Country of origin Ireland No. of series 1 Camera setup Multi-camera First episode date 20 January 2012 Presented by Derek Mooney Cast Derek Mooney | Original language(s) English Executive producer(s) Philip McGovern Running time 30 minutes Network RTÉ One Language English | |
Locations RTÉ Television Centre, Donnybrook, Dublin, Dublin 4, Republic of Ireland Similar Love/Hate, The Voice of Ireland, RTÉ News: One O'Clock, Republic of Telly, Come Dine with Me Ireland | ||
Who Knows Ireland Best? is an Irish quiz show broadcast on RTÉ One from 20 January 2012. The show is presented by Derek Mooney, and air on Friday evenings. Who Knows Ireland Best? has been received positively, being described by media as the "highlight" of RTÉ's spring 2012 season.
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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?").
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.
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.