A staple of Irish television from the 1960s to the 1990s, it would be hard to believe ‘Housewife of the Year’, the surreal television competition celebrating the role of the housewife, actually existed – if it were not for the treasure trove of archive footage and accounts from ex-contestants. An exploration of the shocking gap between what the audience saw on television and the reality of life for women in Ireland at the time – about a resilient generation ‘who got on with it.’