Old RTE programming that was good

12-05-2018 12:48PM #1

Frank Hall presented a documentary like Nationwide in early 1990s. I did not recognise him from Halls Pictorial Weekly at first. He was on Raiders of the Lost Archives in 1995 on rate

Mint Sauce · 12-05-2018 12:53PM

Hands.

Vladimir Poontang · 12-05-2018 12:55PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OiIsIE8iT28

I found this to be informative and entertaining

kildare lad · 12-05-2018 12:56PM

The Den was hilarious with Dustin. Theres no way a kids show would get away with the things he said nowadays. All the SJW's would be calling for heads on twitter if it was on now

Conservative · 12-05-2018 12:58PM

I'm not sure how good it actually was as I like very RTÉ has done Drama wise but there a short series based in Drogheda called Love is the Drug. Some of it was filmed in a college friends house and a guy we knew had a small part.

I recall it been well written and really funny.

SEPT 23 1989 · 12-05-2018 01:17PM

The moral decline started when A Prayer at Bedtime followed by the national anthem was dropped

buried · 12-05-2018 01:23PM

Irish Guitarist · 12-05-2018 01:34PM

MikeyTaylor · 12-05-2018 01:34PM

No Disco
Under Ether
Bull Island (sketch show)

Franz Von Peppercorn · 12-05-2018 02:02PM

NightHawks

Sephiroth_dude · 12-05-2018 02:17PM

The chart show every Wednesday night.

MikeyTaylor wrote: »

Bull Island (sketch show)

Bull Island was great!

12-05-2018 02:20PM

Mint Sauce wrote: »

Hands.

Super series- great watching it today as well.

Franz Von Peppercorn wrote: »

NightHawks

plus 1 for that too

Today, Tonight with Brian Farrell was excellent at current affairs (although looking back now, there was an awful lot of sh1te that they missed out on.

Murphy's Micro Quiz-m was embarrassing even back then and you could see they made the questions really difficult for the Ford Orion car they gave away- I think it was probably 1 car per series max (when the questions just became very easy)

Anything Goes Saturday show was popular with kids under 12 in the 80s' but it did nothing for teenagers which it tried to aim for also, which made it a bit embarrassing also.

I saw some old Radharc programmes on the RTE website and they're actually quality documentaries - never watched them at the time but worth searching them out now.

s8n · 12-05-2018 02:21PM

Extra Extra

Ultimate Seduction · 12-05-2018 02:22PM

Monday nights in the late 90s were great. Father Ted, Podge and Rodge, and don't feed the gondillas

MikeyTaylor · 12-05-2018 03:17PM

Sephiroth_dude wrote: »

The chart show every Wednesday night.

Bull Island was great!

It sure was :-)

ronnie085 · 12-05-2018 04:32PM

Sports stadium, first division match (the now premium league) live every Saturday, live horse racing, rugby internationals, or any other big sporting event, back before sky got their dirty mitts on most big events and priced normal fans out of the market.

5red · 12-05-2018 04:33PM

The Panel when Daire O'Briain presented it.

Minderbinder · 12-05-2018 04:36PM

ronnie085 wrote: »

Sports stadium, first division match (the now premium league) live every Saturday

...at half three :D

ronnie085 · 12-05-2018 04:42PM

Minderbinder wrote: »

ronnie085 wrote: »

Sports stadium, first division match (the now premium league) live every Saturday

...at half three :D

Ah that kicked in when the premier league started, live 3 o clock games for the old first division, showing my age now ðŸ˜‰

eviltwin · 12-05-2018 04:50PM

Blackboard Jungle and Bosco.

Also really enjoyed The Clinic. RTE could do with a good drama.

Galwayguy35 · 12-05-2018 04:52PM

Where in the World, Theresa Lowe who presented it still looks well.

Tom Mann Centuria · 12-05-2018 04:53PM

I liked Batchelors Walk and Trivia (not particularly old) as well as the already mentioned Hands and No Disco.

Galwayguy35 · 12-05-2018 05:03PM

Glenroe

Yer Da sells Avon · 12-05-2018 05:08PM

kildare lad wrote: »

The Den was hilarious with Dustin. Theres no way a kids show would get away with the things he said nowadays. All the SJW's would be calling for heads on twitter if it was on now

No they wouldn't.

12-05-2018 05:11PM

Trivia was v good. Think there were only two series though?

Oops69 · 12-05-2018 05:16PM

‘To the vaters and ze vild’ with Gerrit van Geldren was innovative with his drawings , a simple idea well executed , RTE is dying for a talented producer .

Oops69 · 12-05-2018 05:21PM

ronnie085 wrote: »

Sports stadium, first division match (the now premium league) live every Saturday, live horse racing, rugby internationals, or any other big sporting event, back before sky got their dirty mitts on most big events and priced normal fans out of the market.

And with Fred Cogley commentating on the Rugby without the hysterics of the current batch on radio and television.

MikeyTaylor · 12-05-2018 05:43PM

Galwayguy35 wrote: »

Where in the World, Theresa Lowe who presented it still looks well.

Think she's a barrister now.

the beer revolu · 12-05-2018 06:17PM

MT USA

DoozerT6 · 12-05-2018 06:25PM

Who remembers this being shown on RTE in the 80's when they had a few spare minutes to fill between programmes??

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MaNII5aLiOM

cml387 · 12-05-2018 06:31PM

In the late 1970's RTE had a drama series called The Burke Enigma.

It was a story about corruption in high places and the shadowy connections between an organised crime gang and high up politicians.
Very high production values, shot on film,starring John Kavanagh and Ray McAnally as detectives investigating the sordid details,directed by Michael Feeney Callan.

Never repeated, for some reason.

Old RTE programming that was good

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