The Real Housewives of Cheshire

The Real Housewives of Cheshire
Genre	Reality television
Based on	The Real Housewives
Presented by	Brian Dowling (season 3–)
Starring	Ampika Pickston Dawn Ward Lauren Simon Leanne Brown Magali Gorré Tanya Bardsley Missé Beqiri Seema Malhotra Stacey Forsey Ester Dohnalová
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language(s)	English
No. of series	6
No. of episodes	53 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producer(s)	David Granger Sarah Dillistone Sean Murphy Daran Little
Location(s)	Cheshire and Greater Manchester, England
Production company(s)	Monkey Kingdom
Release
Original network	ITVBe
Picture format	HDTV 1080i
Original release	12 January 2015 (2015-01-12) – present
External links
Website	twitter.com/OfficialRHOCH

The Real Housewives of Cheshire (abbreviated RHOCheshire) is a British reality television series broadcast on ITVBe. The show premiered on 12 January 2015 and is based on The Real Housewives franchise.^[1] It is produced and distributed by NBCUniversal International Networks, and Monkey Kingdom, one of Britain's leading production companies. The Real Housewives of Cheshire chronicles the lives of several affluent housewives who reside in Cheshire and Greater Manchester, England.^[2]

The series originally focused on Ampika Pickston, Dawn Ward, Lauren Simon, Leanne Brown, Magali Gorré and Tanya Bardsley. Of the original housewives, Gorré left after the second season, while Pickston confirmed​ her departure shortly after the fifth. The remaining housewives joined in later seasons: Forsey and Malhotra in the third, and Dohnalová in the fifth. Other housewives include Missé Beqiri (series 3-4), although she remained a guest in series 5.

Overview and casting

Series 1–4

On 22 September 2014 ITV announced the cast for Britain's first housewives instalment The Real Housewives of Cheshire. Starring Ampika Pickston, Dawn Ward, Lauren Simon, Leanne Brown, Magali Gorré and Tanya Bardsley, the series follows the cast's intertwining and fast lives in the rich communities of Cheshire and Greater Manchester.^[3] ITV had planned to profile the glamorous denizens of London's Knightsbridge in the series, but ITV bosses said "their homes weren’t quite big enough..", and so Cheshire was chosen.^[4] After the success of the first series, with the premiere becoming ITVBe's second highest rating ever programme behind The Only Way is Essex, on 27 April 2015 it was announced that a second series had been commissioned, with filming to begin in May 2015. The second series aired from 7 September 2015 to 9 November 2015, with the cast from the first series returning.^[5]

On 1 March 2016 it was announced that Magali Gorré would be departing the series, although a return in future hasn’t been ruled out.^[6] On 4 March 2016 ITVBe announced that Ward, Simon, Pickston, Brown and Bardsley would be returning for a third series along with three new wives, Missé Beqiri, Seema Malhotra and Stacey Forsey.^[7] The third series premiered on 4 April 2016. On 25 April 2016 it was confirmed by cast member Tanya Bardsley, that the third series would have a reunion show, a first since the show's inception.^[8] On 19 May 2016 it was announced that Irish television presenter, Brian Dowling, would be hosting the reunion show.^[9] The reunion was filmed at Peckforton Castle in Cheshire in late May. The reunion aired on 13 June 2016, concluding the third series.

On 8 June 2016, a week before the airing of the reunion for the third series, it was announced that the show would be returning for a fourth series. It was also revealed that all the housewives from the third series would be returning.^[10] Filming for the fourth series commenced on 1 July 2016. In late August 2016, a small teaser was shown on ITVBe revealed that the fourth series would premiere on 5 September 2016.^[11] The fourth series' reunion was filmed at Peckforton Castle in Cheshire. The reunion aired on 8 November 2016, concluding the fourth series.

Series 5–present

On 3 January 2017 it was announced that the show had been renewed for a fifth and sixth series with both set to air in 2017.^[12] Filming for the fifth series began in late January.^[13]

On 13 February 2017 it was revealed that the fifth series would premiere on 27 March 2017. It was also announced that Missé Beqiri would not be returning as a main housewife, to take a step back to focus on her relationship, but will appear as a guest housewife.^[14] Former housewife Magali Gorré commented on the upcoming season, stating "I have heard there is a new cast member and she is more Geordie Shore than Golden Triangle."^[15] On 21 March 2017 Ester Dohnalová was announced to be the new housewife for the fifth series.^[16] The fifth series premiered on 27 March 2017, introducing new housewife Ester.

On 28th April 2017, Misse Beqiri announced series five would be her last.

On the 9th July 2017, Lauren Simon exclusively revealed that filming of the sixth series have already started.

It has been exclusively announced on the itvbe advert that two new housewives would be joining for Series 6. On July 29, 2017, Pickston announced her departure from the series.

Timeline of housewives

Episodes

International broadcast

In Australia, the series premiered on Arena on 24 May 2015.^[17] In the United States, the series debuted on 14 November 2015, on Bravo, the same network that initiated The Real Housewives franchise.^[18]

References

External links

• Official Website
• Official Twitter
• The Real Housewives of Cheshire on IMDb
• The Real Housewives of Cheshire at TV Guide