Mission Beach USA

Mission Beach USA is a reality television series produced for RTÉ Television by Rival Media[4] for RTÉ's youth strand TRTÉ[5] which aired on RTÉ Two.[6] Rival Media had previously produced a series of the same name, for the BBC Switch format, which aired in 2008.[7]

This article is about the TV series. For the California location, see Mission Beach, San Diego.

Mission Beach USA
Presented byAnna Nolan[1]
Country of originIreland
Original languageEnglish
No. of series2[2]
Production
Running time26 mins
Release
Original networkRTÉ Two[2] / TRTÉ[3]
Original release25 October 2010 (2010-10-25) –
16 December 2011 (2011-12-16)

In the RTÉ series, eight Irish teens, reportedly selected from several thousand appliants,[8] head for Fort Lauderdale in the United States to train as lifeguards.[9] Over the course of 3 weeks they join a group of other teens who are training at the Fort Lauderdale Junior Lifeguard Programme.[10]

A second series was commissioned by RTÉ[11] and was scheduled to film, with 8 new participants, in Fort Lauderdale during mid-2011.[12] Series two was broadcast on RTÉ 2 later in 2011.

References
  1. "Reality TV's new wave of Irish stars". The Herald. 21 October 2010.
  2. "RTÉ Surf Series 'Big Wave Bootcamp' In Pre-Production". iftn.ie. Irish Film & Television Network. 17 May 2012. Rival Media have previously produced 'Mission Beach USA' for RTÉ, which [..] has run for two seasons on RTÉ Two
  3. "Bye, bye Den after 25 years on the small screen". Irish Examiner. 14 September 2010. Other new [TRTÉ] shows include [..] Mission Beach USA, where eight Irish teens undergo junior lifeguard training in Florida
  4. "Foxford teen features on RTÉ 2's Mission Beach". Mayo Advertiser. 14 October 2013. Mission Beach is produced by Rival Media for RTÉ
  5. "TRTÉ » Mission Beach USA Gallery". RTÉ. Archived from the original on 11 March 2015. Retrieved 15 March 2015.
  6. "Swim Stars". Sligo Champion. 4 November 2010. progress can be followed every week on the TV program called Mission Beach USA, RTE 2, Mondays at 5pm
  7. "BBC Switch announces activity for Autumn 2008" (Press release). BBC. 21 August 2008. Retrieved 15 April 2023. Mission Beach is an eight-part observational documentary [..] lifeguard programme [..] Mission Beach USA is produced by Rival Media
  8. "Life's a beach for Limerick rower Dylan". Limerick Leader. 18 October 2011. one of eight 16 year olds who [..] was selected from a total of 5,500 applicants to take part in the show
  9. Wyman, Scott (10 August 2010). "Irish Baywatch: TV reality show films Irish youth training as Fort Lauderdale lifeguards". Sun Sentinel. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016.
  10. "RTÉjr and TRTÉ". presspack.rte.ie (Press release). 5 November 2011. Retrieved 15 April 2023.
  11. RTÉ - Independent Productions - Annual Report - 2011 (PDF) (Report). RTÉ. p. 6. Series returning by popular demand included teen reality series Mission Beach USA
  12. "Irish reality show about teen lifeguards returns to Fort Lauderdale". Sun Sentinel. 21 July 2011. Archived from the original on 29 June 2021. A fresh set of eight Irish teens have been in town this month [July 2011] filming "Mission Beach USA" for that country's RTE 2 network
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