Virgin Media Television have unveiled their brand new schedule, including a documentary about Irish OnlyFans creators.
OnlyFans: Ireland’s X-Rated will explore the lives of Irish people on the X-rated subscription site – including a former nurse and a 40-year-old mother-of-three.
The show, which is coming to Virgin Media One on September 6, comes after the company reversed their decision to ban sexually explicit content later this year.
Also coming to Virgin Media One this season is brand new talent show The Big Deal.
The show will be hosted by Vogue Williams, and will see the star-studded panel of judges Boy George, Jedward, JLS’s Aston Merrygold, Deirdre O’Kane and Lyra try to find Ireland’s next big star.
After each act, the performers will be offered a deal: to accept a cash buyout and leave the competition with a sum of money — or to reject the offer and hope they’ve impressed the judges enough to progress through to the grand final and the chance to win a life-changing prize pot of €50,000.
The highly anticipated Love Island reunion comes to Virgin Media One on August 29, where viewers will get to catch up with their favourite contestants from season 7.
There will also be two brand new dating shows launching this season.
Generation Dating is a heartwarming series that pairs lonely Irish singletons in their twenties with the over 65’s in a generational quest to manage each other’s dating choices and ultimately find love.
Ready to Mingle, launching on September 6, is a dating show with a twist – one single girl tries to find love in a group with 12 suitors, but some of them are already in relationships.
Gogglebox will return this September with some old and new faces taking to the couch to give us their thoughts on the week’s most popular shows.
Living with Lucy is also back for another season, and will see Lucy Kennedy move in with six celebrities – including English footballer Paul Gascoigne, reality TV star Hughie Maughan and Kerry football legend Pat Spillane.
A new Irish called Redemption is also coming to VMTV, and features a star-studded cast of The Hunger Games actress Paula Malcomson, Derry Girl’s Siobhan McSweeney and Moe Dunford from the Vikings.
The drama tells the story of DI Colette Cunningham who returns to Ireland to work for the Garda after learning that her estranged daughter Kate has died by suicide.
Graham Norton’s best-selling novel Holding is being adapted into a TV series, which has just begun filming in West Cork.
A host of documentaries are also set to land on Virgin Media Television this season, including the return of the highly acclaimed The Guards: Inside The K.
The series travels deeper into the worlds of criminals and peace makers, with unprecedented access to the guards in the K, and those fighting crime at its darkest.
Ireland’s Unidentified Bodies is a four-part series that following Gardaà and Forensic Scientists as they try to solve the mysteries of Irish bodies without a name. How many unidentified remains that lie in mortuaries, forensic labs and graveyards across Ireland is unknown.
Crash Scene Investigates re-tells and reconstructs stories of Ireland’s fatal road traffic accidents with contributions from bereaved families, first-responders, Garda and forensic investigators.
Some other true crime series set to land are Murder Files: The Killing of Jason Corbett, Anti-Social Ireland and Until Death: Domestic Homicide in Ireland.
For sports fans, the Men’s ‘Guinness Six Nations’ is returning, and the Women’s and Under 20s tournaments will be broadcast on VMTV for the first time.
Sports Stories returns with another batch of powerful Irish sports documentaries including a two-part interview with Paul McGrath. Joe Brolly, Oisin McConville, Nina Carberry, Damien Delaney and Ian McKinley will also be intervewed in the series.
Coming to Virgin Media Player this season are Love Island USA S3, new seasons of The Real Housewives and Drag Race UK, The Masked Singer S1 and WAGS LA.
A brand new True Crime and Investigations rail is also coming to the player, including The Monk – Gerry Hutch and the Regency – exploring one of Irelands most notorious criminals.
Some of our favourite shows are returning to VMTV – including Coronation Street, Emmerdale, I’m a Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here, The Masked Singer, Ant & Dec’s Saturday Night Take Away, Gordon, Gino and Fred, The Voice UK, Dancing On Ice, Celebrity Who Wants To Be A Millionaire and The Graham Norton Show.
Brand new entertainment shows such as Sitting On a Fortune with Gary Lineker and Moneyball are also coming this season.
