Charity Lords of the Ring
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Charity Lords of the Ring
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| Genre | Reality competition, boxing |
| Created by | Screentime ShinAwil |
| Directed by | Roy Heaybred |
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| Voices of | Jimmy Magee |
| Theme music composer |
Mickey Joe Harte Billy Farrell |
| Country of origin | Ireland |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 4 |
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| Executive producer(s) | Barry McGuigan Larry Bass Brian Peter |
| Producer(s) | Isobel Nolan |
| Running time | 60 minutes |
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| Original network | RTÉ One |
| Original release | 15 August – 22 August 2009 |
| External links | |
| Website | www |
Charity Lords of the Ring is an Irish reality television competition, broadcast on RTÉ One. Presented by Lucy Kennedy and ex-boxer Barry McGuigan, the four-part series follows ten personalities compete for their charity of choice, in the field of boxing.
Charity Lords of the Ring is broadcast over four episodes on 15 August, 18 August, 19 August and 22 August 2009. It is produced by Screentime ShinAwil and sponsored by Sona Vitamins. Over €100,000 is anticipated to be donated to the charities involved, with €26,000 going to the winner. The show marks the television production debut of Brian Ormond. One of the contestants left the show before broadcasts began due to a potentially life-threatening swelling to the brain.
The show's finalists were Paul Martin and Sean Gallagher. The final was attended by several females including socialite and model Rosanna Davison, pop singer, television personality, and sometime glamour model Michelle Heaton as well as Pippa O'Connor and Tara Sinnott. Seán Gallagher, despite having only partial eyesight, won the series.
The series was launched in late July 2009. The contestants were revealed during an episode of Saturday Night with Miriam.
The programme features the experiences of ten celebrities through recruit training, with assistance from Tim Witherspoon, Peter Taylor and Katie Taylor. All ten contributors had to take a half day medical before being allowed compete on the show. It later emerged that RTÉ had asked if the contestants could avoid striking each other above their necks for fear that a violent "gore-fest" might affect the ratings. This idea was dismissed because it was thought the celebrities would look like "total wimps". Some injuries were caused during the programme, including a broken nose for Jack Sheedy from Lee Sharpe and an injured thumb and bruised ribs for Seán Gallagher from Alan Shortt.
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