The popular endurance challenge that is RTE's Ultimate Hell Week returned to our screens this evening with viewers loving it as much as ever.
This year's line-up is particularly heavy on sporting figures from a broad range of disciplines so sports fans were especially hooked from the dramatic opening sequence which was beautifully shot as it tracked them swimming through freezing cold water.
Twitter was alight with praise throughout the episode as the likes of Eric Donovan, David Gillick, Billy Holland, Aisling Daly, Setanta O'hAilpin and Oisin Murphy got started in their six-day training regime which is a condensed version of the selection process for the Special Forces - which boasts a 90% failure rate.
