Camera setup	Dual cameras
Running time	50 minutes (series 1–2) 60 minutes (series 3–present)
Production company	Studio Lambert[1]
Original release
Network	Channel 4
Release	7 March 2013 (2013-03-07) – present

Gogglebox is a British reality television series created by Stephen Lambert, Tania Alexander and Tim Harcourt, and broadcast on Channel 4. The series documents families and groups of friends around the United Kingdom who are filmed for their observations and reactions to the previous week's television from their own homes. The first series launched on 7 March 2013, the current sixth celebrity series has been airing since 7 June 2024. The show was narrated by Caroline Aherne from its launch until her death in July 2016, after which Craig Cash took over.

The show has won numerous awards. In 2014 and 2022, it won a BAFTA in the Reality & Constructed Factual category.^[2] From 2015 to 2018, in 2021, 2022 and 2023, it won a National Television Award.^[3] The success of Gogglebox spawned three spin-off series, including a version featuring children (Gogglesprogs), a version featuring 16- to 24-year-olds as they watch online content (Vlogglebox) and a version featuring celebrities (Celebrity Gogglebox).

History

The show was created by Stephen Lambert, Tania Alexander, and Tim Harcourt. Lambert is a media executive who had previously launched the Channel 4 television shows Wife Swap, Faking It, Undercover Boss, and The Secret Millionaire. Alexander was Director of Factual Entertainment at Lambert's independent production company Studio Lambert, who said the idea was for Gogglebox to be a mix of the ITV comedy show Harry Hill's TV Burp, which looked back at the previous week's television, and the BBC sitcom The Royle Family, which centres on a television-fixated family, but with real, ordinary people.^[4] Harcourt, a Creative Director for Studio Lambert, had the original idea for Gogglebox while watching the 2011 London riots,^[5][6] and along with Alexander, devised the format for the show. They wondered what people talked about while watching the news, and came up with the idea of cutting between people watching the same TV shows.^[7][8] Farah Golant, the boss of All3Media, said: "But the show isn't really about TV. The show is about people's lives, their relationships, their living rooms and the way children and parents talk about TV That's quite priceless. It captures a cultural response to something that's happening in the world."^[1]

The concept of Gogglebox was criticised before the show aired; Alexander recalled people thinking Channel 4 had run out of ideas, but credited the network's head of factual David Glover as the one who recognised the show's potential and subsequently ordered Alexander to produce a proof of concept tape.^[9] The show's team set about casting, and it was during this period they signed on Leon and June Bernicoff. Alexander described the original reel as "a little rough around the edges, gosh it was actually really rough", and thought the script was "God awful" which was read by a narrator whose tone of voice was incompatible. Despite this, Glover felt strongly towards the concept and gave the green-light for a mini-series.^[9] The first series consisted of four episodes, the first of which aired on 7 March 2013.^[4] The show was a success, and a second series of 13 episodes began in September 2013.^[4]

In November 2020, Alexander left Gogglebox after seven years to pursue a fresh challenge. She was replaced by Studio Lambert's deputy creative director, Mike Cotton, alongside Gogglebox executive producer Leon Campbell.

Production

The people cast on Gogglebox were found by the show, and the producers do not advertise for participants. Lambert said this approach is key to the show's success as it results in more likeable people and the audience can get to know the cast over time. From the beginning, Alexander did not want to feature people who wanted to be on television, and sought individuals "that had the ability to make us laugh very naturally and that's quite hard."^[10] One of the methods used to find participants is termed "street casting", whereby the show's team looked in everyday public places; Leon and June were found in a bridge club, and Stephen and Chris were found in a hair salon. In later series, members of the show's production team visited random houses and held up a card that contained something, such as a picture of the British Prime Minister or a Daily Mail headline, and noted how quick the person responded and any funny, interesting, or insightful comments they had. The show has also found participants through recommendations, which was how the Siddiqui family and couple Giles and Mary were found.^[10]

The programme is filmed in the viewers' homes using two small remotely controlled cameras, known as "hot heads", operated by a small team elsewhere in the home that set up a temporary production control room. This team consists of a producer/director, gallery operator, assistant, audio engineer, researcher for live logging, and a runner.^[11][12] Each episode of Gogglebox is made in two days, and Alexander said that people who assumed the show is cheap or easy to make makes her "blood boil".^[4] Filming starts on Friday and continues through the week, but most of the first four days are spent assessing the filmed material. Four-person crews circulate between the households two or three evenings each week, and the cast watch the same programs as each other, which can amount to as much as six hours of television.

Alexander said that the biggest problem encountered during the filming stage is the cast forgetting that they are meant to be commenting and having to be given "gentle prompts".^[4] She added that "the craft happens over the last couple of days before it goes out on the Friday", which usually begins on a Tuesday afternoon or the Wednesday, with the production team working through the night to produce an initial cut. Lambert said the skill involved is "throwing away 99.9% of what people say".^[10] The team reviews the first edit on a Thursday afternoon, after which further cuts or tweaks are made before the narration is recorded and the episode is delivered for broadcast.^[10]

Cast

This is a list of cast members currently appearing in the programme.

Episodes

Awards and nominations

Spin-off series

A version of the show featuring children, titled Gogglesprogs, launched as a Christmas special on Christmas Day 2015, and was followed by a full-length series that began airing on 17 June 2016.^[16] In 2017, a spin-off show titled Vlogglebox aired on E4, which featured reactions from 16 to 24-year-olds as they watch online content on their smartphones, laptops or tablets.^[17] In 2019, it was announced that a celebrity version had been ordered; Celebrity Gogglebox began airing in 2019. It was later renewed for a second series, which aired in 2020, a third series that aired in 2021, and a fourth series in 2022.

In August 2022, it was announced that a Welsh-language version of the show, called Gogglebocs Cymru, would be produced for S4C, after Channel 4 had agreed to release exclusivity of its rights to the show in the UK. S4C issued a competitive tender for the production rights on the same day, with the show scheduled to debut in autumn 2022 as part of the channel's 40th anniversary.

International versions

Gogglebox around the world

  Currently airing

  No longer airing

Country	Name	Channel	Date aired	Series
Australia	Gogglebox Australia	Lifestyle (Pay TV) Network 10 (Free-to-air)	11 February 2015 – present	Series 1, 2015 Series 2, 2015 Series 3, 2016 Series 4, 2016 Series 5, 2017 Series 6, 2017 Series 7, 2018 Series 8, 2018 Series 9, 2019 Series 10, 2019 Series 11, 2020 Series 12, 2020 Series 13, 2021 Series 14, 2021 Series 15, 2022 Series 16, 2022 Series 17, 2023 Series 18, 2023 Series 19, 2024
Belgium	Vu à la télé	RTL-TVI	19 October 2014 – present	Series 1, 2014 Series 2, 2015 Series 3, 2015 Series 4, 2016 Series 5, 2016 Series 6, 2017 Series 7, 2017 Series 8, 2018 Series 9, 2018 Series 10, 2019 Series 11, 2019 Series 12, 2020 Series 13, 2021 Series 14, 2021 Series 15, 2022 Series 16, 2022 Series 17, 2023
	Hallo televisie!	Eén	6 January 2015 – 1 January 2016	Series 1, 2015 Series 2, 2016
Czech Republic	TBC
Finland	Sohvaperunat	Yle TV2	27 February 2015 – present	Series 1, 2015 Series 2, 2016 Series 3, 2017 Series 4, 2017 Series 5, 2018 Series 6, 2018 Series 7, 2019 Series 8, 2019 Series 9, 2020 Series 10, 2020 Series 11, 2021 Series 12, 2021 Series 13, 2022 Series 14, 2022 Series 15, 2023 Series 16, 2023
France	Vu à la télé	M6	18 October 2014 – 20 December 2014	Series 1, 2014
Germany	Wohnzimmerhelden	Sat.1	16 December 2014 – 23 December 2014	Series 1, 2014
	Sofa Star	RTL Television	1 January 2015 – 30 January 2015	Series 1, 2015
Hungary	Kanapéhuszárok	RTL	24 November 2023 – 22 December 2023	Series 1, 2023
Ireland	Gogglebox Ireland	TV3/Virgin Media One	22 September 2016 – present	Series 1, 2016 Series 2, 2017 Series 3, 2017 Series 4, 2018 Series 5, 2019 Series 6, 2020 Series 7, 2021 Series 8, 2022
Israel	Tadliku (תדליקו)	Channel 2	12–20 June 2014	Series 1, 2014
Italy	Gogglebox Italia	Italia 1	23 October 2016 – 4 June 2017	Series 1, 2016 Series 2, 2017
Japan	Gogglebox Japan (ゴグルボックス)[18][19]	NHK	24 March 2016	Pilot, 2016
Latvia	Dīvāna eksperti	TV3	11 March 2022 – 27 May 2022	Series 1, 2022
Mongolia	Ardin Buidan (Ардын буйдан)	Mongol HD TV ORI TV (2018–)	27 March 2016 – present	Series 1, 2016 Series 2, 2016 Series 3, 2017 Series 4, 2017 Series 5, 2017 Series 6, 2018 Series 7, 2018 Series 8, 2019 Series 9, 2019 Series 10, 2020 Series 11, 2020 Series 12, 2021 Series 13, 2021 Series 14, 2022 Series 15, 2022 Series 16, 2023
New Zealand	Gogglebox NZ[20]	Three	19 September 2018 – 7 November 2018	Series 1, 2018
Norway	Sofa	NRK	23 October 2014 – 17 March 2017	Series 1, 2014 Series 2, 2015 Series 3, 2016 Series 4, 2017
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