Ireland's Fittest Family review, episode 3: Balance is everything
Clodagh McIntyre on the Sole Survivor challenge in Ireland's Fittest Family on RTÉ One.
Great telly is unifying. It's why I sometimes miss the days of two-channel land. Because as a nation, those collective experiences become our context, our shorthand. Before on-demand entertainment, we all sat ourselves down at the same time, like some kind of national performance art, to partake in programmes.
That's why you can bond with someone of a certain generation over Bosco and the magic door and why dungarees can evoke a funny feeling in your tummy. That's why we all call that Sunday night dread, The Glenroes. That's why every Irish person at a party in Sydney will snigger if you say 'Roll it there Róisín' when you catch someone picking their nose.
