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Tables turned on Parky

Thu, 18 Mar 2010 09:58:01 +0000

Chat king Parky finds the tables turned when he is the one under interrogation for a special edition of TV hit Ashes To Ashes.

How easy we are led - like sheep to the slaughter

Thu, 18 Mar 2010 09:58:01 +0000

To the public, it sounds preposterous -- the mere presence of an attractive television host and a baying mob should not be enough to make you electrocute an innocent stranger. You're a normal person, not a lunatic, and you just wouldn't do it.

TV picks: Slugging it out

Thu, 18 Mar 2010 09:58:01 +0000

Channel 4, 10pm

The evil that reality tv contestants do

Thu, 18 Mar 2010 09:58:01 +0000

Most people would kill for the right to appear on a reality television programme. Literally so, if you believe a documentary which was broadcast on French television last night.

Science show lets Hamster run free

Wed, 17 Mar 2010 09:58:01 +0000

Richard Hammond loves speed. This, remember, is the man who came close to dying when a jet-powered dragster he was driving for an item on Top Gear blew a tyre while tearing along at 288mph.

Hairdressing stars to be locked up in 'Big Brother-style' house

Wed, 17 Mar 2010 09:58:01 +0000

TV3 is making a new celebrity reality show which they hope will be a cut above the rest.

I suffered a breakdown says ex-TV host Fiona

Tue, 16 Mar 2010 09:58:02 +0000

FORMER TV presenter Fiona Phillips said she suffered a breakdown while dealing with GMTV and her family's battle with Alzheimer's.

Whacky Rock star cops on

Tue, 16 Mar 2010 09:58:02 +0000

I thought he'd be crazier. Since Tracy Morgan broke through in one of the finest sitcoms -- the fantablous, behind-the-scenes-at-a-TV-sketch-show sitcom 30 Rock -- it was clear that he could be just as surreally wonderful off-screen as he was on.

This is reality TV gone totally mad

Mon, 15 Mar 2010 09:58:02 +0000

Halfway through the docusoap Pineapple Dance Studios, I felt like someone was pulling my leg while simultaneously wiping my eye. "This can't be real," I thought. "It has to be a spoof."

Staff fury as cash-strapped RTE build €100k set for Craig's eight-week show

Mon, 15 Mar 2010 09:58:02 +0000

STAFF at RTE have been left furious over a decision to build a brand new set for Craig Doyle (pictured right).

Tommy lines up as a reality chef

Thu, 18 Mar 2010 09:58:01 +0000

Irish rugby winger Tommy Bowe has been lined up for reality TV show The Restaurant.

'The best thing is that I get my daddy back ...'

Mon, 15 Mar 2010 09:58:02 +0000

TEEN SINGER Chloe Coyle was overwhelmed with emotion as she was crowned the champion of the All Ireland Talent Show last night.

McCoy's is set for a party

Mon, 15 Mar 2010 09:58:02 +0000

Jo covers for Dermot saying that he is sick and she is in charge of the community centre events for St Patrick's Day. Later Charlie rebukes Dermot for abandoning the community centre.

Woods saga fair game for South Park

Sat, 13 Mar 2010 09:58:02 +0000

Golf clubs in hands or not, the children of South Park are ready to take on Tiger Woods.

affairs of the heart back to the future rusty wheels blast from the past

Sat, 13 Mar 2010 09:58:02 +0000

UTV, 9pm

Bomb threats to Afternoon Show cause panic among terrified RTE staff

Sat, 13 Mar 2010 09:58:02 +0000

THERE was panic on RTE'S Afternoon Show after two anonymous callers phoned in bomb threats to Montrose studios.

In sickness and in health

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 09:58:02 +0000

How much should we know about the health of government ministers? Is it relevant to the job they do, or does it really matter given that in some cases presidential office is actually executed by an unseen coterie of top aides and advisors?

Hunger for award can eat you up

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 09:58:02 +0000

Chef Marcus Wareing has two Michelin stars but desperately wants a third. Gordon Ramsay used to have three but lost one earlier this year. Marco Pierre White also had three but gave them back to Michelin.

RTE cuts crime drama costs in ITV deal

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 09:58:01 +0000

CASH-strapped RTE has enlisted financial help from ITV in order to recommission its home-produced series Single Handed for another run.

IN THE MONEY stars in their eyes ON THE HUNT FEMALE FORTUNES

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 09:58:01 +0000

RTE1, 10.15pm

Becks watch fashion fix it's a laugh flames of war

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 09:58:02 +0000

UTV, 7.30pm

Why I just can't buy into Feargal's show

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 09:58:02 +0000

There were at least half-a-dozen good ideas for interesting and entertaining documentaries kicking around inside Sidekick Stories.

Pick of tonights tv... Don't miss

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 09:58:02 +0000

RTE1, 8.30pm

Mystery as Aoibhinn turns down show for Paddy's Day

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 09:58:02 +0000

Aoibhinn Ni Shuilleabhain has left RTE bosses scrambling to find a last-minute replacement after pulling out of the St Patrick's Day TV highlights.

Charlie misses Oscars as RTE send Irish-based reporter to Hollywood

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 09:58:02 +0000

CHARLIE BIRD has missed out on another big US story -- but this time his bosses in Dublin are to blame.

Author's friends accuse RTE of Late Late snub due to petty rivalry with TV3

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 09:58:02 +0000

RTE deliberately snubbed a TV3 journalist on the Late Late Show because she works for a rival station, it has been suggested.

Why Millionaire's lost its secret thrill

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 09:58:02 +0000

The wisest thing to have done with The Secret Millionaire, in which a rich person goes among the less fortunate and doles out wads of philanthropic cash, would have been to make one series and leave it at that.

Simon is totally tropical

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 09:58:02 +0000

Simon Reeve is insisting on carrying my bags. "Oh please let me carry them, at least to the lift," he says, his eyes pleading with me from under a scruffy mop of hair.

Newstalk offers weekend slot to lure Dunphy back on the air

Mon, 08 Mar 2010 09:58:03 +0000

EAMON Dunphy could make a shock return to Newstalk following secret talks.

Ice dance judges put skids under Mikey

Mon, 08 Mar 2010 09:58:03 +0000

Mikey Graham became the latest celebrity to be voted off ITV1 reality show Dancing On Ice.

Back to school for John

Mon, 08 Mar 2010 09:58:03 +0000

Damien reconciles with Suzanne, but their peace is brief when he learns she has been manipulating him. Meanwhile, Robert asks Cleo to try living with him for a while, and Dean discovers the identity of Tracey's betrayer.

Science has never been so interesting

Mon, 08 Mar 2010 09:58:03 +0000

Scientists on the telly used to be musty old geezers in tweed jackets and comedy glasses. It helped, too, if they had an eccentric quirk -- waving their arms wildly about, say, like Magnus Pyke, or peering out at us through a monocle, like the legendary Patrick Moore still does.

Celebrity Apprentice fired before first day

Sat, 06 Mar 2010 09:58:02 +0000

CELEBRITY Apprentice has been fired from TV3's Spring schedule even before its first day. Despite last-minute efforts to salvage the programme, which was due to hit TV screens next month, it is no longer going ahead in its original format due to a failure to find sponsors.

Rich clips and quips bring heavy metal's past to life

Sat, 06 Mar 2010 09:58:02 +0000

Bill Ward of Black Sabbath was recalling life in Birmingham during the Summer of Love in 1967. "There weren't many flowers being handed out in Aston," he said dryly. "A few boots to the head, maybe, or a few razor cuts."

odds on film choice time is money all to play for

Sat, 06 Mar 2010 09:58:02 +0000

BBC2, 10.45pm