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Spike Island?

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  • 13-03-2010 11:25pm
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    brian ireland
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    Back in the 80s RTE made a mini series called Spike Island. Just before it went on TV it was pulled because it was not suitable for TV from what I can remember. Does anybody remember this or know if it made it to TV?


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    brian ireland
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    Just found this http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Spike_(TV_series)


    The Spike was a controversial Irish drama television series, broadcast by RTÉ in 1978. The ten-part series was set in a secondary school. In episode five, "the briefest glimpse of naked flesh" caused outrage and angry phonecalls to newspapers. The show's producer defended the nude streak as an intent "to examine the attitude of pupils and staff to nudity". The ensuing fuss led to one of the actors requiring medical treatment after he was, as the Evening Press elegantly phrased it, "thumped by a fat elderly lady". The episode sparked debate in Dáil Éireann and was condemned by the Taoiseach, despite him having never seen the program. On the day that the sixth episode was due to air with a story of a schoolboy bomber, it was axed. The remaining episodes remain locked away and have neither never been broadcast on RTÉ nor viewed by members of the general public. The Spike was later featured on RTÉ's scandal series, Scandal with the Irish Independent naming it as one of their "Top 10 Worst Irish TV Programmes".


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