Put 'Em Under Pressure (TV series)

Put 'Em Under Pressure
Genre	Sport
Presented by	Gráinne Seoige
Starring	Pat Spillane Ruby Walsh
Country of origin	Ireland
Original language(s)	English
No. of series	1
No. of episodes	8
Production
Location(s)	RTÉ Television Centre, Donnybrook, Dublin 4
Camera setup	Multi-camera
Running time	30 minutes
Distributor	RTÉ
Release
Original network	RTÉ One
Original release	18 September – 6 November 2011
Chronology
Related shows	Know Your Sport

Put 'Em Under Pressure is an Irish panel game with a sporting theme hosted by Gráinne Seoige which started on RTÉ One on 18 September 2011. The show's name is taken from "Put 'Em Under Pressure", the official song to the Republic of Ireland national football team's 1990 World Cup campaign.

It involves a team of well-known sports pundits battle against a team of Irish sports stars answering questions on their own and other sports. Each team has a resident captain, each of whom is joined by two guest stars.

Presenters and team members

The show was hosted by Gráinne Seoige. The team captains for the first series were former Kerry Gaelic footballer Pat Spillane and National Hunt champion jockey Ruby Walsh.

Quiz format

The rounds played include:

• Starting Lineup - six numbered squares reveal various sports people, including the names of the four special guests, for contestants to answer a question about.
• Man of the Match - a special guest introduces a piece of footage of one of their major achievements with an alternative commentary. The teams must identify which fact in the commentary is incorrect and why.
• Word of Sport - former Gaelic games commentator Mícheál Ó Muircheartaigh reads an extract from a sporting autobiography or a lyric from a sports-related song. The teams must identify the work in question.
• Five-a-Side - both teams pick a particular topic from a selection of three for the opposing team to answer questions on. Many of the topics have trick names.
• Sprint Finish - this is a ninety-second rapid-fire question round. Each team answers a question with the questions alternating between both teams. If a question is answered incorrectly the contestant is frozen out of the round.

Broadcast details

First series

Episode	Broadcast date	Pat Spillane's Team	Ruby Walsh's Team	Man of the Match
1.	18 September 2011	Kenny Cunningham and Donal Lenihan	Catherina McKiernan and Malcolm O'Kelly	Packie Bonner
2.	25 September 2011	Ray Houghton and Con Murphy	Dan Shanahan and Bernard Dunne	Christy O'Connor Jnr
3.	2 October 2011	Kevin McStay and Mick Dowling	Conor Niland and Frankie Sheahan	John Treacy
4.	9 October 2011	Robert Hall and Tomás Mulcahy	David Gillick and Benny Tierney	Ray Houghton
5.	16 October 2011	Jacqui Hurley and Neil Francis	Isa Necewa and Jason Sherlock	Bernard Dunne
6.	23 October 2011	Michael Lyster and Brent Pope	Melanie Nocher and Shane McGrath	Kevin O'Brien
7.	30 October 2011	Darragh Moloney and Fiona Looney	Jason McAteer and John Aldridge	Ronnie Delany
8.	6 November 2011	Jimmy Magee and Marty Morrissey	Bernard Brogan and Shane Byrne	Tony Ward

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