Old RTE programming that was good

KKkitty · 11-03-2017 01:15AM #1

Now and again RTE gets a bashing on here. I remember watching Hands. My dad loved it and made sure i watched it too so I could see how things were made completely by hand before machines and conveyor belts and assembly lines took over. Another show i loved was Thou Shalt Not Kill. I think it was on every Thursday night after 10. Hearing about old murder cases from Ireland and Cathal O Shannon's presenting was amazing. He really had a way of conveying the story. What was yours?

jacksie66 · 11-03-2017 01:17AM

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Surreptitious · 11-03-2017 01:18AM

No Disco.

Passenger · 11-03-2017 01:19AM

Reeling in the Years.

HalloweenJack · 11-03-2017 01:21AM

Scannal and Dave Fanning on a Sunday morning (2TV?).

da gamer · 11-03-2017 01:22AM

Used to love the top 40 music show every week during the 90's. It had all the videos for each song. Also the seria a football show on a Monday night.

mzungu · 11-03-2017 01:24AM

KKkitty wrote: »

Now and again RTE gets a bashing on here. I remember watching Hands. My dad loved it and made sure i watched it too so I could see how things were made completely by hand before machines and conveyor belts and assembly lines took over. Another show i loved was Thou Shalt Not Kill. I think it was on every Thursday night after 10. Hearing about old murder cases from Ireland and Cathal O Shannon's presenting was amazing. He really had a way of conveying the story. What was yours?

At 9:30 after the news IIRC.

As for my picks (assuming you mean just homegrown shows), I thought Mailbag was great. Nighthawks with Shay Healy was another one. There are probably loads more but I can't think of any at present.

JupiterKid · 11-03-2017 01:24AM

Hands was a bit before my time but I've seen re-runs of it and it was excellent. Shows a vanishining Ireland.

RTÉ have aired some pretty decent dramas - such as Proof, The Clinic and Raw.

case885 · 11-03-2017 01:26AM

Podge and Rodge show.

Rumpy Pumpy · 11-03-2017 01:28AM

Hands is one of the finest documentary series ever made. You can get it on DVD in most libraries.

States of Fear was harrowing stuff, but really lifted a lid on what happened in industrial schools.

It's not old, but Nationwide is a wonderful TV show.

Junkyard Tom · 11-03-2017 01:32AM

There was a 'late' show that Sean Moncrieff used to do back in the day that was quite good. I think it was the first show to smash through the fuck-off-to-bed-Ireland 'Prayer at Bedtime' thing they used to insult the nation with.

RainMakerToo · 11-03-2017 01:32AM

The End - the Barry Murphy one on Friday nights

Rumpy Pumpy · 11-03-2017 01:33AM

Junkyard Tom wrote: »

There was a 'late' show that Sean Moncrieff used to do back in the day that was quite good. I think it was the first show to smash through the 'fuck off to bed Ireland' Prayer at Bedtime thing they used to insult the nation with.

The End. It was Barry Murphy on a Friday and Sean Moncrieff on a Saturday.

KKkitty · 11-03-2017 01:38AM

I meant complete programmes that RTE made that were home grown. Top 30 Hits was another one. I know it was only a bit of the music video but there was info either about the artist or song attached to it. No Disco is a good one too. The Den, Bosco and then Podge and Rodge were great too. The Late Late Show with Gay Byrne at the helm was the best it's ever been. Dave Fanning doing the simulcast on 2fm and RTE 2 called 2tv. Wasn't there one called Beatbox years ago too?

mzungu · 11-03-2017 01:38AM

RainMakerToo wrote: »

The End - the Barry Murphy one on Friday nights

Rumpy Pumpy wrote: »

The End. It was Barry Murphy on a Friday and Sean Moncrieff on a Saturday.

Aye, it was great.

Totofan99 · 11-03-2017 01:40AM

RTE should launch a channel that airs old programmes like Reeling in the Years, Hands, Gay Byrne era Late Late Shows, MT USA... It'd be great! It'd probably pull in more viewers than RTE1. There used to be great Irish comedy on a Monday night years ago. Stuff like The Panel, Don't Feed the Gondolas, Blizzard of Odd. I'd watch reruns of those.

branie2 · 11-03-2017 01:41AM

The Last Picture Show - movies introduced by Brian Reddin on Friday nights

nice_guy80 · 11-03-2017 01:42AM

The Den

Summer wind · 11-03-2017 01:42AM

Matlock every Friday night at 8pm. Loads of others like Macgyver Simon & Simon, The A Team, Top Of The Pops, MT USA.

Pinch Flat · 11-03-2017 01:42AM

Loved nighthawks

ceegee · 11-03-2017 01:43AM

da gamer wrote: »

Used to love the top 40 music show every week during the 90's. It had all the videos for each song. Also the seria a football show on a Monday night.

Top 30 hits had freak on a leash by korn as its theme tune

Atlantic Dawn · 11-03-2017 01:44AM

KKkitty wrote: »

Now and again RTE gets a bashing on here. I remember watching Hands. My dad loved it and made sure i watched it too so I could see how things were made completely by hand before machines and conveyor belts and assembly lines took over. Another show i loved was Thou Shalt Not Kill. I think it was on every Thursday night after 10. Hearing about old murder cases from Ireland and Cathal O Shannon's presenting was amazing. He really had a way of conveying the story. What was yours?

I watched the whole series of Hands last summer, great series, they have them at the local libraries on DVD, a real different time where people in Ireland worked to put food on the table, a much simpler time.

byte · 11-03-2017 01:45AM

KKkitty wrote: »

I meant complete programmes that RTE made that were home grown. Top 30 Hits was another one. I know it was only a bit of the music video but there was info either about the artist or song attached to it. No Disco is a good one too. The Den, Bosco and then Podge and Rodge were great too. The Late Late Show with Gay Byrne at the helm was the best it's ever been. Dave Fanning doing the simulcast on 2fm and RTE 2 called 2tv. Wasn't there one called Beatbox years ago too?

Yea, pretty sure it was Beatbox before being renamed as 2tv. It had Ronan Collins and somebody else... I think Ian Dempsey?

spurious · 11-03-2017 01:47AM

Was only watching a bit of 'Hands' earlier.

I don't know if RTE ever saved them, but Doireann Ni Bhriain (the 'an chead stad eile' lady on the LUAS) was involved in a show a million years ago (probably early 80s, maybe even late 70s) that featured just ordinary women talking to camera about their lives. It was really good.

da gamer · 11-03-2017 01:49AM

ceegee wrote: »

Top 30 hits had freak on a leash by korn as its theme tune

Maybe it was top 30 actually

KKkitty · 11-03-2017 01:53AM

byte wrote: »

Yea, pretty sure it was Beatbox before being renamed as 2tv. It had Ronan Collins and somebody else... I think Ian Dempsey?

Remember Ian Dempsey hosting it. Anyone remember when a new Boyzone song A Different Beat was playing and Dave Fanning left his mic on by mistake. He said something like Louis Walsh was making a new Irish boyband (Westlife) and said he wasn't taking on any passengers this time. More or less saying some of Boyzone couldn't sing.

Totofan99 · 11-03-2017 02:02AM

KKkitty wrote: »

Remember Ian Dempsey hosting it. Anyone remember when a new Boyzone song A Different Beat was playing and Dave Fanning left his mic on by mistake. He said something like Louis Walsh was making a new Irish boyband (Westlife) and said he wasn't taking on any passengers this time. More or less saying some of Boyzone couldn't sing.

Dave Fanning used to do that a lot. I don't remember that one but I do remember him making a comment about The Corrs.

DanielODonnell · 11-03-2017 02:18AM

On Home Ground, GAA drama from 2001

Zaph · 11-03-2017 02:25AM

spurious wrote: »

Doireann Ni Bhriain (the 'an chead stad eile' lady on the LUAS)

I did not know that that was Doireann Ni Bhriain. AH really is an education sometimes.

ceegee · 11-03-2017 02:29AM

KKkitty wrote: »

Remember Ian Dempsey hosting it. Anyone remember when a new Boyzone song A Different Beat was playing and Dave Fanning left his mic on by mistake. He said something like Louis Walsh was making a new Irish boyband (Westlife) and said he wasn't taking on any passengers this time. More or less saying some of Boyzone couldn't sing.

Pretty sure it was Dave and the corrs taking the piss and not realising it was a live mike

ceegee · 11-03-2017 02:30AM

More importantly does anyone know where velcro girl ended up?

Old RTE programming that was good

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