{"id":234519,"date":"2026-01-08T16:52:18","date_gmt":"2026-01-08T16:52:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/234519\/"},"modified":"2026-01-08T16:52:18","modified_gmt":"2026-01-08T16:52:18","slug":"rte-to-honour-hugh-wallaces-wishes-in-final-hoty-episodes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/234519\/","title":{"rendered":"RTE to honour Hugh Wallace&#8217;s wishes in final HOTY episodes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>RT\u00c9 bosses are set to meet with TV execs on Friday about airing Hugh Wallace&#8217;s last-ever Home of the Year episodes.<\/p>\n<p>The beloved celebrity architect died suddenly at the age of 68 in December, with him being remembered as &#8216;super talented, great fun, and an incredibly kind man&#8217; <a href=\"https:\/\/evoke.ie\/2025\/12\/02\/entertainment\/celebrity\/hugh-wallace-tributes\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/evoke.ie\/2025\/12\/02\/entertainment\/celebrity\/hugh-wallace-tributes\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">in tributes<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Hugh had just finished filming Home Of The Year with co-presenters Amanda Bone and <a href=\"https:\/\/evoke.ie\/2025\/03\/12\/entertainment\/tv\/hoty-judge-siobhan-lam\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Siobhan Lam<\/a> when he passed and was halfway through filming The Great House Revival.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"700\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Knocknagoshel3.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1956055\"  \/>Hugh Wallace on The Great House Revival. Pic: RT\u00c9<\/p>\n<p>Now we can reveal RT\u00c9 execs are set to meet TV programmers on Friday to discuss when to air the episodes.<\/p>\n<p>An insider said: &#8216;If you were talking to Hugh, there is no way he would not want those episodes to go ahead. He loved it. He really did love it. <\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"700\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Dinner-time-at-Kaori-Japanese-food.-\u2022Fabulous-food-great-company-master-chefs-incredible-s.jpg\" alt=\"Martin Corbett and Hugh Wallace. Pic: Instagram\" class=\"wp-image-2075109\"  \/>Martin Corbett and Hugh Wallace. Pic: Instagram<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Everyone is in close conversation with Martin [Hugh&#8217;s husband] and no decision has been taken yet. We want to give him time. There is no rush, there is no panic. We will come to a decision in the next while.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>EVOKE previously learned that RT\u00c9 is planning a special tribute to Hugh to mark his significant contribution to the Irish cultural and design landscape.<\/p>\n<p>Another source said: &#8216;RT\u00c9 is putting together some of his most memorable clips. Hugh wasn&#8217;t just an architect; he made an enormous contribution to Irish life over the years.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Hugh <a href=\"https:\/\/extra.ie\/2025\/12\/01\/news\/tributes-huge-wallace-siobhan-sara\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">died unexpectedly<\/a> at his home in early December. Announcing the shock news in a statement, the celebrity architect&#8217;s husband Martin Corbett said: &#8216;It is with deep sadness and shock that I share the news that my beloved husband and soulmate, Hugh Wallace, passed away suddenly at home last night. <\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"700\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/SEI135747169.jpg\" alt=\"Television programme: My Bungalow Bliss. Hugh Wallace. Pic: RTE\" class=\"wp-image-2072696\"  \/>Television programme: My Bungalow Bliss. Hugh Wallace. Pic: RTE<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I am heartbroken. Please respect my privacy at this deeply painful time. Martin.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>In a statement from RTE about the two upcoming programmes they said: &#8216;Our thoughts at this time are with Hugh Wallace&#8217;s husband Martin and his family. <\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Out of respect to them, RT\u00c9 will not be commenting on either series at this time. We will review the situation at an appropriate time in consultation with Hugh&#8217;s family and the producers of both series.&#8217;<a href=\"https:\/\/showheroes.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"RT\u00c9 bosses are set to meet with TV execs on Friday about airing Hugh Wallace&#8217;s last-ever Home of&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":234520,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[321,93,61,60],"class_list":["post-234519","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-celebrities","tag-entertainment","tag-ie","tag-ireland"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/234519","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=234519"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/234519\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/234520"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=234519"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=234519"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=234519"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}