Housewife of the Year  

We travel back to a very different time when Gay Byrne quizzed female TV Show contestants about motherhood, marriage and housework as they competed for the accolade ‘Housewife of the Year.’ In this dive into a slice of surreal TV history - Father Ted’s ‘Lovely Girls’ was on the money - past contestants reminisce about the conservative social norms of the day, the lack of contraception and the daily boring limited lives they led  and the thrill of going on the telly with a chance to win a cash prize and the latest kitchen appliance. Funny, sweet and shocking, this winner of Galway Film Festival 2024 Best Irish Documentary, will have you counting your lucky stars.

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Year: 2024

Runtime: 1hr 21m

Cert: PG

Director: Ciaran Cassidy

Starring: Margaret Carmody, Catherine Carton, Margaret Carton

Genre: Documentary, History