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No Love/Hate and RTE's return to tame and poor drama

  • 29-08-2016 10:08pm
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    BuilderPlumber
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    Up until 2 years ago this time of year would find one looking forward to Love/Hate and it took our mind off those long, dark, wet, cold nights. It was something to look forward to between summer and Christmas. Indeed, Christmas without the latest Love/Hate DVD is not the same.

    Since the last time we saw Nidge shot in his garden by Patrick, RTE has not followed it up with either another series of Love/Hate with or without Nidge, or with anything else even half as good. Instead we have got dramas that show obvious signs of restraint. Clean Break felt like Love/Hate lite and anytime it threatened to venture into pure Love/Hate territory, it was roped back into its restrained nature.

    Still and all Clean Break is probably streets ahead of anything planned for this autumn. It would seem that RTE has shied away from all series of this kind this year. This legal drama will be more The Clinic set in legal environments and the love lives of solicitors is not the most exciting of subjects.

    Above all this return to tame and poor dramas is a cost cutting exercise. Gritty well made crime dramas are expensive to make and with RTE paying its presenters huge salaries, it will make dramas that are considerably cheaper to produce.

    Love/Hate proved to be a one off for RTE as they have not followed it up with anything as good since. A Stuart Carolan penned offshoot drama featuring Patrick Ward and possibly Fran the man dealing with a traveller feud would have been a worthy successor to Love/Hate. If RTE had any invention, this is what they would do. Look at how Better Call Saul took a minor character from Breaking Bad and gave us another excellent series.

    Clean Break could have been so much more and could have improved if it got a second season. RTE merely provided this it seems as a once off to provide Love/Hate fans with something. The Tiger kidnap plot was indeed robbed from Love/Hate. This year, nothing is being offered for its fans and yet we are been shown all the same old makeover programmes, reality shows and the like along with new dramas no one is asking for. When will RTE listen to what the people want rather than forcing subpar fare on us. They may as well revive Finbarr's Class, Upwardly Mobile, and The Big Bow Wow while they are at it!


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