Off Their Rockers (British TV series)

Off Their Rockers is a British hidden camera sketch series on ITV. The programme is based on the American series Betty White's Off Their Rockers. The UK series sees senior citizens turn the tables on unsuspecting members of the public in a series of funny and unexpected pranks. The format originates from Belgium ("Benidorm Bastards").

Off Their Rockers
Genre	Hidden camera Sketch show
Created by	Tim Van Aelst
Directed by	Matt Holt (2014–) Tom Vinnicombe (2014–) Steve Harwood (2014–) Ian Curtis (2014) Simon Gibney (2014)
Starring	Current cast
Composers	Jess Bailey Graeme Perkins
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language	English
No. of series	4 (+1 specials series)
No. of episodes	28 (inc. specials) (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producers	Murray Boland Mobashir Dar Danielle Lux
Producer	Mike Worsley (2013)
Editors	Michael Wolf Alex Kirkland (2014–15) Duncan O'Neill (2013)
Running time	30 minutes (inc. adverts)
Production company	CPL Productions
Original release
Network	ITV
Release	7 April 2013 (2013-04-07) – 16 December 2016 (2016-12-16)
Related
Benidorm Bastards (Belgium) Betty White's Off Their Rockers (USA)

Two special episodes known as the Blue Badge specials aired in June 2015, starring a new cast.^[1]

Cast

Current

• Rosemary Macvie (2013–)
• Rosie Bannister (2013–)
• Royston Mayoh (2013–)
• Seb Craig (2013–)
• Sonia Elliman (2013–)
• Keith Bayross (2013–)
• Morrison Thomas (2013–)
• Chris Lewis (2014–; Uncredited)
• Velma Davies (2013–)
• Nick Hobbs (2014–)
• Tony Lo (2014–)
• Ken Moxley (2014–)
• Dave Norman (2014–)
• Marry Hyam (2014–)
• Denise Ryan (2014–; Stunts)
• Ray Casey (2014–; Uncredited)
• Joan Hooley (2015–)
• Pamela Lyne (2015–)
• Andrew Haynes (2015–)

Former

• Iris Sharples (2013–2014) – Died during filming for the second series^[2]
• Hugo Gunning (2013–2014)
• Barry Newton (2013–2015)
• Paul Weston (2014–2015)

Blue Badge specials cast

• Jack Binstead
• Stephen Bunce
• Ollie Hancock
• Paul Henshall
• Tommy Jessop
• Karina Jones
• Francesca Mills
• Liam O'Carroll
• Reece Pantry
• Jacqui Press
• Daniel Wilkes

Transmissions

Series	Episodes	Series premiere	Series finale	Average UK viewers (in millions)
1	6	7 April 2013	12 May 2013	4.46
2	7	6 April 2014	18 May 2014	3.40
3	7	1 March 2015	12 April 2015	3.08
Blue Badge Specials	2	1 June 2015	8 June 2015
4	6	6 November 2016	11 December 2016

Episodes

See also: List of Off Their Rockers episodes

Series 1

The first series of Off Their Rockers aired for six episodes from 7 April until 12 May 2013.

Episode No.	Original air date	Viewers (millions)[3]	ITV weekly ranking
1	7 April 2013	4.79[4]	15
2	14 April 2013	5.26	15
3	21 April 2013	4.68	17
4	28 April 2013	4.45	16
5	5 May 2013	3.44	20
6	12 May 2013	4.15	18

Series 2

The second series was commissioned in July 2013.^[5] It began airing on 6 April 2014 and ran for seven episodes. The final episode of this series was dedicated to Iris Sharples, a former participant, who died on 22 November 2013, during filming for the second series.

Episode No.	Original air date	Viewers (millions)[3]	ITV weekly ranking
1	6 April 2014	4.01	17
2	13 April 2014	3.82	18
3	20 April 2014	3.31	17
4	27 April 2014	3.37	20
5	4 May 2014	3.10	19
6	11 May 2014	3.29	15
7	18 May 2014	2.90	17

Series 3

A third series was commissioned in August 2014 and began airing on 1 March 2015 for six episodes.^[6]

Episode No.	Original air date	Viewers (millions)[3]	ITV weekly ranking
1	1 March 2015	3.31	18
2	8 March 2015	3.22	18
3	15 March 2015	3.12	16
4	22 March 2015	3.09	21
5	29 March 2015	2.96	19
6	5 April 2015	—	Outside Top 30
7	12 April 2015	2.75	19

Blue Badge Specials

The two Blue Badge special episodes were announced on 12 April 2015, during the concluding episode of series 3.^[7] These were aired in June 2015 on Mondays at 9:30pm.^[8]

Episode No.	Original air date	Viewers (millions)[3]	ITV weekly ranking
1	1 June 2015[9]	1.84 (overnight)	Outside Top 30
2	8 June 2015	—	Outside Top 30

Series 4

A fourth series was commissioned and began airing on 6 November 2016 for six episodes. The show moved to an earlier timeslot of 18:30 on Sunday evenings. This series saw celebrities taking part in the pranks for the first time.

Episode No.	Original air date	Celebrity appearances	Viewers (millions)[3]	ITV weekly ranking
1	6 November 2016	Joey Essex	—	Outside Top 30
2	13 November 2016	Katie Price	—	Outside Top 30
3	20 November 2016	Louis Walsh	—	Outside Top 30
4	27 November 2016	Kym Marsh	—	Outside Top 30
5	4 December 2016	Louie Spence	—	Outside Top 30
6	11 December 2016	Tulisa Contostavlos	—	Outside Top 30

References

1. "Disabled actors taking part in Off Their Rockers specials for ITV". digitalspy.co.uk. 12 April 2015. Retrieved 18 August 2016.
2. "IRIS SHARPLES : Obituary". BMDs Online. 27 November 2013. Retrieved 14 May 2014.
3. "Top 30 Programmes". BARB. Retrieved 26 June 2013.
4. "'Catchphrase', 'Off Their Rockers' have strong start on ITV". digitalspy.co.uk. 8 April 2013. Retrieved 18 August 2016.
5. "ITV orders second series of 'Off Their Rockers'". digitalspy.co.uk. July 2013. Retrieved 18 August 2016.
6. "Off Their Rockers renewed for series 3 by ITV". digitalspy.co.uk. 7 August 2014. Retrieved 18 August 2016.
7. "ITV Green Light Disabled 'Off Their Rockers' Blue Badge Specials! | Act On This - The TV Actors' Network". actonthis.tv. Retrieved 18 August 2016.
8. "ITV evolves Off Their Rockers with disabled pranksters | News | Broadcast". broadcastnow.co.uk. Retrieved 18 August 2016.
9. "Off Their Rockers Episode 1". itv.com. Retrieved 18 August 2016.

External links

• Off Their Rockers at British Comedy Guide
• Off Their Rockers at IMDb