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RTÉ St Patrick’s Day viewing FFS

  • 17-03-2020 3:03pm
    #1
    hurler32
    Closed Accounts Posts: 451 ✭✭


    Normally be out and about St Patrick’s day but sitting at home today looking at what’s on RTÉ for the day . Eastenders , Home and Away, the Simpson’s .... thought they might have something Irish on like an Irish film or a bit of Irish music or about the Irish abroad .
    Do RTÉ even realise their Irish ?


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  • #2
    pgj2015
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,459 ✭✭✭pgj2015


    They are mostly west brits.


  • #3
    valoren
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,514 ✭✭✭valoren


    I thought it was pretty tactless that with thousands of people concurrently losing their jobs they decided a re-run of "Irelands Rich List" last night was pertinent.


  • #4
    mloc123
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,454 ✭✭✭mloc123


    Should have stuck last year's parade on again


  • #5
    The Tetrarch
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,092 ✭✭✭The Tetrarch


    Darby O'Gill and the Little People is the film for today.


  • #6
    LuasSimon
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,208 ✭✭✭LuasSimon


    RTE have abandoned traditional Irishness a number of years ago , thought the same earlier today looking at TV guide.

    TnaG do a great job on a shoestring budget showing up the west brit Fat Cats in Donnybrook.


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  • #7
    LuasSimon
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,208 ✭✭✭LuasSimon


    valoren wrote: »
    I thought it was pretty tactless that with thousands of people concurrently losing their jobs they decided a re-run of "Irelands Rich List" last night was pertinent.

    Many of RTEs fat cats are totally disconnected from real Ireland. You would be too if you were on 400/500K a year living in a Million plus home in Dun Laoighaire !


  • #8
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 5,311 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    That homegrown "talent" ain't cheap. Amy Hoovered up most of the budget. Now RTÉ have to rely on imports for padding. 2+2=5, according to the creative accountant upstairs. "Pay your TV licence" is the Pyongyang party line.


  • #9
    Joe_ Public
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,023 ✭✭✭✭Joe_ Public


    Dunno about tv but Moving Hearts been on Radio One live in studio, playing and talking about their 39 years on the go with Fiachra O Braonain. Terrific stuff.


  • #10
    Degag
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,981 ✭✭✭Degag


    They don't even have a decent film on later from what i can see. They are obviously treating it like a normal day, which it kinda is now i guess.


  • #11
    SEPT 23 1989
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 43,028 ✭✭✭✭SEPT 23 1989


    When the Wind Blows is on after the news


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  • #12
    Vita nova
    Registered Users Posts: 748 ✭✭✭Vita nova


    The Tetrarch wrote: »
    Darby O'Gill and the Little People is the film for today.
    Later in the day they'll have:
    Outbreak
    Contagion
    28 Days Later


  • #13
    Bobblehats
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,707 ✭✭✭Bobblehats


    It’s a goddamn charade. St. Patrick’s Day Charade is what it is...


  • #14
    Church on Tuesday
    Registered Users Posts: 3,858 ✭✭✭Church on Tuesday


    No Michael Collins then?


  • #15
    Tuco88
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,053 ✭✭✭Tuco88


    They should have put The Field on.

    Gowann the bull...


  • #16
    whisky_galore
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,511 ✭✭✭✭whisky_galore


    Newsflash, it was ever so.

    Get Netflix or stream whatever you want. Scheduled tv is a dead duck.

    Many "Irish" movies are maudlin crap for the US market. Michael Collins included, although some posters here think it's a documentary.


  • #17
    foxy farmer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,194 ✭✭✭foxy farmer


    Even the film on rte 1 is in black and white. It's a disgrace Joe.


  • #18
    Church on Tuesday
    Registered Users Posts: 3,858 ✭✭✭Church on Tuesday


    whisky_galore wrote: »
    Newsflash, it was ever so.

    Get Netflix or stream whatever you want. Scheduled tv is a dead duck.

    Many "Irish" movies are maudlin crap for the US market. Michael Collins included, although some posters here think it's a documentary.

    For that go watch the excellent The Treaty.

    The distinct lack of Julia Roberts alone makes it superior.


  • #19
    Jimbob1977
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,239 ✭✭✭Jimbob1977


    Stick on 'The Cassandra Crossing' after the 9 o'clock news.


  • #20
    The Princess Bride
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,608 ✭✭✭✭The Princess Bride


    Is Flight of The Doves on?
    It's not St Patrick's Day without it.


  • #21
    whiskeyman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,564 ✭✭✭✭whiskeyman


    They should have had The Snapper, Commitments and The Van on back to back.

    All filmed during hard times but showed the best of our Irish spirit and humour.


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  • #22
    Hurrache
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,239 ✭✭✭✭Hurrache


    The Tetrarch wrote: »
    Darby O'Gill and the Little People is the film for today.

    I went looking for it to watch with the kids today

    For the evening movie, an absolute bit of misery, especially considering all that's happening in the world.


  • #23
    Greyfox
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,915 ✭✭✭Greyfox


    hurler32 wrote: »
    looking at what’s on RTÉ for the day

    Big mystake, 95% of what's on rte is garbage.
    whisky_galore wrote: »
    Michael Collins included, although some posters here think it's a documentary.

    Still a great watch though as Liam Neeson is magnificent


  • #24
    Bonzo Delaney
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,577 ✭✭✭Bonzo Delaney


    I went down
    Intermission
    Eat the peach
    They missed a beat not showing those today


  • #25
    LuasSimon
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,208 ✭✭✭LuasSimon


    Watching the 1977 Dublin v Armagh final on TnaG now , the only Irish station worth watching


  • #26
    Kivaro
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,105 ✭✭✭Kivaro


    LuasSimon wrote: »
    Many of RTEs fat cats are totally disconnected from real Ireland. You would be too if you were on 400/500K a year living in a Million plus home in Dun Laoighaire !
    Don't forget that the million(s) who pay the television license are regarded as serfs to the RTE elite. We are here to serve them, and not the other way round. We just do not have the intelligence to understand the nuances of having grandiose liberal views.

    Now if I was an asylum seeker from Georgia with a tale to tell, or a Traveller looking for an "entitled" bigger house near mum, then they will be all ears and push the auld virus story off the headlines for a day or two.


  • #27
    Bobblehats
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,707 ✭✭✭Bobblehats


    whisky_galore wrote: »
    Newsflash, it was ever so.

    Get Netflix or stream whatever you want. Scheduled tv is a dead duck.

    Many "Irish" movies are maudlin crap for the US market. Michael Collins included, although some posters here think it's a documentary.

    In the wake of on demand scheduled is becoming that but the better programmes are still to be found via the traditional channel’s archives.

    I’d really struggle without the discovery channels. BBC4, all that stuff there’s a bit too much fantasy on the streaming platforms for my liking. Half the time I feel like I’m watching blazing saddles with historical accuracy out the window particularly surreal when I see what appears an aborigine with a an irish accent or some such


  • #28
    DrSerious3
    Registered Users Posts: 130 ✭✭DrSerious3


    Bobblehats wrote: »
    In the wake of on demand scheduled is becoming that but the better programmes are still to be found via the traditional channel’s archives.

    I’d really struggle without the discovery channels. BBC4, all that stuff there’s a bit too much fantasy on the streaming platforms for my liking. Half the time I feel like I’m watching blazing saddles with historical accuracy out the window particularly surreal when I see what appears an aborigine with a an irish accent or some such

    What?


  • #29
    Bobblehats
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,707 ✭✭✭Bobblehats


    DrSerious3 wrote: »
    What?

    I don’t know it’s all quite surreal. Those described might be the most genuine article...


  • #30
    Dank Janniels
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 668 ✭✭✭Dank Janniels


    Reeling in the Years will be on a 24hour rolling loop for the fore-seeable!


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  • #31
    BENDYBINN
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,865 ✭✭✭BENDYBINN


    valoren wrote: »
    I thought it was pretty tactless that with thousands of people concurrently losing their jobs they decided a re-run of "Irelands Rich List" last night was pertinent.

    A bit rich alright..


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