Baz Ashmawy and a Cork documentary: Six highlights from Virgin Media TV’s new season
The Assembly, Living with Lucy, and Faithless feature on Virgin Media Television's schedule
is a powerful access all areas four-part series that takes viewers deep inside the joyous, complicated and messy world of secondary school education. Filmed over an academic year, the show follows the students navigating the most formative years of their lives under the guidance of Principal Burke and his team, including TikTok teaching sensation, Tadgh O’Donovan. Told with true Cork warmth and humour, delves deep into pupil-teacher relationships, exploring the hopes, struggles, triumphs and transformations of one year in secondary school.
lands this October — a daring social experiment and gripping supersized spin-off of . Ten strangers with clashing opinions are brought together for one volatile week of dinner parties. As our online world has become a battleground and society grows more polarised, Dinner with the Enemy brings the conflict offline and into the dining room. When fierce opponents break bread, will they find common ground, or will the divide deepen? Each night, they’re served not just food, but explosive moral dilemmas, divisive social issues, and deeply personal questions designed to provoke and expose. Psychotherapists Daniella Moyles and Richard Hogan watch from the sidelines, decoding every glance, every outburst and every silence. This isn’t just dinner — it’s a psychological pressure cooker.
Following the breakout success of its debut season, — written by and starring Baz Ashmawy — returns this October for a highly anticipated second chapter. This heartfelt comedy-drama dives deeper into the life of Sam, an Irish Egyptian dad suddenly faced with the life-changing challenge of raising his three children alone. Joining Baz is a stellar cast including Jayne Wisener ( ), Jamie-Lee O’Donnell ( ) and Art Campion ( / ), as Sam navigates the chaos, heartbreak and sheer comedy of solo parenting.
Viewer favourite is back — and this season promises even more laughs, surprises, and unforgettable moments. Ireland’s beloved girl next door, Lucy Kennedy, moves in with a new lineup of celebrities to uncover what they’re really like behind closed doors. The season kicks off with a bang as Lucy jets off to Los Angeles to live with none other than Caitlyn Jenner — reality TV royalty and Olympic gold medallist. Just three weeks before her manager and close friend, Sophia Hutchin’s untimely death, Lucy spent the weekend with the pair in the home they shared in Malibu. From the dynamics of their live-in working relationship and friendship to life with the Kardashians since her gender transition, Caitlyn shares the candid insights that only a weekend living with Lucy can deliver.
A new format is about to shake up Irish TV — lands this spring, and absolutely nothing is off limits. Each episode sees an A-list guest face a fearless panel of neurodivergent interviewers. Armed with sharp wit, unfiltered curiosity, and zero interest in playing it safe, this crew rips up the rulebook on celebrity interviews. With facilitator Muireann O’Connell in their corner, they’re ready to grill some of Ireland’s most well-known faces, and first up is Ryan Tubridy, followed by Joanne McNally. From raw truths to unexpected revelations, no topic is too taboo.
In the wake of the landmark Tattle Life case, Virgin Media Television’s Brian Dowling leads a deeply personal investigation into the toxic undercurrent of online hate in . Meeting people whose lives have been upended by targeted abuse and anonymous cruelty, Brian confronts the very real and often brutal, lasting scars caused by online trolls. But this isn’t just a story about victims. It’s an unflinching look behind the anonymous handles. Why do people choose to hurt others behind a screen? What fuels their cruelty? And critically, what can be done to lift the anonymity and hold trolls to account? Who will we find behind the mask?
