The Deirdre O'Kane Show
A brand new stand up comedy series coming to Sky One in 2021, The Deirdre O’Kane Show will be filmed in Dublin’s famous Olympia Theatre.
As the title suggests, Ireland’s best-known stand-up comedienne, Deirdre O’Kane, will host proceedings and together with her shockingly talented house-band, The Abandoman Orchestra, who combine incredible rapping with genius improv, they will introduce some of the biggest names in stand-up comedy from both the UK & Ireland. |
Ireland’s Got Talent
The world’s favourite family show took Irish viewers by storm as Lucy Kennedy and a stellar line-up of Judges – Louis Walsh, Michelle Visage, Jason Byrne and Denise Van Outen – went on the biggest talent search the nation has ever seen. The first two series of the hit Fremantle format saw Cork dance troupe RDC pocket €50,000 and their own Virgin Media Television special and made stars of acts such as Zacc Milne, Kyle & Syesha and young magician Aidan McCann, who ended up on the sofa alongside Ellen DeGeneres. Ireland’s Got Talent is a co-production with Green Inc. Television.
Check out the Ireland’s Got Talent YouTube channel here. 300,000 subscribers and nearly 100 million viewers are in no doubt that Ireland really does have talent. |
Gogglebox Ireland
Gogglebox Ireland captures the most talked about weird and wonderful TV moments of the past 7 days as seen through the eyes of Ireland’s best-known households. With 40 episodes produced and more to come, the Irish version of the hit Channel 4 format has become a firm favourite with telly lovers all across the country and has produced record mid-week viewing figures for broadcaster Virgin Media Television – and that was even before Hollywood A-listers Will Ferrell, Mark Wahlberg, Mel Gibson and John Lithgow joined our cast.
Gogglebox Ireland is a co-production with Studio Lambert. |
Ireland’s Fittest Family
Ireland’s Fittest Family is a primetime entertainment show that searches for the fittest, fastest and strongest families in the country. After physical and scientific testing, twelve families qualify to enter the most extreme fitness competition ever and over six weeks these elite families compete against each other on the toughest endurance courses in the country. After each event the weakest family is eliminated, until just one family is left standing and takes home a big cash prize and the coveted title of Ireland’s Fittest Family. Airing on RTÉ 1, Ireland’s Fittest Family has delivered big family audiences to its 6.30pm Sunday night slot.
Co-produced with Animo TV, Fittest Family is internationally distributed by Magnify Media. Click here to see the Ireland's Fittest Family promo. |
Clear History
Clear History is a new comedy panel show fronted by Kevin McGahern, with team captains Joanne McNally and Colin Murphy. This new RTÉ 2 series will rewrite the past in the name of comedy as weekly guests are asked to put comically cringey moments from their personal histories on public display. Opposing teams also re-live iconic moments from the Ireland’s history as well as their own personal embarrassments, hoping to make them much funnier the second time around. The teams also take a hilarious dive into viewer’s colourful pasts, selecting the most unforgettable and regrettable moments that could do with being cleared from their history.
You can see some history being cleared in front of your very eyes here! |
The NYE Countdown Show
Produced by Kite Entertainment to ring in 2021 after quite an unforgettable year, The RTÉ NYE Countdown Show was hosted by Kathryn Thomas and Deirdre O’ Kane from Dublin's famed Gaiety Theatre and was a true celebration of Ireland’s most talented musicians and comedians. With a spine-tingling Riverdance performance kicking off proceedings, the music and comedy just kept on coming as Irish stars such as Sharon Shannon, Jerry Fish, Mary Coughlan and Brian Kennedy took to the Gaiety stage while guests such as Prof. Luke O’Neill, Senator Lynn Ruane, comedian Jason Byrne and GAA legend Marty Morrissey joined Deirdre and Kathryn for a chat about a year that none of us will forget.
The moment that stole the show was an incredible reimagining of The Saw Doctors classic N17, performed by Tolü Makay along with some very moving messages from Irish families around the world who couldn’t make it home for the Christmas period… and you can see it here. |
Celebrity Bainisteoir (Coach)
Celebrity Coach has run for five series on RTÉ 1. A big audience grabber the concept is very simple, we take eight well known non-sporting celebrities and put each one in charge of an amateur gaelic football team. It quickly a story of pride-of-place as these eight teams and their celebs battle it out across a unique national knock out tournament. Previously optioned by Studio Lambert this one has yet to be produced internationally, though when someone smart does decide to do a US or UK version they’ll be laughing all the way to their next big job.
Celebrity Coach is an Kite/Animo co-production. Click here to see Celebrity Bainisteoir |
Class Clowns
The show that sends comics back to school, each episode sees a well known comedian return to their old school for a very special one off gig in from of their old school mates and teachers along with the current staff and pupils. Class Clowns ran on RTÉ 1 in Ireland for six rating winning episodes and as two hour long specials on RTL 1 in Germany.
Class Clowns is co-produced with Animo TV. Click here to see Class Clowns |
Anonymous
Anonymous is our hit celebrity based hidden camera show where, via some state of the art prosthetics, we give celebrities a day away from their famous face, and in the process allow them to set up family, friends and fans. We’ve turned pop star Ronan Keating into a particularly stupid cabbie, Westlife’s Nicky Byrne into a cop and Amanda Byram into a very confused old lady. Broadcast for five rating winning seasons on RTÉ 2 in Ireland Anonymous has also run on ITV1 (UK), La Sexta (Spain), Kabel 1 (Germany) and Romanian TV.
Anonymous is a co-production with our friends at Animo TV. Click here to see the Anonymous promo. |
I Dare Ya!
A hidden camera show that sees two stand up comics accept dares from the public. A blend of prank and live stand up this show saw our heroes put a wheel clamp on a parking warden’s van, steal pints from Dublin drinkers and commit all of the ten commandments in one day.
I Dare Ya! ran on RTÉ 2 and was a co-pro with Animo TV. Click here... I Dare Ya! |
Langerland.tv
Langerland.tv was the television incarnation of the much loved satirical website. Often harsh but always funny the first season of ten five minute shorts was an instant hit with viewers with the second series seeing the episodes grow to ten minutes.
Langerland was a co-production with Red Gorilla Productions. |
The Byrne Ultimatum
This was a panel show that was born inside comedian Jason Byrne’s head. With guests including Rich Hall, John Bishop, PJ Gallagher, Adam Hills, Bernard O’Shea and many others it was home to some pretty damn funny games.
Co-produced with Animo TV Click here to see The Byrne Ultimatum |
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