RTE tv schedules in the 80s and 90s

nlgbbbblth

happywithlife wrote: »

Wow just came across this now
Brought some memories
One cartoon that often crops up for me was one with a spotted furry thing flying ina spaceship.. It often bugs me as I can never remember it properly. It could well have been in English and then rehashed as gaeilge at a later date. Was it simply 'spotty' or what was the name of it?
I also remember and don't think it's been mentioned yet the bord gais housekeeper of the year (might have name slightly incorrect)
Also remember the granny bringing the black n white portable to the caravan for the annual week-by-the-seaside-before-school-starts-back...to watch the rose of Tralee :-)

Ah yes the Calor Kosangas Housewife of the Year.
Think the last one was 1985.

George White

let's petition RTE to get their original stuff from the olden days on dvd. I know they're kind of nervous but ith enough support

Ash.J.Williams

Imagine showing your kids "forty coats".....that was some trippy sh1t

Elmo

Ash.J.Williams wrote: »

Imagine showing your kids "forty coats".....that was some trippy sh1t

Pats Chat. My mam used to be freaked out by that show. She told us recently, "He had a phone as a hat!"

Atlantic Dawn

George White wrote: »

let's petition RTE to get their original stuff from the olden days on dvd. I know they're kind of nervous but ith enough support

Sadly a lot of the older stuff was recorded over to save money instead of having to buy new tapes.

BuilderPlumber

Atlantic Dawn wrote: »

Sadly a lot of the older stuff was recorded over to save money instead of having to buy new tapes.

That explains why we are not seeing reruns of a lot of RTE shows as filler inner especially in the summer. Although, I do remember Bracken (Glenroe under its original name) and Glenroe itself repeated on TG4.

Also, that 2004 classic The Big Bow Wow is available on DVD. I feel a little cheated though: Val Falvey TD is not available as far as I know and I am so sorry that the poor auld divil ended up in prison (series 2 is long overdue).

Someone else mentioned Forty Coats: yes, this was very much alluding to hippy drug culture just like a children's song from the same time 'Puff the magic dragon'. These are but two of the seemingly innocent 'children's fare' that in fact had references to a very adult world. Forty Coats was no Nidge for sure but he was perhaps the first native drug promoter to feature on RTE!

Ash.J.Williams

jeeeeeaysus.....fortycoats is on youtube!...

LoganRice

The Murder She Wrote anybody?

BuilderPlumber

BuilderPlumber wrote: »

That explains why we are not seeing reruns of a lot of RTE shows as filler inner especially in the summer. Although, I do remember Bracken (Glenroe under its original name) and Glenroe itself repeated on TG4.

Also, that 2004 classic The Big Bow Wow is available on DVD. I feel a little cheated though: Val Falvey TD is not available as far as I know and I am so sorry that the poor auld divil ended up in prison (series 2 is long overdue).

Someone else mentioned Forty Coats: yes, this was very much alluding to hippy drug culture just like a children's song from the same time 'Puff the magic dragon'. These are but two of the seemingly innocent 'children's fare' that in fact had references to a very adult world. Forty Coats was no Nidge for sure but he was perhaps the first native drug promoter to feature on RTE!

Just checked it out. Forty Coats was not Nidge but I forgot that the actor shared the same name as another famous Love/Hate character: FRAN Dempsey!

Ash.J.Williams

BuilderPlumber wrote: »

Just checked it out. Forty Coats was not Nidge but I forgot that the actor shared the same name as another famous Love/Hate character: FRAN Dempsey!

feel very irish saying this....but is Fran anything to Ian???
there's rumors he's ian father!

Skid X

Ash.J.Williams wrote: »

feel very irish saying this....but is Fran anything to Ian???
there's rumors he's ian father!

That's one of those stories that won't go away. Ian Dempsey say it ain't so ...

https://twitter.com/IanDempsey/status/6115413343

Just so there is no confusion my Dad is most definitely NOT Fran Dempsey who played Fortycoats on TV - you'll have to trust me on this one

Atlantic Dawn

LoganRice wrote: »

The Murder She Wrote anybody?

One of the ITV channels shows this on a saturday morning if you need a fix.

Patty O Furniture

Skid X wrote: »

That's one of those stories that won't go away. Ian Dempsey say it ain't so ...

https://twitter.com/IanDempsey/status/6115413343

On a strange coincidence, i think that Eugene Lambert had a family member work on Ian's show at one time?

nlgbbbblth

Atlantic Dawn wrote: »

Sadly a lot of the older stuff was recorded over to save money instead of having to buy new tapes.

BuilderPlumber wrote: »

That explains why we are not seeing reruns of a lot of RTE shows as filler inner especially in the summer. Although, I do remember Bracken (Glenroe under its original name) and Glenroe itself repeated on TG4.

Also, that 2004 classic The Big Bow Wow is available on DVD. I feel a little cheated though: Val Falvey TD is not available as far as I know and I am so sorry that the poor auld divil ended up in prison (series 2 is long overdue).

Someone else mentioned Forty Coats: yes, this was very much alluding to hippy drug culture just like a children's song from the same time 'Puff the magic dragon'. These are but two of the seemingly innocent 'children's fare' that in fact had references to a very adult world. Forty Coats was no Nidge for sure but he was perhaps the first native drug promoter to feature on RTE!

It's not as bad as people think.

Have a read of my posts on this thread State of the RTE archive

The main reason is this - RTE don't give a f*ck.

phenomenalcat

Shane10 wrote: »

aww man i used to love this, loved it :P

Does anyone know the piece of classical music used on the intro to italian soccer

phenomenalcat

Shane10 wrote: »

aww man i used to love this, loved it :P

Does anyone know the piece of classical music used on the intro to italian soccer on network 2 them Monday nights?

gleesoneoin

x in the city wrote: »

That calcio Italia back in the 90s was legendary stuff, zico, careca, maradona....!

none of that prancy celebrity crap we have now

Anyone have any links to this show? Been looking for it for years..or even the name?

Aidan McCarthy

Yes I do remember midnight caller was on after the pat Kenny show Kenny live on Saturday night and it was a best show to watch.

squonk

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123616240#Comment_123616240

You may be getting mixed up. In or around 1987/88 midnight caller was shown on Friday night around 11/11:30. The Late Late used to be on Saturday night then I believe and I’m guessing Kenny Livd might have been on the Friday night? I can Definitejy say that Midnuhht Caller was a late Friday night show. I used to love it.

Later on in the 90s I remember seeing an episode on Saturday night but it might not have been on RTE then.

Ash.J.Williams

https://youtu.be/4mewDYCneM8?si=kgTozIip9soM4wf6

Recorded at 4am and mimed for rte then hopped on a plane home 😀

Aidan McCarthy

Your right there. Midnight caller use to be on a Friday night just after The late late show

George White

Astonished they showed the 1980 German-Mexican western show My Friend Winnetou as simply Winnetou in 1988, a spinoff from the immensely popular German western film series based on the Karl May books, with Pierre Brice in his famed role as the Apache hero, and Siegfried Rauch replacing Lex Barker as Old Shatterhand.

Pidax - Mein Freund Winnetou (1980, TV-Serie)