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Father Ted - Why Channel 4?

applehunter · 2009-12-30 23:47:11

Anybody know the reason why RTE didn't back the series?

30-12-2009 11:47pm

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Anybody know the reason why RTE didn't back the series?

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#2 30-12-2009 11:54pm

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It was never offered to RTE, the writers did a lot of work with C4 before Fr Ted (and after), so they went with C4.

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#3 30-12-2009 11:54pm

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Oh noes x 1135776378838868638683551415567679909234324224

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#4 30-12-2009 11:55pm

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applehunter wrote: »

Anybody know the reason why RTE didn't back the series?

This is from wikipedia but I've also heard it before:

wikipedia wrote:

Conception

Contrary to frequent rumours, Mathews and Linehan did not originally pitch the series to the Irish network RTÉ, but rather offered it directly to Hat Trick Productions and Channel 4 in the UK.

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#5 31-12-2009 12:12am

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Sticky?

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#6 31-12-2009 12:14am

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I remember a quote from Arthur Mathews which went something along the lines of: "Why would we offer it to RTE? It would be like offering it to Waterford Glass."

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#7 31-12-2009 12:14am

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Better off with Channel 4. RTÉ would have made it ****e in some way or form.

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#8 31-12-2009 12:23am

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I covered this about a year ago.

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#9 31-12-2009 12:52am

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Why would anyone offer anything to RTÉ without pitching it to Channel 4 or BBC first?
Channel 4 and BBC are well known for producing quality programming and we're lucky that they would even consider showing Irish based shows... RTÉ are well knows for producing shoite... Anyone who disputes this is clearly delusional...

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#10 31-12-2009 12:58am

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CaptainNegative wrote: »

Why would anyone offer anything to RTÉ without pitching it to Channel 4 or BBC first?
Channel 4 and BBC are well known for producing quality programming and we're lucky that they would even consider showing Irish based shows... RTÉ are well knows for producing shoite... Anyone who disputes this is clearly delusional...

West Brit

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#11 31-12-2009 12:59am

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kkdoll wrote: »

It was never offered to RTE, the writers did a lot of work with C4 before Fr Ted (and after), so they went with C4.

Thank you

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#12 31-12-2009 3:16am

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applehunter wrote: »

West Brit

Not true in the slightest. I'm in no way a West Brit. Fact of the matter is the BBC and Channel 4 produce higher quality shows and pay more money. It's basic cop on.

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#13 31-12-2009 4:59pm

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I wonder with the church's power in this country how much of a watered down disaster we would have gotten. I'm no self-hater but I am glad Channel 4 produced it..

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#14 31-12-2009 5:10pm

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Even before you get to the issue of what a hames RTE would have made of it (and the RTE head of light entertainment at the time was indeed a cast-iron moron), you have to consider the fact that British television pays an awful lot more and reaches a much bigger audience. Nobody gets turned down by Bohs and settles for Real Madrid.

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#15 31-12-2009 7:57pm

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applehunter wrote: »

West Brit

I didn't know "west brit" was a synonym for "realist" down Cork way (based on the above). It isn't in the rest of the country.

It makes far more sense to try to sell it to the channel that actually has some money to spend rather than to try the channel that hasn't any money to spend. Though that still doesn't explain crimes against humanity like My Hero.

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#16 31-12-2009 7:58pm

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Its not, its a cheap infraction free insult!

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#17 31-12-2009 9:17pm

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sceptre wrote: »

I didn't know "west brit" was a synonym for "realist" down Cork way (based on the above). It isn't in the rest of the country.

What's Cork got to do with anything?

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#18 31-12-2009 9:35pm

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Namlub wrote: »

What's Cork got to do with anything?

Applehunter is from Cork (according to the info under their username)... and the comment was directed at Applehunter.

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#19 31-12-2009 9:48pm

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CaptainNegative wrote: »

Applehunter is from Cork (according to the info under their username)... and the comment was directed at Applehunter.

Well maybe it's just me that prefers not to bring where people are from into the equation when I take issue with a completely unrelated comment, then...

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#20 31-12-2009 10:07pm

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This thread went off topic about 14 years ago

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#21 31-12-2009 10:49pm

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Namlub wrote: »

Well maybe it's just me that prefers not to bring where people are from into the equation when I take issue with a completely unrelated comment, then...

I'm from Cork, otherwise I wouldn't use it at all:)

(sorry Mr E, exiting thread now - Namlub, if you've any issues with my comment above, send me a PM or something for me to sort it as the mods have thread-locked)

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