Should Reeling in the years be axed ?

darragh o meara

Love watching this, missus can't stand it mind you.. It's always a bonus when the year you were born gets shown and better again if something happened on the day you were born...

efb

darragh o meara wrote: »

Love watching this, missus can't stand it mind you.. It's always a bonus when the year you were born gets shown and better again if something happened on the day you were born...

Anything significant happen the day you were born? Mine is on it! It's quite an infamous one!

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

amdublin

Jaysis you're only a whippersnapper

efb

amdublin wrote: »

Jaysis you're only a whippersnapper

Does that mean RITY doesn't go back to yours lol? I'm only a wee baby Eighties child!

chanelfreak

God I love that programme - sadly enough, I got the DVDs of the 70's & 80's but they dont show half as much as the tv episodes - I think it has something to do with licensing unfortunately.

foxy farmer

If anything should be axed from RTE it should be Fair City.

CathalRyano

foxy farmer wrote: »

If anything should be axed from RTE it should be Fair City.

To be fair to RTE, it costs peanuts to make and is likely one of their highest rated shows. It's complete **** but it'd be stupid to get rid.

OU812

KingBrian2 wrote: »

Make new episodes and maybe go further back in time.

Lack of archives is the problem, unless you want ones based on Pathe News or the Evening Press & Herald.

The earliest archives possible from RTE are December 31 1962 (Date of first broadcast). The 60s era was rumoured to be released some time around November 2014, but I'm not sure it ever made it.

In the back of my head I think I've seen the 60s version, but I'm not 100% sure. The RTE page hasn't been updated to include it.

They did have a special version entitled "A Week Of Welcomes" to commemorate the visits of President Obama & Queen Elizabeth in 2011 (that long already), who judging by the cover, were together the whole time



It's done in the same style but isn't an official "Reeling" title.

EDIT: Just checked KAT & the season 1962-1969 is there

lertsnim

foxy farmer wrote: »

If anything should be axed from RTE it should be Fair City.

Any reason why?

amdublin

CathalRyano wrote: »

To be fair to RTE, it costs peanuts to make and is likely one of their highest rated shows. It's complete **** but it'd be stupid to get rid.

And a lot of people like it. Me I like it for the comedy factor

efb

I thought soaps were expensive???

JustTheOne

They could easily make a new one for each year. Plenty more stories to show.

mikeym

Its not a bad show.

It gives a good insight into what was going on in the old days :cool:

Kenny Bania

Not sure if the OP is aware, but something just being on TV, there's not an obligation to watch it.

Hotblack Desiato

KingBrian2 wrote: »

Make new episodes and maybe go further back in time.

A lot of the early 60s stuff seemed to be from the Gael-Linn archives, the All-Irelands in colour were. If RTE kept recordings of them at all (did they even televise them at all in those days?) they would have been B/W.

Lots of stuff in the 60s went out live and wasn't recorded, and lots of recordings from the 60s and 70s were wiped (by most broadcasters, not just RTE) - lots of Wanderly Wagon was wiped!

boardsuser1

Reeling in the years starts from 1962 because RTE doesn't have any archives from before that year they said,the channel was only launched in 1962 I believe.this is why they don't go further back in time with the program.

Elmo

KC161 wrote: »

Reeling in the years starts from 1962 because RTE doesn't have any archives from before that year they said,the channel was only launched in 1962 I believe.this is why they don't go further back in time with the program.

31/12/1961 much of the early 1960s comes from gealinn and ifi archives they could us them for 1960 and 1961.

It is repeated too much.

newmug

lertsnim wrote: »

Any reason why?

Because its sh1te. I thought that would have been obvious.

lertsnim

newmug wrote: »

Because its sh1te. I thought that would have been obvious.

I think the viewing figures will outweigh your thoughtful critique.

"Because its sh1te." That's deep.

Elmo

lertsnim wrote: »

I think the viewing figures will outweigh your thoughtful critique.

"Because its sh1te." That's deep.

Most soaps are

lertsnim

Elmo wrote: »

Most soaps are

It's lucky for television networks so that people enjoy watching sh1te.

Mongfinder General

lertsnim wrote: »

I think the viewing figures will outweigh your thoughtful critique.

"Because its sh1te." That's deep.

It would have been deeper if he'd said your aul one

endacl

Mr E wrote: »

Nope. One of the best only good shows on RTE.

Better.

newmug

lertsnim wrote: »

I think the viewing figures will outweigh your thoughtful critique.

"Because its sh1te." That's deep.

I gave an answer worthy of the question. Its deep sh1te. Hows that?

lertsnim

That's not good enough.

jaxdasher

Being not a native Irish person, I actually love it to get a good glimpse of past Irish history and culture.

icdg

Newmug take a warning. This isn't After Hours and we expect more reasoned argument here.

Widescreen

I think Reeling in the Years is a well made programme and I enjoy it. I think people get a bit frustrated because it's usually shown too often as filler when Rte news is done to skeleton service every august. It should be scheduled more imaginatively but I will leave that up to the experts in RTE

Keplar240B

If anything its too short they could easily make monthly episodes

1986 October etc

Sam Russell

Or even remake the episodes to show other events that are more relevant to now. I'm sure they must have enough material to show and is worth showing. Some of the scandals are only now coming to light.

desbrook

jaxdasher wrote: »

Being not a native Irish person, I actually love it to get a good glimpse of past Irish history and culture.

Great point. My kids love it too - an excellent way to learn history .