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Bosco Presenters

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  • 07-07-2013 10:35pm
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    An Riabhach
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    I was watching a programme on TV3 today called "Bring Back Bosco",and it just got me thinking about the presenters and what they might be doing nowadays as we never hear from or see them anymore. The only ones I remdmber are:
    Marion Richardson(because she looked like Wonder Woman)
    Frank Twomey
    Mary Garrioch
    Gráinne Uí Mhaitiú
    Marcus Higgins
    Barbara McNamara
    Bairbre Ní Chaoimh
    Jonathan ?????

    Recently I was surprised to find out that Phillip Tyler is dead.

    Does anybody know whatever happened to any of these presenters,if they are all still alive and are they still in the television or radio business?It would be very interesting to know.


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    Miseryguts
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    Isn't Valerie from Fair city not a former presenter?


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    fryup
    Registered Users Posts: 18,069 ✭✭✭✭fryup


    gay philip is dead?


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    An Riabhach
    Registered Users Posts: 1,672 ✭✭✭An Riabhach


    Miseryguts wrote: »
    Isn't Valerie from Fair city not a former presenter?

    I think she was "Grabbit" in one of the Saturday morning programmes and in the "Fáilte Road Café" and Pajo's Junkbox


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    downonthefarm
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    marion is on rte radio


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    An Riabhach
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    fryup wrote: »
    gay philip is dead?

    I had no idea Phillip was gay-after Bosco he just vanished,with most of the others.....seeing the old clips,I thought Frank looked a bit camp(back then I would've been too young to notice those things,but I did have a crush on Marion)


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    Skid X
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    Here you go

    Edit: actually there isn't a huge amount of information there, unfortunately.

    http://www.dailyedge.ie/bosco-frank-grainne-marian-677537-Nov2012/


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    Rubberlegs
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    I'd such a crush on Philip! Young and naive:)


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    gobnaitolunacy
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    I found Jonathan scarey, cos he had a beard.


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    thejuggler
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    You may not realise it but Jonathan Ryan is one of the most in demand voice over artists for radio ads in Ireland during the last 30 years. Think of any deep voiced male advert (plus a lot of the celebrity impersonations on adverts) and its probably him.

    http://www.voiceover.ie/


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    BuilderPlumber
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    Ryan Tubridy presents the Late Late Show now and talks nonstop about babies. He should be the presenter of a Bosco remake or other children's programmes!!


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    washiskin
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    BuilderPlumber wrote: »
    Ryan Tubridy presents the Late Late Show now and talks nonstop about babies. He should be the presenter of a Bosco remake or other children's programmes!!

    Actually I could see him making a better presenter of the new "School Around The Corner" than Ray D'arcy.

    At the height of the Bosco, Jonathan Ryan pulled in for petrol at our local shop - we were all star-struck urchins!!


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    darkdubh
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    Frank gave a donation when I was collecting for charity about 7 or 8 years ago.


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    paddyc310
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    Marian was real sexy in that tight pink jeans. ,,anyone remember that.


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    An Riabhach
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    paddyc310 wrote: »
    Marian was real sexy in that tight pink jeans. ,,anyone remember that.

    Hmmm,yes-now that you mention it.........back then I was too young and "innocent" to think anyone was sexy but I did fancy her,even when she wore those dungarees also.I was a huge fan of Wonder Woman around the same time and I thought they both looked like each other


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    darkdubh
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    gobnaitolunacy wrote: »
    I found Jonathan scarey, cos he had a beard.
    Your not the only one.He had this slightly caddish air about him.Wasen't he in The Irish RM as well?


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    gobnaitolunacy
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    darkdubh wrote: »
    Your not the only one.He had this slightly caddish air about him.Wasen't he in The Irish RM as well?

    You're think of Peter Bowles?


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    darkdubh
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    gobnaitolunacy wrote: »
    You're think of Peter Bowles?
    No,I'm pretty sure Johnathan Ryan was in it too.In a fairly minor recurring part if i remember correctly.
    Edit:He was in it all right as Dr Hickey.He diden't appear till series 2

    http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0144053/epcast


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    paulbok
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    Jonathan Ryan was in a recent episode of Game of Thrones,

    http://www.fanpop.com/clubs/game-of-thrones/images/30909247/title/priest-drowned-god-photo


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    An Riabhach
    Registered Users Posts: 1,672 ✭✭✭An Riabhach


    Seo dhaoibh Gráinne Uí Mhaitiú anois...here's Gràinne Uí Mhaitiú now:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bfP_qNHLtkA


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    smcgiff
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    paulbok wrote: »
    Jonathan Ryan was in a recent episode of Game of

    Think he was in one of the Jack Ryan movies as well. Seem to remember him in an Aran Sweater.


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    branie2
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    He was also in (albeit just one scene) In the Name of the Father


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    alan partridge aha
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    What about winking Paul Burton, brother of the Tanaiste.


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    alan partridge aha
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    https://stillslibrary.rte.ie/indexplus/image/2127/035.html


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    An Riabhach
    Registered Users Posts: 1,672 ✭✭✭An Riabhach


    ^^^^^^^^^
    There's a few shots of him with the lovely Marion in this clip:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wjazsdYyA2M


    Also including Pelé with a cúpla focal!!


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    efb
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    thejuggler wrote: »
    You may not realise it but Jonathan Ryan is one of the most in demand voice over artists for radio ads in Ireland during the last 30 years. Think of any deep voiced male advert (plus a lot of the celebrity impersonations on adverts) and its probably him.

    http://www.voiceover.ie/

    I was in the arboretum in Wexford and the video voiceover was him (was at least 30 years old)


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    efb
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    alan partridge aha wrote: »
    What about winking Paul Burton, brother of the Tanaiste.

    The dub accent on him


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    fryup
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    Seasan wrote: »
    I had no idea Phillip was gay

    thought it was pretty obvious...

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=auEK97OIwdE


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    WomanSkirtFan8
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    Seasan wrote: »
    I had no idea Phillip was gay-after Bosco he just vanished,with most of the others.....seeing the old clips,I thought Frank looked a bit camp(back then I would've been too young to notice those things,but I did have a crush on Marion)

    Frank now occasionally turns up play "mary o'rourke" on joe duffy's "funny fridays".

    marian (who i also had a bit of crush on!) is now presenting "playback" on rte radio 1 on saturday mornings.

    don't know about the others (though i did kind of fancy, Grainne as well!)


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    WomanSkirtFan8
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    paddyc310 wrote: »
    Marian was real sexy in that tight pink jeans. ,,anyone remember that.

    yes indeed I do! She was an absolute fox back in the day. Yeah, she did have a thing for dungarees. If my memory serves me correctly, wasn't there also a presenter by the name of "gert" or "gertie" as well?


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    branie2
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    WomanSkirtFan8 wrote: »
    yes indeed I do! She was an absolute fox back in the day. Yeah, she did have a thing for dungarees. If my memory serves me correctly, wasn't there also a presenter by the name of "gert" or "gertie" as well?

    There was indeed a presenter called Gertie


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