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TV as it used to be (RTE in the bad old days)

  • 12-11-2010 11:44PM
    #1
    mike65
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    RTE Wednesday 09 June 1976

    1700 The Brandy Bunch - A family comedy series. Greg plans to buy a car out of his savings.
    1730 Windows - A view of interesting activities across the world.
    1800 The Angelus
    1801 The News
    1820 Bridget Loves Bernie - 'Steinberg and Son'.
    1850 Tommy Makem and Ryan's Fancy
    1920 Out on Your Own - A six-part series in which young people talk about adjusting to the world of work.
    1950 An Nuacht
    2000 Country Tales - An occasional series portraying some of the minor dramas of life 'away from it all'.
    2030 International Rugby Highlights - New Zealand v Ireland.
    2130 The News
    2150 Garda Patrol
    2200 Fawlty Towers - Episode 2.
    2230 Trom Agus Eadrom
    2340 Outlook
    2345 Late News


    RTE 1 Thursday 02 November 1978

    1600 The Pallisers Episode 5.
    1700 Tabitha - Paul goes to New York.
    1725 Nuacht
    1730 Youngline
    1800 The Angelus
    1801 Youngline Part 2.
    1815 News, Followed by News for the Deaf.
    1830 Midnight Is a Place Episode 6.
    1900 Prime Time - PM
    1925 The Ancient City - Documentary about Armangh
    2006 First Night Official opening of RTÉ 2. Simulcast with RTÉ 2.
    2130 News and Weather
    2150 Thursday Playdate 'Crystal and Fox' by Brian Friel. Starring Cyril Cusack, Maureen Toal and Jim Mooney.
    2300 Nuacht
    2315 Folio: The World of Books
    2345 It's Only Rock 'n' Roll
    0015 Late News
    0020 Vesper - Religious reflection.
    0025 Closedown

    RTE 2 Sunday 21 September 1980

    1805 Switch On
    1810 Flash Gordon
    1830 Ar Fud An Domhain
    1850 Pollyanna
    1920 Aisling Ghead
    1950 Magoo on 2
    2005 Mastermind
    2035 Young at Heart
    2100 One Hundred Great Paintings - Cities by Vincent Van Gogh (1853 - 1890).
    2110 When the Boat Comes In
    2200 The Dick Cavett Show
    2230 Lou Grant

    Any wonder that cable tv and 40 ft high booster ariels took off in the 70s? While its hard to believe it now RTE 2 was a quantum leap in quality, suddenly there was good stuff on most nights of the week, not much as the station had such restricted hours but it didn't matter at the time.


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  • #2
    enda1
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    Jas' the 6'1" news was short back then!


    RTÉ 1 had Fawlty Towers -> OP = FAIL!


  • #3
    aidan_walsh
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    I'll take Playdate any day over Vacuous Untalented Celebrity Wannabe of the Week.


  • #4
    GalwayKiefer
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    enda1 wrote: »
    RTÉ 1 had Faulty Towers -> OP = FAIL!

    What do you mean? It's spelt Fawlty Towers... :confused:


  • #5
    Skid
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    Is it any worse than todays schedule?

    Not really.


  • #6
    Mike Litoris
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    Ah deadly. Garda Patrol!!:D


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  • #7
    JONJO THE MISER
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    The early and mid 1990's were the golden age of television, before all this reality t.v crap.
    Great shows like Matlock, Brisco county Junior, paradise, x files, perfect strangers etc etc


  • #8
    mikom
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    mike65 wrote: »
    RTE Wednesday 09 June 1976

    1700 The Brandy Bunch -

    Passable viewing I suppose if you drank enough of it.


  • #9
    Mike Litoris
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    JONJO THE MISER wrote: »
    The early and mid 1990's were the golden age of television, before all this reality t.v crap.
    Great shows like Matlock, Brisco county Junior, paradise, x files, perfect strangers etc etc


    Only if you're born in the 1930's.:D


  • #10
    _Whimsical_
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    enda1 wrote: »
    Jas' the 6'1" news was short back then!!

    Not much happened back then in fairness.


  • #11
    _Whimsical_
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    JONJO THE MISER wrote: »
    The early and mid 1990's were the golden age of television, before all this reality t.v crap.
    Great shows like Matlock, Brisco county Junior, paradise, x files, perfect strangers etc etc


    God you don't ask for much Jonjo:)

    Those were the days when people were easily pleased. As long as "ye olde idiot lantern" lit up with moving pictures they were happy.


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  • #12
    fryup
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    enda1 wrote: »
    Jas' the 6'1" news was short back then!
    _Whimsical_ wrote: »
    Not much happened back then in fairness.

    are you having a laugh? how about the north:cool:


  • #13
    Shakyfan
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    mike65 wrote: »
    RTE Wednesday 09 June 1976

    1730 Windows - A view of interesting activities across the world.
    2340 Outlook

    Early advertising by Bill Gates?? :D


  • #14
    hotmail.com
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    That's really interesting to see those schedules.

    The Nuact (news in Irish), is given a pretty good prime time slot. I'd say that did people's heads in. What was RTE news programmes like in the 70s? I'd love to see RTE news on the night of the Dublin and Monaghan bombings.

    We still have the blooming angelus, but that's for another thread!


  • #15
    bonerm
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    What did these poor people do without Fade Street!


  • #16
    liogairmhordain
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    mike65 wrote: »
    RTE Wednesday 09 June 1976


    2030 International Rugby Highlights - New Zealand v Ireland.


    the all blacks won this game 11-3. it was the first time ireland played new zealand in new zealand. it had been played a few days earlier. still, fair play to the rte of 1976 for showing an hour of highlights in prime time.


  • #17
    Roanmore
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    Where is "Mart and Market" with Cowjak.


  • #18
    Our man in Havana
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    Mike Litoris wrote: »
    Ah deadly. Garda Patrol!!:D
    Back in the days where cattle rustling was major crime. :)


  • #19
    steelcityblues
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    RTE in 2010 isn't really better than these old schedules, y'know!


  • #20
    Skid
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    I'm not saying everything was better in 1976, but in those listings ...

    No soaps
    No reality shows
    No talent shows

    Not a bad starting point.


  • #21
    bonerm
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    mike65 wrote: »
    1700

    I do remember nightly "shutdown" on RTE television (ie National Anthem played then no more programming) but did TV really start at 4pm, 5pm back then? :confused:


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  • #22
    nlgbbbblth
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    bonerm wrote: »
    I do remember nightly "shutdown" on RTE television (ie National Anthem played then no more programming) but did TV really start at 4pm, 5pm back then? :confused:

    It was Closedown.

    Yes, on weekdays RTE (pre RTE 2) started around 5.00pm. Usually a childrens programme like Wanderly Wagon or The Brady Bunch.

    When RTE 2 started, it gave people a choice but no earlier starts. It generally commenced broadcasting around 6.00pm with SWITCH ON. Then Coronation Street - think RTE 2 began with the colour episodes (post-1969). It was broadcast daily on RTE 2 and eventually caught up with ITV in the summer of 1983.

    On Saturdays and Sundays RTE 1 started earlier, but RTE 2 didn't really start until 3.00pm or so - Apple's Way / The Virginian / Men From Shiloh.


  • #23
    Cosmo Kramer
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    I think I can vaguely remember RTE as recently as the late 80s opening early on a Sunday morning to show mass and the like, and then shutting down again for a few hours during the middle of the day before opening again later in the afternoon...did this regularly happen or am I imagining things?


  • #24
    nlgbbbblth
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    Cosmo Kramer wrote: »
    I think I can vaguely remember RTE as recently as the late 80s opening early on a Sunday morning to show mass and the like, and then shutting down again for a few hours during the middle of the day before opening again later in the afternoon...did this regularly happen or am I imagining things?

    In the 1980s I remember RTE 1 usually opening up around 8.30am with two or three educational type programmes - Woodwork / Design / Italian for beginners etc. Or a nature documentary like Animals Of The Sun. Then mass or "Service" [if it was the Protestants turn].

    It did shut down again for a bit but I think that was early 1980s rather than late.


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