Comedian Bernard O'Shea breaks silence on a Bridget and Eamon reboot
The comedian and his former 2FM co-star Jennifer Zamparelli have seen worldwide success with the hit RTE comedy show.
Ex-RTE star Bernard O’Shea has said he would “never say never” to Bridget and Eamon, the musical.
The comedian and his former 2FM co-star Jennifer Zamparelli have seen worldwide success with the hit RTE comedy show.
But despite the show not airing any new episodes since 2019, O’Shea said he’ll never rule out a return.
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The Laois native said: “With Jen, we always said never say never but it would be difficult now. Life gets in the way. It would probably be difficult now.
“But we’ve never said no to Bridget and Eamon again. We’ve always said if there’s interest or if something happens, we’ll do it. You never know but at the moment no, there is nothing happening in terms of we’re not talking about a reboot, we’re not talking about a film.
“There was talk a few years ago about a musical but I’m not sure if that is going to happen now. But never say never.”
Written by O'Shea, Zamparelli and Jason Butler, the show, which is set in the 1980s and stars Zamparelli as housewife Bridget and O'Shea as her hapless husband Eamon, started life as a sketch on The Republic of Telly.
The show featured the cream of Irish comedy and acting talent, including Norma Sheahan, Eleanor Tiernan and Sharon Mannion as Bridget's neighbours; Colum McDonnell as Eamon's mate Fierce Handy Frank and Edwin Sammon as the local parish priest.
In 2016, it aired on UKTV and in 2017, it reached a global audience when it was picked up by Amazon.
Bernard said: “UKTV. It was also sold to Amazon Prime. That was four years ago. Then it was sold to Hulu.
“I see it on Instagram now myself. I have followers mentioning Bridget and Eamon and they’d be in Arkansas. Like that’s so odd.
“It’s great to see it. That’s the great thing about online platforms… you’re reaching a worldwide audience,” he added.
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