Bosco Presenters

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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.

Miseryguts

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

fryup

gay philip is dead?

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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

downonthefarm

marion is on rte radio

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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)

Skid X

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/

Rubberlegs

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

gobnaitolunacy

I found Jonathan scarey, cos he had a beard.

thejuggler

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/

BuilderPlumber

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!!

washiskin

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!!

darkdubh

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

paddyc310

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

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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

darkdubh

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?

gobnaitolunacy

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?

darkdubh

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

paulbok

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

An Riabhach

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

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

smcgiff

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.

branie2

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

alan partridge aha

What about winking Paul Burton, brother of the Tanaiste.

alan partridge aha

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

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!!

efb

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)

efb

alan partridge aha wrote: »

What about winking Paul Burton, brother of the Tanaiste.

The dub accent on him

fryup

Seasan wrote: »

I had no idea Phillip was gay

thought it was pretty obvious...

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

WomanSkirtFan8

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!)

WomanSkirtFan8

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?

branie2

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

WomanSkirtFan8

branie2 wrote: »

There was indeed a presenter called Gertie[/QUOTE

yes i think i can remember her. She wasn't really there a lot (at least from my memory) but on the one occasion that I she was doing a piece to camera trying to get kids to imagine themselves suddenly getting bigger and bigger "until all other clothes would suddenly burst open!" (her quote).

I know that sounds daft but i can clearly remember her (or possibly someone else) saying those exact words. It's always stuck in my mind.

The "main" presenters (again from memory) were:

marian and frank and phillip and grainne.

padd b1975

I can't believe David Byrne hasn't got a mention, he always seemed to be on with Marion.