Gaisce Gnó/Be the Business is a new fast-paced Irish language series
which pits teen teams from all over Northern Ireland against adult
professionals, in a battle to create new products for the children’s
market.
The series sees three adults compete against three children to find
innovative business solutions to tasks like creating a new ice-cream
for the Halloween market and designing a new energy bar.
Presented by Céara Ní Choinn this six-part series with participants
from all over Northern Ireland reflects the vibrancy and talent of
Northern Ireland’s Irish speaking community. Armed with ingenuity,
creativity and insider knowledge of what young people really want,
our teen teams compete against adults with a wide range of life and
professional experience and it makes for a fierce contest!
The first programme sees three children from St Catherine’s Armagh;
Seán Mac Lochlainn, Cormac Ó Maoláin and Pádraig Laverty, take on
the hot shot adults; Jake Mac Siacais and Ciarán Mac Giolla Bhéin
from Forbairt Feirste and author, Cathal Ó Manacháin. And their mission
… to come up with a brand new design concept for a teenage girls duvet
cover!
Gaisce Gnó will appeal to the whole family, as they wait to find out
which product will be chosen by an expert teenage jury – only one
team can win – but will it be youth or experience which wins the day??
Series producer Fiona Keane says; “Working on 'Gaisce Gnó' has been
a lot of fun - this is my first time working so closely with teenagers
and I was consistently amazed by their creativity, their knowledge
and they way they got to grips with the various challenges we set
them. We auditioned all over Northern Ireland and I think we may have
uncovered the next generation of entrepreneurs!
“And the competition between youth and experience was pretty
intense. For most of the adults who took part, working on product
design was something completely different to what they do in their
day to day lives, but they really got stuck in.
“I know the series will be popular with Irish speakers, but
I also think that 'Gaisce Gnó' will appeal to a broad family
audience whatever language they speak.”
Gaisce Gnó’ is produced by Imagine Media for BBC Northern Ireland in association with the Irish Language Broadcast Fund.