Archive for category: Television

Updated February 20 Ruth Negga, recent winner of the IFTA Award for Best Actress (Television) for her performance as Dame Shirley Bassey in the BBC production Shirley in 2011, has joined this stellar cast, according to the Herald.ie, and will play an intelligence analyst. Ms. Negga has appeared in Irish [...]

While discussing the lack of humor in the latest television version of Great Expectations, Andrew Davies, renowned screenwriter and adapter (Bleak House and House of Cards for television, among many others) dropped a Byrne bomb! — — — Davies’s latest job for the BBC is set during a very different [...]

Update: Many others are reporting on this great news now, including The Hollywood Reporter (ooooh, and while you are there, check out the latest Academy Awards News!), The Stage, and TheaterMania. Here is the official press release from Channel 4, dated January 24, 2012: — — Gabriel Byrne (The Usual [...]

Nothing seems more appropriate, as we head into the new year, than looking back over the fifty years of programming provided by RTÉ and celebrating the past. WorldIrish.com has created a profile of what was originally called Telefis Éireann in honor of this anniversary and they have included several videos which [...]

Updated December 28 This is the perfect holiday present! It is only available for another 2+ weeks, so please be sure to watch. The music is amazing, the readings are great, and the sense of camaraderie, fellowship, and just plain fun is fantastic! Other Voices NYC via the RTÉ Player. [...]

Lucky citizens of the UK, here is your Byrne-ing Up the TV Alert: Sky Atlantic begins showing Season Three of In Treatment on November 12. From their website: In Treatment Season 3 will air on Sky Atlantic HD and Sky Atlantic in double bills every Saturday and Sunday from 12 [...]