Saturday Live (Irish TV series)
Saturday Live | |
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Genre | Light entertainment |
Presented by | Various |
Composer | Bill Whelan |
Country of origin | Ireland |
Original language | English |
No. of series | 3 |
Production | |
Producer | Paul Cusack |
Production locations | Studio 1/Studio 4, RTÉ Television Centre, Donnybrook, Dublin 4 |
Running time | 65–75 minutes |
Production company | RTÉ |
Original release | |
Network | RTÉ One |
Release | 25 October 1986 18 December 1999 | –
Saturday Live is a televised talk show hosted by various guest presenters, which was broadcast live on RTÉ Television on Saturday nights from 1986 to 1988 and later revived from 1999 to 2000. Saturday Live featured guest interviews and live music from guest music groups and featured a mix of serious discussion and light chat. It was aimed at a younger audience than its main rival, The Late Late Show.
History
The show was broadcast during the autumn-spring season (October tp April) and was created to fill the vacant Saturday night slot after the departure of The Late Late Show from Saturday to Friday nights. It was first broadcast on RTÉ One on Saturday 25 October 1986. The original programme ended on 11 April 1988. It was succeeded in October 1988 by Kenny Live, hosted by Pat Kenny, and was revived for the 1999–2000 season after Kenny's departure to host the Late Late Show.
1986–1988
The original run of Saturday Live from 1986–1988 was hosted by a series of guest presenters.
The first episode was presented by
Bibi Baskin also presented an episode, and subsequently went on to host her own chat show for 6 years from Autumn 1988 during midweek.
An episode was also hosted by current-affairs broadcaster
1999–2000
Following Pat Kenny's move to present The Late Late Show in autumn 1999, the Kenny Live incarnation was retired and the Saturday Live formula was revived for the Saturday night slot for the 1999-2000 season, again with rotating guest presenters.[4]
Among the guest presenters were John Daly (television presenter), Tracy Piggott, Dana (singer) and Dave Fanning (broadcaster).
The revived show proved unpopular and ended after only one series.
References
- ^ "Eamon Dunphy Gavin Friday And Punk 1987". RTÉ Archives. RTÉ Archives. Retrieved 18 August 2023.
- ^ "Chat Show Guest Host 1988". RTÉ Archives. RTÉ Archives. Retrieved 18 August 2023.
- ^ "Talk, don't talk... RTÉ'S hit and miss chat shows". Irish Independent. March 2015. Retrieved 18 August 2023.
- ^ Sheehan, Aideen (30 July 1999). "Rolling hosts for Kenny's television slot". Irish Independent. Retrieved 18 August 2023.