Brian Dowling has been announced as the host of TV3’s new Saturday night entertainment show ‘Sitting On A Fortune’. The 10 x 60 series, a co-development and co-production between 3Studios and RDF Television, will begin filming this June with an air date scheduled for the autumn.

Dowling previously presented the BAFTA Award winning ‘SMTV Live’, ‘Big Brother’ and ‘Celebrity Big Brother’, as well as ‘The National Soap Awards’. In Ireland he co-hosted ‘Wagon’s Den’ on RTE and ‘The Big Fat Breakfast Show’. On a set dominated by super-sized chairs, ‘Sitting On A Fortune’ will see three couples take turns to sprint to the games area to take on a fiendish puzzle. All the time they’re away from their chair, their rivals earn money.

RDF Television, who is behind UK shows such as the hit game show ‘Tipping Point Lucky Stars’, ‘Wife Swap’ and ‘The Secret Millionaire’ is a Zodiak Media company, which will be distributing ‘Sitting On A Fortune’ internationally.

A studio audience of 150 people will be invited to each of the shows over the two weekends in June. Those wishing to be part of the audience can apply by visiting tv3.ie/takepart.

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