Best Irish family series
Get ready to binge. We've found a collection of must-watch family shows from Ireland, now streaming on Netflix, HBO, Hulu, Prime Video, and other top services!
Moone Boy 2012
Martin Moone is a young boy who relies on the help of his imaginary friend Sean to deal with the quandaries of life in a wacky small-town Irish family in the 1980's.
77Bing 2014
Children's animation series featuring Bing, a bunny, and his friends. Based on the books by Ted Dewan
63Transformers: Rescue Bots Academy 2018
Five students of the Rescue Bots Training Academy from Cybertron—Hot Shot, Whirl, Medix, Hoist and Wedge—learn to respond to emergency situations and become heroes.
55The Unreal 2024
Kevin is stuck in a boring holiday park with his family, when he discovers a video-tape from an obscure 1980s TV show. When he plays the video he accidentally unleashes a strange creature known as the Pooka into the world. The Pooka causes chaos and Kevin gets the blame. His family don’t believe him when he tells them it’s the creature’s fault.
67Aifric 2006
The series follows the life of Aifric whose wacky family have just moved to a new town in the West of Ireland. The 14yr old wants nothing more than to fit in but feels her family will not make it easy for her. Her mother is a new-age hippy who has banned television, while her father is a wannabe rock star, not to mention her annoying little brother.
10Catherine's Roman Holiday 2010
Catherine Fulvio returns to our screens with a series exploring Italian food.
10Raised by the Village 2019
Tells the story of two city families who need significant help with parenting and are taking drastic steps to get it. In a last ditch attempt to rein in their kids, they move them to the heart of the countryside, allowing them to be ‘raised by the village’. Under the guidance of one of Ireland’s top child psychotherapists, Stella O’Malley, the pair get a dose of teenage life Irish village style. The question posed is whether the two kids will benefit from part of a tight-knit community where the local adults keep a very close eye on goings on.
10Aifric 2006
The series follows the life of Aifric whose wacky family have just moved to a new town in the West of Ireland. The 14yr old wants nothing more than to fit in but feels her family will not make it easy for her. Her mother is a new-age hippy who has banned television, while her father is a wannabe rock star, not to mention her annoying little brother.
10My Money and Me 2016
Do we ever stand back and ask where does our money go? Are we all just sleepwalking spenders, buying things we don’t really need and spending too much on the essentials? Are we handing over our hard earned money, without giving it a second thought?In this new RTE One series My Money & Me, Kathriona Devereux will be joined by Personal Finance Expert Sinead Ryan to help people across Ireland take control of their cash.In each episode, we meet a household struggling to see where their money is going each month. By combing through their finances, Sinead and Kathriona will identify key areas where savings can be made without massive changes to their lifestyle. Setting challenges based on their findings, our participants shopping and spending habits will be challenged in order to find them some much-needed cash. With simple lifestyle changes, switching bills and simply putting their new found savings aside, we reveal just how much they can save over a year, with surprising results.Are our basic human instincts costing us at the checkout? Dr. Pete Lunn, Behavioral Economist, will carry out experiments with a sample of Irish consumers to examine the behavioural and psychological aspects of our shopping habits – we reveal if we really are as in control of our decision-making as we think.On top of all of that, each week we have an industry expert giving us their top tips on how to save money on those big purchases; from saving money on your wedding, to how to get the best deal on a car, our Insider Tips will stop us from unnecessarily overspending.
10The Late Late Toy Show Unwrapped 2015
As the nation gears up for the most magical night of the television year, The Late Late Toy Show Unwrapped looks at the history of Ireland's favourite show stretching right back to when it was first introduced in the 70s to the present day and hears from the famous names who've appeared on it.The Late Late Toy Show Unwrapped is a three part documentary that looks at the history of the programme, going right back to its introduction with Gay Byrne as presenter in the 70s right up to the present day, and looks at why it is now the television event of the year.Featuring interviews with all three Toy Show presenters – Gay Byrne, Pat Kenny and Ryan Tubridy – and familiar faces who are proud to have begun their careers on the show including singer Imelda May, actress Angeline Ball and comedian Al Porter.
10Go Jetters 2015
Meet four adventure-seeking superhero Go Jetters as they explore places all around planet Earth.
65The Amazing World of Gumball 2011
The life of Gumball Watterson, a 12-year old cat who attends middle school in Elmore. Accompanied by his pet, adoptive brother, and best friend Darwin Watterson, he frequently finds himself involved in various shenanigans around the city, during which he interacts with various family members: Anais, Richard, and Nicole Watterson, and other various citizens.
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