{"id":411382,"date":"2026-04-22T07:44:10","date_gmt":"2026-04-22T07:44:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/411382\/"},"modified":"2026-04-22T07:44:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T07:44:10","slug":"home-of-the-year-finale-the-late-hugh-wallaces-last-tv-appearance-was-poignant-his-warmth-wit-and-love-for-his-work-will-be-missed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/411382\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Home of the Year\u2019 finale: The late Hugh Wallace\u2019s last TV appearance was poignant \u2013 his warmth, wit and love for his work will be missed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-91174671_secondary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom4 indo-1d70522a_marginleft0 indo-1d70522a_marginright0 indo-1d70522a_margintop4\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\" data-testid=\"title-summary\">Series 12 of \u2018Home of the Year\u2019 was completed before Hugh Wallace\u2019s death. Hugh had been a judge on the programme since its inception and will be remembered for his warmth and humour, and for consistently capturing the hearts of viewers\n<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Amanda with Hugh and Siobhan\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/b96f8fed-8035-45eb-8de9-0d6592d63510.jpg\" loading=\"eager\" width=\"100%\" data-testid=\"article-image\"  \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_caption1 indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_secondary indo-66f0fec7_regular indo-1d70522a_marginbottom0 indo-1d70522a_marginleft0 indo-1d70522a_marginright0 indo-1d70522a_margintop3 indo-b48c4984_left\" style=\"color:var(--color-grey-60)\">Amanda with Hugh and Siobhan<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom0 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">Every now and then television and radio bring forth personalities who find a place in the hearts of the audience, to the extent that they come to be regarded as national treasures.<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom0 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">Some achieve that status through natural charm, good humour and sheer likeability. I\u2019ve never met anyone, for instance, who had a single negative thing to say about Larry Gogan, who died in 2020 and whose humility and obvious joy in what he did endeared him to multiple generations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Series 12 of \u2018Home of the Year\u2019 was completed before Hugh Wallace\u2019s death. Hugh had been a judge&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":411383,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[93,61,60,6085],"class_list":{"0":"post-411382","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entertainment","8":"tag-entertainment","9":"tag-ie","10":"tag-ireland","11":"tag-rte"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/411382","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=411382"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/411382\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/411383"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=411382"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=411382"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=411382"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}