The Movie Show (Irish TV series)
| The Movie Show | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Genre | Movie review |
| Presented by | Dave Fanning |
| Theme music composer | Floyd Cramer |
| Opening theme | "Last Date" |
| Country of origin | Ireland |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of episodes | Almost 400[1] |
| Production | |
| Location(s) | RTÉ Television Centre, Donnybrook, Dublin 4, Ireland |
| Running time | 25-30 minutes |
| Release | |
| Original network |
Network 2 RTÉ 1 |
| Original release | 7 October 1993 – September 2001 |
| Chronology | |
| Followed by | What?!Movie |
The Movie Show was a half-hour weekly Irish television series which served as RTÉ's flagship movie review show. First broadcast in 1993 until September 2001, it was presented by Dave Fanning, who was amongst the many people outraged when the show was axed. Movie companies were also said to be distressed at its axing. Fanning criticised RTÉ's management, who never once consulted with him before making their decision, and said the axing of the show was "ludicrous" and "outrageous". He implied that RTÉ ought to produce a programme that reviews movies as it is seen as cheap and the interviews are paid for by the movie companies themselves. Fanning insisted that it had been "a very cheap programme and we were always under budget".[2]
The Movie Show was touted as returning in 2002.[3]
The Movie Show is the working title of a new film review series for the 2012/2013 season on RTÉ. The series will run for 16 episodes, each of 25 minutes duration.[4]
2012 Return
On Thursday 1 November 2012 the show returned to RTÉ Two airing at 9.00pm for 30 minutes and will run for a total of 16 weeks.[5][6] It is presented by Mairead Farrell and Eoghan McDermott with reporters Angela Scanlon, Rob Ross and Daniella Moyles.[7] The first episode featured interviews with Daniel Craig and Ross Noble and a review of Fun Size.[8]
References
- ↑ DAVE FANNING @ RTÉ 2fm. Accessed 20 December 2008.
- ↑ Breslin, John (2001-01-28). "FANNING THE FLAMES; DJ Dave boils over RTÉ decision to pull plug on". BNET. Retrieved 2008-12-20. originally published in the Sunday Mirror
- ↑ Conor Keane (2001-12-03). "RTE to axe O'Leary talk show at end of January in attempt to cut costs". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 2009-12-21.
- ↑ http://www.rte.ie/tv/newseason/RTE_NewSeason_2012-13/index.html#/18/zoomed Accessed 2012-08-13
- ↑ "Back to the future for Mairead as she's set to host Movie Show". Herald. 17 October 2012. Retrieved 15 November 2012.
- ↑ "Movie Show begins on RTÉ Two tonight". RTÉ. 1 November 2012. Retrieved 15 November 2012.
- ↑ "About the Show". RTÉ. Retrieved 15 November 2012.
- ↑ "It's too early to give Movie Show the flick despite critical savaging". Irish Independent. 9 November 2012. Retrieved 15 November 2012.