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The Marriage Ref. Dermot O'Leary
The Marriage Ref

The Marriage Ref

  • TV panel show
  • ITV1
  • 2011
  • 7 episodes (1 series)

ITV panel show in which comedians and celebrities help solve real-life couples' relationship tiffs by ruling on who is wrong and right. Stars Dermot O'Leary.

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The Marriage Ref. Dermot O'Leary

Key details

Genre
Panel Show
Broadcast
2011
Channel
ITV1
Episodes
7 (1 series)
Star
Dermot O'Leary
Writers
Ivor Baddiel, Dominic English, Les Keen, Christine Rose, Aiden Spackman and Dan Swimer
Directors
Jim Hickey, Gemma Rawcliffe and Barbara Wiltshire
Producers
Karen Murdoch, Sam Eastall, Jim Hickey, Gemma Rawcliffe, Russell Balkind, Sam Pinnell, Ruth Phillips and Richard Osman
Company

The Marriage Ref looks at real-life couples who are very much in love, but have something quirky and ridiculous that they argue about. No tiff is too absurd for the show - from a couple who bicker about the husband's desire to stuff and display his beloved dead pooch... to a wife who is fed up of her husband taking his wedding ring off every time he goes out with his mates.

It's up to Dermot O'Leary and his panel of celebrities and comics to decide who's right and wrong in each of these domestic disputes - the husband or the wife. The show is described as being "packed with laughs as the guests discuss, debate and add their own personal take to each light-hearted and very funny tiff".

Additional details

Production
Studio
Camera set-up
Multi-camera
Picture
Colour

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Broadcast details

First broadcast
Saturday 18th June 2011 at 9pm on ITV1
Most recent repeats
  • Friday 12th August 2011 at 11:55pm on ITV2 - Episode 6
  • Saturday 6th August 2011 at 12:00am on ITV2 - Episode 7
  • Wednesday 3rd August 2011 at 7:00pm on ITV2 - Episode 7

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