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Re-vamped series hosted by Laura Fox returns on 2 November to RT\u00c9<\/h2>
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Ireland\u2019s Fittest Family is return with new locations, challenges and coaches, Laura Fox is set to return as host and will be gracing our screens on November 2.<\/p>

Returning as coaches are coaches Davy Fitzgerald, Donncha O\u2019Callaghan and Anna Geary, they are set to face off against three new coaches.<\/p>

The new cast members include All-Ireland champ Michael Darragh MacAuley, Irish rugby legend Andrew Trimble, and Champion swimmer Ellen Keane.<\/p>

Kicking off week 1 are Anna and Michael Darragh \u2013 each with two families. Anna\u2019s McClements family from Down and Carr family from Westmeath take on Michael Darragh\u2019s Walsh\u2019s from Cork and Byrne\u2019s from Dublin.<\/p>

In Box to the Top, the sporty families start off in the ice-cold sea and embark on a head-to-head race along an army training ground, carrying kit bags and sandbags along the way. The competing families then must face Truck Pull \u2013 attempting to pull a 7.5 tonne army vehicle along a decommissioned runway.<\/p>

The four families are battling it out for one of three places in the next round of Ireland\u2019s Fittest Family.<\/p>

At the end of episode 1, when the scores of the first two events are combined, the two highest-scoring go through to the next round,<\/p>

Then the two families at the bottom have to face off in the Army Eliminator.<\/p>

Alan Tyler, RT\u00c9 Group Head of Entertainment and Music, said: \u202f\u201dNow in its 13th series, Ireland\u2019s Fittest Family is back with its most competitive offering to date \u2013 and that\u2019s just with the callibre of coaches on-board!\u201d<\/p>

He also stated: \u201cThe show is a firm Sunday evening family favourite, and it\u2019s great to welcome some brand-new coaches to join our much loved veterans, along with some hugely challenging new tasks.\u201d<\/p>

Find out which family and coach comes out on top from Sunday, 2 November, 6.30pm on RT\u00c9 One and RT\u00c9 Player.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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