RTE tv schedules in the 80s and 90s

Elmo · 31-05-2011 08:40PM

salad dodger wrote: »

Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, maybe?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1CLuiEQaGdk

That is it, repeat along with LAND OF THE GIANTS. That radar noise is all I really remember from it.

irishh_bob · 31-05-2011 09:00PM

K-9 wrote: »

I think the Sullivans was on RTE2 at 5.30, it started RTE2 programming long before the Den.

oh , long before the den , i was ten when the den began in 1987 , the sullivans was when i was like six

irishh_bob · 31-05-2011 09:02PM

No1J wrote: »

padd b1975 wrote: »

I remember Ed Moses in this he was unbeatable in the 400m hurdles over a number of years,a real all time great.
Can't see the likes of Bolt getting involved in something like it today if it was still going.[/QUO

Agreed, Bolt is a knob, doesn't even bother training much.
Do you remember in the early 90s we had Super channel on and off, and on channel 4 the late night talk show After Dark which was really good, I remember Oliver Reed was on it locked.

bolt is cool , great to see an athlete who is not a friggin robot , bolt has personality , something rare in sport nowadays

Elmo · 31-05-2011 09:02PM

irishh_bob wrote: »

oh , long before the den , i was ten when the den began in 1987 , the sullivans was when i was like six

They repeated into the late 1980 and some of the early 1990s. The Den only started on RTÉ 2 in 1988 (aka Network 2), it used to go out at 4pm on RTÉ 1 after Live at 3.

irishh_bob · 31-05-2011 09:05PM

dark crystal wrote: »

I remember an American series called 'Double Trouble' that used to air in the afternoons during the midd 80's....used to love that show!

Also, 'Number 1', was a music quiz show. Gerry Ryan, Joe Elliot and Dave Fanning were captains, I think. Ian Dempsey hosted it.

I remember George Hamilton hosting a quiz called 'Know Your Sport' as well.

Whatever happened to Irish quiz shows...?

ian dempsey may have presented number one at some stage but when the show started out with gerry ryan and dave fanning , it was some guy from 2fm called heffernen who chaired proceedings

irishh_bob · 31-05-2011 09:17PM

No1J wrote: »

One of my favorites at the time and I think it still stand's up was The Streets Of San Francisco, it was on RTE 2 10pm late 70s, early 80s Tuesdays I think.

the streets of san fran cisco was still being shown on rte 2 up untill around 1991 , great show with two great actors , michael douglas and the great karl malden

this thread is really bringing back memorys

some other lesser known cop shows that spring to mind

TJ hooker with william shatner , remember the opening titles with him running

street hawk , cant remember anything about this other than the lead charechter had a futuristic motorbike

airwolf , same deal only with a hellicopter

matt houston , this was along the lines of magnum , private investigator deal

hardcastle and mc cormack , if memory serves correctly , ernest bogerine was in this , old grizzled cop and young rookie i think

il quit now for fear of being seen as sadder than usual

K-9 · 31-05-2011 09:28PM

irishh_bob wrote: »

ian dempsey may have presented number one at some stage but when the show started out with gerry ryan and dave fanning , it was some guy from 2fm called heffernen who chaired proceedings

That was the RTE answer to the BBC one with Mike Reid, anybody remember the name?

irishh_bob wrote: »

the streets of san fran cisco was still being shown on rte 2 up untill around 1991 , great show with two great actors , michael douglas and the great karl malden

this thread is really bringing back memorys

some other lesser known cop shows that spring to mind

TJ hooker with william shatner , remember the opening titles with him running

street hawk , cant remember anything about this other than the lead charechter had a futuristic motorbike

airwolf , same deal only with a hellicopter

matt houston , this was along the lines of magnum , private investigator deal

hardcastle and mc cormack , if memory serves correctly , ernest bogerine was in this , old grizzled cop and young rookie i think

il quit now for fear of being seen as sadder than usual

Airwolf was unmissable in our house, sister had a crush on the actor, he died young.

Dempsey and Makepeace on ITV, the American actor made a bit of a comeback recently, appeared in a few series.

Scarecrow and Misses King and of course Remington Steele.

East of Eden was another one, Australia's answer to Dallas.

As for dubbing, there was some German Soap Network 2 took on and they dubbed it.

Always remember the littlest Hobo about an Australian Dingo, used to be on about 4 on N2, might have been pre Den days.

WD_Joe · 31-05-2011 10:00PM

this was unmissable in our house. Cant remember exactly what night of the week though, but am pretty sure it was on a school night!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mo8Qls0HnWo

seabre · 31-05-2011 10:05PM

I remember every Sunday night my Da would sit us all down and make us watch
Mike Murphy's Quizm?

Almost sure there was an "m" at the end of Quiz! Does anyone know what that was about??/

Elmo · 31-05-2011 10:07PM

K-9 wrote: »

Always remember the littlest Hobo about an Australian Dingo, used to be on about 4 on N2, might have been pre Den days.

German soap must look it up.

Canadian Littlest Hobo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=banXT6azA-4

Dempsey and Makepeace used to air on Network 2 with repeats of The Streets San Fransico and The Rockford Files.

The Fugitive was repeated late night when the film was released.

WD_Joe · 31-05-2011 10:08PM

...featuring a young courtney cox... Think it aired early on saturday evenings!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WRZWKfeN1u4

Elmo · 31-05-2011 10:12PM

WD_Joe wrote: »

...featuring a young courtney cox... Think it aired early on saturday evenings!

And the manager of Central Perk.

nlgbbbblth · 31-05-2011 10:19PM

Elmo wrote: »

The Sullivan's ran for years on RTÉ long after it had finished but it got more than one season, 8 altogether and 1114 episodes according to Wikipedia. Mel Gibson was in it for a while AFAIK, only fighting the nazis :rolleyes:

The reason The Sullivans ran for so long on RTE is simple. They only showed it once a week. In Australia it was shown three or four times a week.

From the mid 1980s onwards it was on a Friday. About 5.30pm on RTE 1 before the news. If there was an sporting event it got bumped.

nlgbbbblth · 31-05-2011 10:22PM

seabre wrote: »

I remember every Sunday night my Da would sit us all down and make us watch
Mike Murphy's Quizm?

Almost sure there was an "m" at the end of Quiz! Does anyone know what that was about??/

Murphy's Micro Quiz-M

Think the extra M was vanity on Mike Murphy's part.

Ran from September 1983 to May 1987.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6NLMQrnxzCI

nlgbbbblth · 31-05-2011 10:24PM

K-9 wrote: »

T
East of Eden was another one, Australia's answer to Dallas.

As for dubbing, there was some German Soap Network 2 took on and they dubbed it.

Return To Eden. A three part mini series in 1985 and then a full-blown 22 part series in 1986.

The German soap was Black Forest Clinic.

K-9 · 31-05-2011 10:40PM

Elmo wrote: »

German soap must look it up.

Canadian Littlest Hobo

Dempsey and Makepeace used to air on Network 2 with repeats of The Streets San Fransico and The Rockford Files.

The Fugitive was repeated late night when the film was released.

Always thought it was a dingo, maybe I'm thinking of another show. RTE loved Canada.

There was a show about a bear in the everglades too?

Yeah, they showed them late, the Prisoner too.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HRPDO63rI1E

Apparently he was offered James Bond and the Saint but it was too filthy!

BBC2 showed all the Hammer Horrors late on a Saturday night.

padd b1975 · 01-06-2011 12:07AM

Does anyone remember an austrailian mini series, think it was called fields of fire. It was about guys cutting sugar cane. Think it aired in summer 1990. I am looking for the theme tune, cant find it on youtube. Any help appreciated.

squonk · 01-06-2011 08:10AM

Knight Rider aired on a Wednsday at 8 on RTE1 if I remember correctly. Just prior to that they had Simon & Simon on the same time slot. That was around mid 80's. I remember because me and my brother got sick of Simon and Simon and started watching something on 2 and then turned over one week to realise that Knight Rider was on, and it was way cooler... I know, I know but it was simpler times!

No1J · 01-06-2011 01:16PM

padd b1975 wrote: »

Does anyone remember an austrailian mini series, think it was called fields of fire. It was about guys cutting sugar cane. Think it aired in summer 1990. I am looking for the theme tune, cant find it on youtube. Any help appreciated.

Is that the Big Country song if it is it would be on you tube.

No1J · 01-06-2011 01:20PM

irishh_bob wrote: »

No1J wrote: »

bolt is cool , great to see an athlete who is not a friggin robot , bolt has personality , something rare in sport nowadays

Did you see the Michael Johnston documentary on Bolt, he didn't come out of that looking too good?

irishh_bob · 01-06-2011 06:28PM

K-9 wrote: »

That was the RTE answer to the BBC one with Mike Reid, anybody remember the name?

Airwolf was unmissable in our house, sister had a crush on the actor, he died young.

Dempsey and Makepeace on ITV, the American actor made a bit of a comeback recently, appeared in a few series.

Scarecrow and Misses King and of course Remington Steele.

East of Eden was another one, Australia's answer to Dallas.

As for dubbing, there was some German Soap Network 2 took on and they dubbed it.

Always remember the littlest Hobo about an Australian Dingo, used to be on about 4 on N2, might have been pre Den days.

you mean return to eden which was an aussie take on the big hair and power suits thing of the 80,s , was more a dynasty rip off than dallas and it was a mini series

as for the littlest hobo , thier is an add now showing on tv with an old english sheepdog which featues the theme tune from the littles hobo , i think the dog in that show was a german shepherd and im pretty sure it was set in america or perhaps canada, not australa though

another canadian show i remember as a kid was the kids of degrassi street

jowgli · 25-06-2011 09:22PM

Does anyone remember Chico the rainmaker?, was on Sunday mornings between 9-11 i think. Was really quite terrifying

pinkfloyd34 · 06-07-2011 08:01PM

what was he one with grizzley adams?, there was another american thing called silverspoons, or anyone remember benson

pinkfloyd34 · 06-07-2011 08:08PM

Elmo wrote: »

I think he won the world version outright? No?

there was a bloke called gerry loftus, i think that was his name but he was really famous for it at the time, i remember he visited our school and it was like barack obama visiting

mike65 · 06-07-2011 08:17PM

RTE1 was infested with generic American network tosh wasn't it?

mrsdewinter · 06-07-2011 10:09PM

pinkfloyd34 wrote: »

what was he one with grizzley adams?, there was another american thing called silverspoons, or anyone remember benson

Oh, Silver Spoons was very popular: sure that kid's father had a mini train set in his living room. And Ricky Schroeder was very cute...
And I remember Benson - Benson Dubois, wasn't it? Of course, the supporting cast - Gretchen, the governor and that uptight aide - were far more memorable than the main character.
Damn you, floyd. Now I've to check those shows out on Youtube.

JONJO THE MISER · 06-07-2011 11:30PM

jowgli wrote: »

Does anyone remember Chico the rainmaker?, was on Sunday mornings between 9-11 i think. Was really quite terrifying

:eek: Yeah i still remember the song and everything, it went like this chico chico the rainmaker, chico pocko socka wont you make some rain:pac:

calex71 · 07-07-2011 12:03AM

Bring back Mailbag !!!!!!!!!!!

After the 6 news on a saturday.

Another one I ran home from school for was Long long ago, I'd love to see that again

brian_t · 07-07-2011 12:16AM

calex71 wrote: »

Bring back Mailbag !!!!!!!!!!! After the 6 news on a saturday.

Mailbag was great. Apparently Arthur Muphy does something similar on Ray Darcys radio show.

K-9 · 07-07-2011 12:24AM

Garda Patrol was better.

RTE tv schedules in the 80s and 90s

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