Reeling in the years

PTH2009 wrote: »

please god i get to see the 2010-2019 series

In the 2015 one once they get to the marriage referendum I'll probably tear up. I can look at the others knowing their history but in an almost detached way. The referendum was something I was really involved in.

PTH2009 wrote: »

is it the best RTE production ever produced.

You do know that it's a complete rip off of a BBC program called The Rock 'n Roll Years?

That started in 1955, the birth of Rock 'n Roll, and went up to 1980. For some reason they never, so far as I know, extended it beyond that. I think I still have a few episodes on VHS.

(Ask your dad if you don't know what VHS is. Actually. Born in 1989? Ask your grand dad)

Boring username wrote: »

The 2000-2009 episodes were fairly shite it has to be said.

So were them years sure.

G_R wrote: »

Definitely one of RTE's better programmes. Learned more from that show than I did from history in school tbh!

not hard considering that the syllabus only goes as far as 1966. Reeling in the years is just the catch up

Fantastic show, I have a lot of them saved on the old TV box so every now and then when I have a spare half an hour I'll throw one on.

The only show that can silence a group of bar flys for half an hour

c_man wrote: »

It's pretty good but let's just forget about the 2000s Reeling... Pure guff. They knew it was big then and let it slide. Not to mention attempting to position RTE presenters as having known the crash was coming all along and we the general eejits were just too stupid to listen to our betters.

That decade of ROTY isn't as good but that's because it was made too soon. I think it was made in 2010. Not enough time to figure out what would be the events and the stories that would be remembered in years to come. Also many of the clips shown in the 60s/70s/80s episodes show people taking part in demonstrations, rallies, reporting etc, who ended up becoming prominent Irish figures in public life, it was only because the program was made 20-30 years after these events that we were able to see their contribution, or rather where they started out.

E.g. I think one of the late 70s/early 80s episodes shows U2s first performance on the Late Late. It certainly wouldn't have been significant at the time, just another new Irish band, but seeing as ROTY wasn't made until 1999, 20 years had passed and by then they were one of the biggest bands in the world, so it made sense to show a clip of their first appearance. Think they are in the 84/85 episodes as well.

I'm pretty sure some of the late 60s/ early 70s episodes shows Mary Robinson making speeches as a student. Gives a bit of context to where she started out before she became president.

I reckon any researcher making the episode for 2009 in 2010 would have had their work cut out to pick out any new Irish act that played a song on the LLS that year that they reckon will be around in 20 years from now. Sometimes with history you just have to give it a bit of time.

Tho it was only a one off Documentary, "A Million Dubliners" was a very moving and powerful piece of television! If you've not seen it, it's worth a watch if you can find it online or on The Player!

I see Reeling in the Years is up to 2009.... so far... anyone know if they've done more ??? or doing ???

So we have to wait till 2020 for 10-19?

poo

Great show, ironically the best thing rte do is a patch up of news from other sources, spriked with quality music and not a RTE over indulged, over paid false presenter in sight.