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Colm and Jim-Jim's Home Run
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star 9Colm and Jim-Jim's Home Run was an Irish game show broadcast on RTÉ One each Sunday at 18:30. It was presented by, respectively, Colm Hayes and Jim-Jim Nugent, the duo's first foray into the world of television. It was first broadcast on 16 November 2008. It was a creation of Vision Independent Productions, responsible for the popular television shows Showhouse and The Restaurant. Contestants could win €25,000 without answering a single question. To promote the show the presenters appeared on chat show Tubridy Tonight the night before the first episode was broadcast. The programme received mostly negative reviews from critics. However the format of the show was purchased by Fremantle Media, and is now available for international distribution, with interest from the UK and US, with Colm and Jim-Jim receiving interest to host a UK version The show was axed due to RTÉ cutbacks in June 2009.The Walsh Sisters
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The Walsh Sisters
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Set in their Dublin hometown, Anna, Rachel, Maggie, Claire and Helen navigate the peaks and troughs of their late 20s and 30s. This is a sisterhood full of in-jokes, hand-me-down resentments and more than a few old wounds. But their DNA, history and shared love of power ballads keep the Walsh sisters together in the face of heartbreak, grief, addiction and parenthood.Haughey
2005
Haughey
2005
The story of the Irish politician Charles Haughey, told by his family as well as those who worked most closely with him in politics and in the private business circles from which his most controversial payments were drawn.Consuming Passions
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Consuming Passions
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Consuming Passions is an Irish television series broadcast on RTÉ One. Produced by Wildfire Films, it serves as summer filler for the station and two series have thus far been produced. The series examines various obscure obsessions which people have, ranging from cuddling reptiles to piloting light aircraft, beekeeping, living rockabilly, dancing the tango, truck-driving, birds of prey, horse whispering and sailing. The show run until second season.Saturday Night with Miriam
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star 7Saturday Night with Miriam is a television chat show which was first broadcast in Ireland on RTÉ One in the summer of 2005. The show runs for six weeks as a summer filler, and is presented by Miriam O'Callaghan, the co-host of Prime Time.Popstars: Ireland
2001
Popstars: Ireland
2001
Popstars is an Irish reality television series, broadcast and produced by RTÉ One, which ran from 2001 to 2002.Quinn Country
2022
star 8Charting the meteoric rise and staggering downfall of Quinns empire. Built on gravel, guts and genius, it nevertheless fell prey to infighting and eventual misinformation campaigns against former associates.Special Forces: Ultimate Hell Week - The Professionals
2021
18 celebrity recruits take part in a grueling special forces selection course designed by former members of Ireland’s elite Special Forces unit, the Army Ranger Wing. Over five days, the celebrity recruits will be required to pass numerous rigorous physical and mental tests. Surviving on two to three hours of sleep a night they will have to overcome cold-water events, height tests and claustrophobic challenges as well as various trials of strength, stamina and determination.The Radharc Squad
2012
The Radharc Squad
2012
On the 50th anniversary of RTÉ TV and Radharc, the first independent production company to make programmes for Irish television, this 2-part series reveals the remarkable story and legacy of this maverick group of filmmaker priests who, between 1962 and 1996, produced over 400 documentaries in 75 countries on a range of social, political, and religious issues.The Riordans
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star 7The Riordans was the second Irish soap opera made by Raidio Telefís Éireann. It ran from 1965 to 1979 and was set in the fictional townland of Leestown in County Kilkenny. Its use of Outside Broadcast Units and its filming of its episodes on location rather than in studio, broke the mould of broadcasting in the soap opera genre, and inspired the creation of its British equivalent, Emmerdale Farm by Yorkshire Television in 1972.Deirdre O'Kane Talks Funny
2020
In a brand, new entertainment show comedian Deirdre O’Kane will be joined by some of the country’s most entertaining people to find out what makes them tick and where the funny comes from.Lords & Ladles
2015
Lords & Ladles
2015
Lords and Ladles feature three of Ireland's top chefs - Derry Clarke, Catherine Fulvio and Paul Flynn - who are challenged to recreate elaborate menus from different centuries in some of Ireland's grandest Country Homes.Echoes
1988
star 6Echoes is a four-part Irish drama miniseries based on the novel of the same name by Maeve Binchy. It was produced for Channel 4 by Working Title Films in association with RTÉ.Big Life Fix
2020
Big Life Fix
2020
Big Life Fix, challenges Ireland's leading designers, engineers, computer programmers and technology experts to create ingenious solutions to everyday problems that will transform extraordinary people's lives.The Den
1986
star 8The Den was the brand of the children's television strand on Irish public broadcaster RTÉ Two. It first broadcast on 29 September 1986 on RTÉ1, before moving to Network 2 in September 1988. The strand began to diversify throughout the late 1990s and the 2000s. It was also known as Dempsey's Den, Den TV and Den2 at different times during the 1980s, 1990s and 2000s. In mid-2010, RTÉ Television announced an overhaul of all young people's programming, especially as Ireland moves towards digital terrestrial television in autumn 2010. This overhaul took place on September 20, 2010 effectively replacing The Den branding and to incorporate two new strands, RTÉjr and TRTÉ.Joe Dolan - Sweet Little Rock N Roller
2012
Joe remains one of Ireland's most iconic entertainers. The only Irish singer to register chart hits over five successive decades, Joe evolved from being a rural Rocker in the early sixties to become Ireland's first international pop star.The Live Mike
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star 7The Live Mike was an Irish television comedy, variety, and chat show presented by Mike Murphy. It was first broadcast on RTÉ 1 on 9 November 1979. The programme featured a candid camera pieces by Murphy himself, with parody songs and comedy sketches by Twink, Dermot Morgan and Fran Dempsey, as well as a serious studio interview. The show ended on 2 April 1982.Des Bishop: Breaking China
2014
This brand new six part series follows the adventures of Irish-American writer and comedian Des Bishop as he moves to China for a year in order to learn mandarin and eventually attempt to perform a one-man stand up comedy show for a Chinese audience. There are a couple of problems though - the locals are unaware of the subtleties of western style comedy and are laughing for all the wrong reasons.Ireland's Historic Gardens
2021
This documentary examines the history of Ireland’s country house gardens over the last 400 years - during which time garden design has reflected political and social changes taking place within the country.
