RTE announces Classic Glenroe.

paleoperson · 12-09-2019 12:05am #1

Well Holy Be to God!

Do you think this would be a good idea? Do you want Biddy, Miley, Teasey, Dinny, Dick, Mary etc. in your life again. I'd watch it "ironically", like all soaps are best watched.

My loins are ready.

Feisar · 12-09-2019 12:23am

Better than half the sh!te on the box these days.

Immortal Starlight · 12-09-2019 12:26am

That’s all I need. The fear from my childhood Sunday nights revisited. Even the starting credits give me chills.

Princess Consuela Bananahammock · 12-09-2019 12:28am

As long as the bring back Murphy's Micro Quiz-M, all will be forgiven.

sunbeam · 12-09-2019 12:32am

What about the classic Late Late with Gaybo, Nell McCafferty, a random priest and the blazing row of the week? Actually could we just replace the current LLS with that? How much money would that save?

foxy farmer · 12-09-2019 12:35am

Oh sweet Jesus no please. The acting was absolutely dire. Bracken was streets ahead of it.

Rubberchikken · 12-09-2019 12:37am

loved miley and Biddy and the whole show.
they sont make programmes like that any more.

having said that i dont watch rte ever so...

Kermit.de.frog · 12-09-2019 12:43am

paleoperson wrote: »

Well Holy Be to God!

Do you think this would be a good idea? Do you want Biddy, Miley, Teasey, Dinny, Dick, Mary etc. in your life again. I'd watch it "ironically", like all soaps are best watched.

My loins are ready.

Classic Glenroe - as in they are just going to reshow the whole of the old Glenroe?

Wheety · 12-09-2019 12:45am

Kermit.de.frog wrote: »

Classic Glenroe - as in they are just going to reshow the whole of the old Glenroe?

I'd imagine that'd be very cheap for them to do.

Wheety · 12-09-2019 12:45am

Kermit.de.frog wrote: »

Classic Glenroe - as in they are just going to reshow the whole of the old Glenroe?

I'd imagine that'd be very cheap for them to do. They're a joke.

1o059k7ewrqj3n · 12-09-2019 12:47am

Nothing signalled the spiritual death of the weekend quite like the end credits for Glenroe.

Ursus Horribilis · 12-09-2019 12:48am

Wesley Burrowes and half the cast are dead so they might save some money there.

FishOnABike · 12-09-2019 12:50am

Quicksilver and the dizzy heights of the 50p question. I'll have to take something for the tension just thinking about it!

padd b1975 · 12-09-2019 12:51am

Wheety wrote: »

I'd imagine that'd be very cheap for them to do.

Not as cheap as you might think.

Any surviving actors would be entitled to repeat fees and another payment if it goes on the online player.

Your Face · 12-09-2019 12:52am

Dick Moran was a right flash boy.

12-09-2019 1:06am

Some of us have been suggesting this for years, even on this website. On the off-chance that D4bes is reading boards, maybe outrageous, uncompetitive RTÉ salaries will be next for the cut.

In reality, obviously this is a pretty obvious, guaranteed revenue-raiser for RTE. It's only now that they're down huge amount of revenue from online competition that they're showing much interest in public demand.

freshpopcorn · 12-09-2019 4:04am

Biddy faked her death!
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Odyssey 2005 · 12-09-2019 6:03am

Will Blackie be upgraded to a Transit ?

Anesthetize · 12-09-2019 6:22am

Is this coming to Netflix?

gifted · 12-09-2019 6:25am

The way RTE are going Tiny Pop tv is better viewing.

Irish Guitarist · 12-09-2019 6:28am

I used to be subjected to this shite every Sunday even though no one in the house liked it. My father would watch fucking Bullseye then switch over to RTE One at about 8.30 to be ready for the 9.00 news. I think he preferred being miserable to letting someone else watch something.

KevRossi · 12-09-2019 6:30am

foxy farmer wrote: »

Oh sweet Jesus no please. The acting was absolutely dire. Bracken was streets ahead of it.

Bracken was excellent, with a nice dose of controversy thrown in, seems the Church had a hand in it not being renewed.

Kermit.de.frog wrote: »

Classic Glenroe - as in they are just going to reshow the whole of the old Glenroe?

I think some of the earlier tapes are missing, or were taped over. Either way, expect a huge amount of 'RTE Gold' over the next few years to be used as prime time filler in an attempt to cut costs.

greenspurs · 12-09-2019 9:01am

Irish Guitarist wrote: »

I used to be subjected to this shite every Sunday even though no one in the house liked it. My father would watch fucking Bullseye then switch over to RTE One at about 8.30 to be ready for the 9.00 news. I think he preferred being miserable to letting someone else watch something.

Issues !

:eek:

is_that_so · 12-09-2019 9:03am

padd b1975 wrote: »

Not as cheap as you might think.

Any surviving actors would be entitled to repeat fees and another payment if it goes on the online player.

Doubtful as contracts tended to cover that. It's RTE's IP.

is_that_so · 12-09-2019 9:05am

KevRossi wrote: »

Bracken was excellent, with a nice dose of controversy thrown in, seems the Church had a hand in it not being renewed.

I think some of the earlier tapes are missing, or were taped over. Either way, expect a huge amount of 'RTE Gold' over the next few years to be used as prime time filler in an attempt to cut costs.

This was standard practice on both the BBC and RTE for a long time, as film was expensive. A lot of early Dr Who episodes got wiped for example.

Cee-Jay-Cee · 12-09-2019 9:08am

Achebe wrote: »

A show with a stereotyped view of the travelling community? Em, no thanks.

Really???? Like fcuking really???? You managed to bring bloody travellers into a discussion about Glenroe??? :rolleyes:

Spon Farmer · 12-09-2019 9:10am

sunbeam wrote: »

What about the classic Late Late with Gaybo, Nell McCafferty, a random priest and the blazing row of the week? Actually could we just replace the current LLS with that? How much money would that save?

Repeats of the Gaybo Late Late Show instead of the current one is something I’ve hoped for before.

It is not only 3000% more entertaining but will actually be more relevant than the dross Tubridy brings on. How in the name of Heaven that wan last week is a “feminist icon” is beyond me.

whiskeyman · 12-09-2019 9:12am

They'll be showing 'classic RTE News' next...

They really are f**ked beyond repair now.

Greyfox · 12-09-2019 9:14am

Anesthetize wrote: »

Is this coming to Netflix?

No because Netflix actually do good TV

Why does RTE need to announce the fact that its showing repeats of a show nobody cares about? dont they do this all the time anyway

jimgoose · 12-09-2019 9:14am

I'd be glued to it. Emmerdale (Farm) went to shite as soon as it stopped being about the Sugdens farming in the Dales.

Tammy! · 12-09-2019 9:17am

Irish Guitarist wrote: »

I used to be subjected to this shite every Sunday even though no one in the house liked it. My father would watch fucking Bullseye then switch over to RTE One at about 8.30 to be ready for the 9.00 news. I think he preferred being miserable to letting someone else watch something.

My dad wasn't ever miserable but my mam would want to watch the soaps so we'd watch them.

He'd be able to tell you what was going to happen because he'd have read about it in the paper but nearly always at the end of every episode he'd say 'what a load of shyte'

12-09-2019 9:23am

Will it be in 4k widescreen format with dolby atmos and all the other trimmings, maybe 3d as well.

Spon Farmer · 12-09-2019 9:40am

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Will it be in 4k widescreen format with dolby atmos and all the other trimmings, maybe 3d as well.

All that tech is developed for shows like Glenroe

Spon Farmer · 12-09-2019 9:45am

Greyfox wrote: »

No because Netflix actually do good TV

Why does RTE need to announce the fact that its showing repeats of a show nobody cares about? dont they do this all the time anyway

Netflix cancelled The OA. Pretty much puts them down at RTÉ’s level.

Also, clearly you and the rest of us do care about Glenroe repeats because we are posting about it. Not caring means reading about Glenroe repeats and not being bothered one way or the other.

paleoperson · 12-09-2019 9:47am

Tammy! wrote: »

My dad wasn't ever miserable but my mam would want to watch the soaps so we'd watch them.

He'd be able to tell you what was going to happen because he'd have read about it in the paper but nearly always at the end of every episode he'd say 'what a load of shyte'

Sounds like my dad. He would call Fair City the biggest load of nonsense almost every time he watched it but he'd have to watch it and have it recorded or watch a repeat if he wasn't there. Even in a really sad situation where a close relative of ours was dying he'd put it on in the hospital. Anything that helps you cope of course, I just find it strange that he claimed to hate it so much yet had to see it.

Spon Farmer · 12-09-2019 9:52am

whiskeyman wrote: »

They'll be showing 'classic RTE News' next...

They really are f**ked beyond repair now.

RTÉ were beyond repair when Gaybo quit the Late Late.

I’d be onboard for the “Best of Sharon Ní Bheoláin“.

Does anyone know what Arthur Murphy’s opinions of social media were? I’d like to think he wouldn’t have accepted a twitter message on Mailbag - “write to me on paper or go get “****ed”

Spon Farmer · 12-09-2019 9:55am

paleoperson wrote: »

Sounds like my dad. He would call Fair City the biggest load of nonsense almost every time he watched it but he'd have to watch it and have it recorded or watch a repeat if he wasn't there. Even in a really sad situation where a close relative of ours was dying he'd put it on in the hospital. Anything that helps you cope of course, I just find it strange that he claimed to hate it so much yet had to see it.

And I thought my father is contrary because he moans about everything but at least he doesn’t watch what he complains about.

Outlaw Pete · 12-09-2019 9:58am

Was a hell of a lot better than Fair City anyway.

Should never have really ended. Was a good series and the ratings were pretty decent too.

Always had to make sure and tape it for my Dad. God forbid I accidentally taped The Word or something over it, which of course happened loads of time.

Tammy! · 12-09-2019 10:00am

Cee-Jay-Cee wrote: »

Really???? Like fcuking really???? You managed to bring bloody travellers into a discussion about Glenroe??? :rolleyes:

Blackie was a traveller wasn't he? I can't remember if he was stereotyped though. Had a bit of a weird crush on him. I think it was the hat.

NeinNeinNein · 12-09-2019 10:04am

Oh goody, they can show it straight after Reeling in the Years.

Seanachai · 12-09-2019 10:06am

Irish Guitarist wrote: »

I used to be subjected to this shite every Sunday even though no one in the house liked it. My father would watch fucking Bullseye then switch over to RTE One at about 8.30 to be ready for the 9.00 news. I think he preferred being miserable to letting someone else watch something.

Same here, it was almost like the obligation of going to mass, maybe they were afraid somebody would mention a scene and they wouldn't know what they were talking about lol. We had to go to bed after it and the father would usually go to the pub.

BuboBubo · 12-09-2019 10:13am

Could make a new Glenroe. The next generation. Fidelma could come back as a granny, and Blackies descendants could be in it? Loads of possibilities.

Biddy could come back, waking up and realising the car crash was a dream like Bobby in Dallas.

jimgoose · 12-09-2019 10:16am

Tammy! wrote: »

Blackie was a traveller wasn't he? I can't remember if he was stereotyped though. Had a bit of a weird crush on him. I think it was the hat.

He wasn't really stereotyped, no. He had a touch of a Mullingar accent IIRC, as well as a leather jacket and a rather fetching Fedora. Liam Heffernan, who played him, turned up in Fair City a few years ago as one of the Dillons, probably Tommy's brother.

Wheety · 12-09-2019 10:19am

padd b1975 wrote: »

Not as cheap as you might think.

Any surviving actors would be entitled to repeat fees and another payment if it goes on the online player.

I wouldn't be so sure of that. Well maybe back in the day they had good contracts.

Fair City actors only get paid for the time they're actually working. They're not on a salary, so if they're not needed for a month, they don't get paid. Some of them claiming the dole for those weeks.

jimgoose · 12-09-2019 10:20am

Wheety wrote: »

I wouldn't be so sure of that. Well maybe back in the day they had good contracts.

Fair City actors only get paid for the time they're actually working. They're not on a salary, so if they're not needed for a month, they don't get paid. Some of them claiming the dole for those weeks.

I believe that's fairly standard across RTE, a lot of acting and presenting staff are self-employed contractors.

Plumbthedepths · 12-09-2019 10:21am

Repeats on RTE? Well holy God......

12-09-2019 10:24am

Immortal Starlight wrote: »

That’s all I need. The fear from my childhood Sunday nights revisited. Even the starting credits give me chills.

And the Bombardier Bus quaintly travelling down the country lane..

12-09-2019 10:32am

jimgoose wrote: »

He wasn't really stereotyped, no. He had a touch of a Mullingar accent IIRC, as well as a leather jacket and a rather fetching Fedora. Liam Heffernan, who played him, turned up in Fair City a few years ago as one of the Dillons, probably Tommy's brother.

it was Johnny and his wife (Christine?) , as well as Francie Donnolly who were occasionally stereotyped, but the ridiculous, bigoted attitudes of many local people towards travellers was also regularly ventilated.

I'm surprised Stephen Brennan hasn't been mentioned yet. A cranky old bachelor, who only ever voted FF or FG, and expressed cynicism towards anything new, as a front for his crippling fear of change. In the present era, he'd probably quite enjoy AH.

Spon Farmer · 12-09-2019 11:50am

BuboBubo wrote: »

Could make a new Glenroe. The next generation. Fidelma could come back as a granny, and Blackies descendants could be in it? Loads of possibilities.

Biddy could come back, waking up and realising the car crash was a dream like Bobby in Dallas.

Ah Fidelma.

I was never forced to watch it or anything but it was a case of nothing else to do.

By the time Fidelma showed up, which would have made me a willin viewer I had found something else to do.

Spon Farmer · 12-09-2019 11:52am

A Tyrant Named Miltiades! wrote: »

it was Johnny and his wife (Christine?) , as well as Francie Donnolly who were occasionally stereotyped, but the ridiculous, bigoted attitudes of many local people towards travellers was also regularly ventilated.

I'm surprised Stephen Brennan hasn't been mentioned yet. A cranky old bachelor, who only ever voted FF or FG, and expressed cynicism towards anything new, as a front for his crippling fear of change. In the present era, he'd probably quite enjoy AH.

What are traveller stereotypes ?

Cork Trucker · 12-09-2019 11:55am

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RTE announces Classic Glenroe.

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