5 worst irish tv progs

Also, "Hot Milk and Pepper". What was the name of that baldy fuckwit that presented it? He was a fucking wanker!

well, there was this show called upwardly mobile...

You all forgot "The Murphys" or whatever that sitcom Ed Byrne wrote was called. And then there was that other comedy show from Jason Byrne...Plank Kenny is such a weak chat show host I fear he may disintegrate in his seat.

TS:Marty Whelan .v. Pat Kenny?

Marty Whelan is far more preferable than Pat Kenny. Kenny is Alan Partridge.

I like all TV team sport actually. C4 used to show gaellic football on sat morinings but then they stoppped. now i think they follow the car racing/rallies and get some good looking girls to present it. girls and cars! no fair...

Come on folks, who the fuck writes "Fair City". It seems like the writers are Irish equivalents of that sassy Simpsons woman, the one in the Malibu Stacey factory etc.

Also where is Naked as Sin these days?

This must have been shown over here, as I've seen it. It was a bit shit as I remember.

Gay Byrne is probably best known over here for infinite repeats of Boyzone being arses on his TV show. His show used to be in the post-Countdown Richard-and-Judy slot on Channel 4, I think, and I'm sure I watched it and remember nothing of it except that it was like a low-rent Wogan.

"United we are strong. UNITED WE ARE STRONG!!!"

By the way, 'Apres Match' C/D? Apart from the Dunphy as Keane/Tommy Gorman interview, I've never found it that funny.

Also in Fair City they never do anything except sit in the pub or the cafe or the restaurant, that is where every conversation takes place.

as an adjunct to the bbc thread. i'll take exception to the criticism of the premiership, which is probably the most entertaining thing on irish telly. can't speak for the drama content, i've never really liked any rte comedy. news and current affairs is pretty good.

RTE gets shown in my local Irish boozer pretty much nonstop if the footie's not on, and it seems to largely consist of old men playing the fiddle.

oh you poor deluded fool...that's the highlights.

OTM!

I like TG4's documentaries. I've enjoyed the series where people learn to play the traditional instruments (I think it's called the youth team or something)...

The Panel was good but badly needs Dara O'B back to bring them all under controls and bring the funny. Maxwell is woejus. It also wastes female panellists though one or two I would dearly love to never see on tv again, especially the blonde one who keeps going on about her baby.

Primetime investigates = absolute gold. National treasure as far as I'm concerned.

there's a man that's been quiet!

reelin in the years, hands would be my favourite 'programmes' (got RITY 80's boxset, can't believe that you can't get the rest, or 'hands' either), but i'd find it hard to criticise rte on sport, news, etc which is relaly where the national broadcaster should be focusing, i think.

used to have a great record o fgetting in the hot new shows form the US before uk too, i'm not sure if this is still the case though? don't watch as much tv as i once did, and the sky + has me spoilt tbh.

Hands is one of the best programmes made by any station anywhere (hands down, ho!) a really elegant piece, its a sacred cow in art colleges though not just because of how everything you learn is gold dust here (it is) but because it is so perfectly crafted. Reelin' in the Years is great and was proof of my sister's belief that the department who put together the montage sequences for movie ads are the most talented in RTE and basically that's what that programme was.

this is all a bit positive though. so-

fair city. pat kenny.

uh, i don't actually watch enough telly to know any more than that, and i'd be predisposed to dislike these shows, no matter how well they were done anyway.

the guy who made hands lives about a mile from my gf's 'home' home.

apparently it's a good bet to be a dvd boxset in time for next christmas, but they'll judge it in terms of requests to the archives.

there's a man that's been quiet!

Been busy saving the pigs man. My mission complete I can return to ILX.

I did not know of this Hands. It sounds very good. Will look for DVD set in future. Lives about a mile from GF's home. Hope you've watched that Liv Tyler in Tuscany movie and know what to watch out for. Gots ta keep eyes on these old bohemian types!

Fair City, so bad it's not even worth having on tv for the camp value. Pat Kenny, it's a mystery how he's lasted so long. The man is totally charmless. I honestly cannot get the appeal. I was down with TB (Man flu) last week and listened to Joe Duffy a bit. They should give him the show! Would be tops with the auld wans.

TV3 is a pimple on the celtic tiger's arse. It is rubbish. Channel 6 has a brilliant music show, can't remember the name but presenter is very tuned in and pretty.

Killanaskully up there as one of the all time worst. i bet theres tv comedies in Uzbekistan with more sophistication.

man, any programme RTE make about rural life that isn't a documentary or news broadcast should just be put down at concept stage. they are uniformly awful, excepting glenroe and bracken of course.

what about that show lately- someone somethings wonder women? i only saw the ads for it, and could tell that it would not only be brutal but also seemed a bit oo-er in terms of offense?

man, any programme RTE make about rural life that isn't a documentary or news broadcast should just be put down at concept stage.

I often think people like me write it. You know, generally clueless snobs who wouldn't know a cow from a Burren hilltop.

Wonder Women was okay the one I saw last year. Wouldn't be able to watch more than one though. I don't know, the comedy seems a little unfunny on Irish tv. Perhaps there aren't enough of the good ones still resident in Ireland able to do these things weekly.

i dunno, but in any case if that's all that's left they should just not give them airtime.

andrew maxwell. andrew maxwell. andrew maxwell. dear god just shoot me now.

yeah hes loathsome and he has a new show soon

What is this new burlesque thing he has? Managed to tune in in time to catch him saying "bring on the breakdancers" nearly broke control in haste to change channel.

and an indie chick with a ukelele!

Our cups runneth over...

Oh before I even think of missing this one: Off The Rails. Offensively crap! Also we all know it's the Docklands and South William Street. You're in Dublin you muppets, not some kind of fashion metropolis. Eejits.

ahem. i wouldn't know yer docklands from adam.

and am quite happy to keep it that way, i might add

Paisean Faisean is a great programme on TG4 that actually reflects how Irish women buy clothes. By making the guys pick the outfits it has this weirdly anthropologic quality about it. It's also entirely obvious that everybody on it is there because it's a dare.

That J1 Summer thing on RTE 2 fills me with rage, although possibly that's intentional?

it's like a final paean to the celtic tiger youth. high art.

ahem. i wouldn't know yer docklands from adam.

Ah. I think I've found their target audience: young dandys from the west.

IK,R spot on, you almost feel them going: "It's cool like, we both look like berks. I'm getting pints for this and you'll get some clothes so please be cool." It's not a bad show. The Bric a brac one is dire. "It's a bar stool and with some tinsel. OMG IT R FASHION ICON". Bollocks.

Number None, it is probably sponsored by USIT. To make sure lots of people do the J1 on the off-chance that someone may score them. I look forwards to a quiet summer when all the under-sexed young people of Ireland are off trying to score in the New World.

they all used to come to achill. how-do recession, i say.

have just signed a contract 'darraghmac' :(

Why are all the kids on J-1 summer so boring?

because they're rich and irish.

no offense, eastern shannoners.

have just signed a contract 'darraghmac' :(

Haaaaaa....

Am I meant to be the eastern shannoner? I am confused!

J-1 is boring. Fine, you slept 5 to a room, you drank loads, someone might have snogged you now plz stfu kthxbai. I spent my summers in Italy. Much better for the soul mah dears.

I spent my summers in Italy

if you've never come across the species, this is classic eastern shannoner talk

Ha ha ha! I think I know the type you mean. They sound very similar to a bunch we have here...

oh how adorable, you thought i was excluding you!

there's isn't enough pat kenny hate on this thread, but i didn't miss the repping for housewives/workshy favourite joe duffy. explain youself.

I thought you were! Figured I feel under the "jackeen from Dublin" bracket rather than Eastern Shannoner.

Joe: good listener to people whinging. Late Show: People whinging (or so far as I can tell). Combine: BLAM! Magic time...

no, no- people whinge about the late late show on the joe duffy show.

late late crowd has always been too smug to whinge.

That essential dichotomy is a reason why I left :(

Maxwell's Fullmooners is a lot of fun in its place - a comedy gig that starts at midnight, when everyone involved is already ripped to the tits. I have no idea what purpose televising it would be.

See darraghmac, I probably should have paid more attention on my days off!

There is no purpose. For some reason RTE think he is popular. I don't know of anyone who likes his stuff. His crapness is in fact the only reason that little man from Offally (?) gets invited back on the panel every week, compared to Maxwell he is funny.

whassisname, neil delamare or something? he has his moments, definitely.

more aobheainn o sullebhain though, she's lovely so she is.

Which one is she? The boring brunette or the boring blonde?

He has moments, just not enough to justify his existence on my tv!

I like his stuff! Here's his stuff, what don't you like?

(Maxwell now: Delamere is well loved by my prison officer brother-in-law, but - well, let's leave it there)

Sorry Andrew, I just find him unfunny and very irritating to be honest.

sorry andrew, but i gotta concur here- maxwell never says anything funny, but even if he did his sneering teenage back-of-the-class delivery would negate it immediately in any case.

he's basically the irish rik mayall, but without the highlights.

and neil delamare seems nice. he'd have tea with your granny and everything.

YOUR

BAD

SELF

is amazing.

amazing.

is it? i enjoyed The Savage Eye.

well imo. but yeah it is.

brendan o connor is a grade a douchetard

he's the worst thing in ireland full stop, never mind telly. i'd like to whip his eyes to jelly in his head.

Red rock trumps anything mentioned itt and may be the worst thing any human has ever been involved in

I dunno if its that bad. I saw the pilot and it wasnt as embarrassing as I was expecting. Especially for TV3

Now you know

Fair enough. I had the misfortune to catch some of "Bridget & Eamon" a few days ago. What's the demographic for shite like that?

Uh

Me

Now I know

I ain't shamed but

Besides not laughing once at it, does every Irish comedy have to be set in the 80s now?

We're that age

a bunch of tired 80s signifiers, a nudge-nudge wink wink self-congratulatory "we've come a long way" tone and that annoying Jennifer one do not good comedy make

"Annoying"

Also the redhead lad is a rare comedic talent imo

Ok that IRA episode was pretty funny

And búm hes hooked

anyone been reading the twitter account of a producer spilling the beans (re: programming rather than juicy goss) on what goes on at RTE

https://twitter.com/rtesecretpro

god my sister loves Red Rock

my mum is a fan

never really watched it, a bit like The Bill with soapy elements?

which is what The Bill ended up being tbf

Without the competence or necessity

oh i'm not defending it

Well for that I'm not criticising it

i feel it may paint an inaccurate picture of real life police work

What does that look like tbf

there's probably more than 2 families to question if you're looking to solve a crime for a start

Hahahaha

Not in Dublin man

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/sep/13/craic-clothing-firm-apologises-irish-crime-gang-designs-stupid-idea