Live at 3

*Live at 3*
Live at 3
Genre	RTÉ 1
Release	29 September 1986 –; 30 May 1997
Related
	Good Afternoon; PM Live;

Live at 3 is a popular

Going Strong" presented by Bunny Carr. Its theme music was 'Arlecchino' by Rondò Veneziano

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History

In 1986 RTÉ had a new corporate brand for both of its stations RTÉ 1 and

Dempsey's Den. This was preceded by a new magazine-style show called Live at 3, which Director of Television Dick Hill asked producer Noel Smyth to set up and edit.^[1]

RTÉ weather presenters, including Gerald Fleming, Evelyn Cusack, Jerry Scully, Dr. Aidan Nulty, Joan Blackburn and Jean Byrne, would make rotational appearances on the show to present the weather forecast.^{[citation needed]}

The series was due to be available on the RTÉ Player in late 2021 to mark "60 Years of Television".^{[citation needed]}

Production

The first edition of Live at 3 was broadcast from Studio 4 in the RTÉ Television Centre at Donnybrook, Dublin 4. This was the first studio to be brought into full operation at RTÉ since the Television Centre was built in 1961. The studio was completed in 1982 but was not fully equipped until four years later. In 1982 Thelma received the Jacobs TV Award for "Live at 3" and Derek received it for "Live at 3" in 1991.

Cancellation

In 1997, RTÉ decided to axe Live at 3. Thelma Mansfield later revealed she was first made aware of this when she saw a newspaper headline reporting the show's cancellation while stopped at a filling station in the west of Ireland. ^[2]

References

^ "Television", The Irish Times, 29 September 1986
^ Murphy, Catherine (16 October 2011). "Female TV Presenters: There is only one Queen Bee". Sunday Independent. Retrieved 16 October 2011.

Preceded by Good Afternoon	Afternoon programming on Telefís Éireann	Succeeded by PM Live

[1] "Television", The Irish Times, 29 September 1986

[2] Murphy, Catherine (16 October 2011). "Female TV Presenters: There is only one Queen Bee". Sunday Independent. Retrieved 16 October 2011.

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