What is/was good on RTE

hidinginthebush · 19-10-2011 11:21AM

No fans of Dan and Becks here? I thought that was brilliant!

the groutch · 19-10-2011 11:34AM

Nothing

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dulpit · 19-10-2011 11:53AM

tfitzgerald wrote: »

The Angelus .that school quiz with ?? In it. I can't think of he's name he spent some time on the den as well

That'd be Blackboard Jungle with Ray d'Arcy...

Reeling in the Years is class. Sports on RTÉ is better than anything the lads over the water do (lightyears ahead of BBC/Sky/ITV/etc).
Their news coverage of big events is quite good.

Jonah42 · 19-10-2011 12:00PM

dulpit wrote: »

Sports on RTÉ is better than anything the lads over the water do (lightyears ahead of BBC/Sky/ITV/etc).

Gonna have to disagree with you there. A lot of the interviews with football players you see on rté are done by BBC and ITV. As well as that you can't really compare RTÉ sport with sky sports. Late week nights you get to press the red button and actually decide yourself what match you want to watch.

And nothing will ever ever ever beat Match of the Day:)

4leto · 19-10-2011 12:13PM

Primetime is excellent along with the six one news

I like the view

But I think Paths to freedom was the best thing they ever done.

dulpit · 19-10-2011 12:42PM

Jonah42 wrote: »

Gonna have to disagree with you there. A lot of the interviews with football players you see on rté are done by BBC and ITV. As well as that you can't really compare RTÉ sport with sky sports. Late week nights you get to press the red button and actually decide yourself what match you want to watch.

And nothing will ever ever ever beat Match of the Day:)

Not questioning RTÉ's amount of coverage (as it's obviously way below that of Sky Sports) but their punditry & overall presentation far outweighs that of the British TV stations...

MungBean · 19-10-2011 12:50PM

Bull Island was good until it was axed. If ever a country needed a weekly piss take on politics its Ireland but nooooo you cant make fun of the nice men who give us all your tax money.

If it wasnt axed the above statement may be wrong.

mikemac · 19-10-2011 01:16PM

Nationwide
Get to see all the festivals and events around the country

Capital D is good too
They often enter old historic buildings that are owned privately. You'd never get a chance to see inside them otherwise
Like Georgian houses around the city

blaze1 · 19-10-2011 01:17PM

The bits they put on between the garbage...

What are they called.... Adverts, thats them, the adverts are the best thing on RTE.

Biggins · 19-10-2011 01:18PM

NuckyT wrote: »

The All Ireland Talent Show!

:pac:

admiralofthefleet · 19-10-2011 01:21PM

nationwide is good

reeling in the years is fantastic

mikemac · 19-10-2011 01:24PM

Orando Broom wrote: »

Last Picture Show - It was so smart. Really gave value to the film they were about to show.

This was brilliant, RTÉ should bring this back.
Pre internet days you couldn't just instantly find out film info and check different careers
So Brian Reddin would introduce the film and give lots of info
They have seasons too like the Hitchcock Season

Two gems were
Breaking Away but sometimes called Cutters about a cycling team, starring an extremly young Denis Quaid. Well he wasn't the star but he went on to good things

Johnny Belinda black and white film about a small farming community with a tragic story.
They remade it in the eighties, the remake was ****e :P

Pherekydes · 19-10-2011 01:28PM

dulpit wrote: »

Not questioning RTÉ's amount of coverage (as it's obviously way below that of Sky Sports) but their punditry & overall presentation far outweighs that of the British TV stations...

In your opinion, but Sports coverage is all about the Sport, not about punditry, and in that they've signally failed. They paid for the rights to cover the 2009 World Athletics Championships and yet we had no coverage.

Ireland (RTE, effectively) were the only European country with no live coverage of this year's World Athletics Championships.

Last year, their coverage of the World Swimming Championships consisted of one program showing ONLY events that had Irish participants, and nothing else!

What a bizarre way to cover sport!

Oh, and their pundits are opinionated, conceited and love the sound of their own voices.

To quote one: "Horse manure!"

A.Partridge · 19-10-2011 01:31PM

Hall's Pictorial Weekly...a satirical look at local politics.

force eleven · 19-10-2011 01:32PM

Wanderly Wagon.

Nowadays the children watch the Disney channel and speak with American accents.

Shiner11 · 19-10-2011 01:32PM

Republic of Telly is good i think.

Sunday Game Live is good with good hurling analyzers but the football ones are annoying.

The News is way too depressing, they never start with a good story (even though i know theres not a lot of them around at d minute. but some small Piece of good news would be nice).

mikemac · 19-10-2011 01:39PM

About two decades ago RTÉ used to show Italian football, they copied over the Channel Four show and showed it on Monday evenings.
Got a primetime slot too, around seven pm

James Richardson is a legend :cool:

And it was a class intro
Many debates were had at school about what was said at the end

Go Lazio?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SRysACM37OY

Biggins · 19-10-2011 02:00PM

A.Partridge wrote: »

Hall's Pictorial Weekly...a satirical look at local politics.

Jeasus - those of us that can remember that, are showing our age!

mikemac · 19-10-2011 02:02PM

Arthurs Mail Bag

You write in and have your letter read out on air

Good to have a aul rant.
Nowadays boards fulfills that function

Minstrel27 · 19-10-2011 02:03PM

Jonah42 wrote: »

A lot of the interviews with football players you see on rté are done by BBC and ITV.

And most of those interviews are rubbish.

Pherekydes · 19-10-2011 02:04PM

Biggins wrote: »

Jeasus - those of us that can remember that, are showing our age!

Can you remember Quicksilver? :pac:

I can. My Da was on it! He won our first Telly, which we used to watch the show he won the Telly on.

Minstrel27 · 19-10-2011 02:06PM

mikemac wrote: »

About two decades ago RTÉ used to show Italian football, they copied over the Channel Four show and showed it on Monday evenings.
Got a primetime slot too, around seven pm

James Richardson is a legend :cool:

And it was a class intro
Many debates were had at school about what was said at the end

Go Lazio?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SRysACM37OY

Essential viewing on a Monday night. Long gone are the days of Gullit, Van Basten, Baresi etc. etc.

Marty McFly · 19-10-2011 02:06PM

Bosco, Cant believe this hasnt been mentioned yet, I grew up loving that show.

mackeire · 19-10-2011 02:06PM

know your sport was a class programme.

Biggins · 19-10-2011 02:08PM

Pherekydes wrote: »

Can you remember Quicksilver? :pac:

I can. My Da was on it! He won our first Telly, which we used to watch the show he won the Telly on.

I do indeed! Good old Mike Murphy again.
It was actually a decent quiz show.

...Congrads on the telly!

mrsdewinter · 19-10-2011 02:11PM

mikemac wrote: »

About two decades ago RTÉ used to show Italian football, they copied over the Channel Four show and showed it on Monday evenings.
Got a primetime slot too, around seven pm

James Richardson is a legend :cool:

And it was a class intro
Many debates were had at school about what was said at the end

Go Lazio?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SRysACM37OY

God, I resented that show. But you're right about the intro: it's excellent.

Back to RTE... has anybody mentioned Nighthawks yet? The interviews went over my head but some of the comedy bits were fantastic. The TV continuity girl, Ann Marie Hourihan, Kevin McAleer, weird one-off sketches... It's hard to believe it was produced by RTE.

Marty McFly · 19-10-2011 02:15PM

Savage Eye: Now thay was great programme and fairly recent some of the sketches were brilliant. It could be hit and miss at times but what sketch show isnt.

Pherekydes · 19-10-2011 02:16PM

Biggins wrote: »

I do indeed! Good old Mike Murphy again.
It was actually a decent quiz show.

...Congrads on the telly!

No, it was Bunny Carr.

God, what a name.

19-10-2011 02:21PM

Top 30 Hits, was on Monday nights on Network 2. Used to watch it after football training.

Superbus · 19-10-2011 02:23PM

Modest Adventures of David O'Doherty

What is/was good on RTE

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