TG4 Scoops It Rivals
Three quick posts on TG4, the real public service broadcaster in Ireland, all from IFTN (the Irish Film & Television Network).Continue Reading
Category: Television
That Infamous Nolan Show
Well a lot of people have been discussing last night’s highly controversial Nolan Show from the BBC in Belfast which debated the anti-democracy protests by the extreme ofContinue Reading
Ceol Ar An Imeall
Ceol ar an Imeall, TG4’s indie music show, is back tonight at 23.00 on TG4. Lots of Irish bands performingContinue Reading
Hibernophobes – Or Ireland’s Gaeilgeoir-Hating Press
The Oirish Independent newspaper, that bastion of Anglophone supremacism, carries yet another hate-rant against TG4, the Irish language public broadcaster.Continue Reading
BBC Alba And The Success Of Scottish Language Broadcasting
The Scotsman newspaper has an in-depth profile of Maggie Cunningham, the new head of BBC Alba, the Scottish language television service. Like Ireland’s TG4,Continue Reading
Big Boost For TG4 Audience Figures
The growing popularity of TG4, the Irish language television station, was underlined by last weekend’s audience figures for the channel.Continue Reading
BBC Alba Leading The Way For A Scottish Broadcasting Service
Some potentially significant news for Scottish broadcasting reported by the Stage: “Scotland’s first minister, Alex Salmond, has called for theContinue Reading
Broadcasting In Native Tongues
Some more Native American (and a bit of native Irish) news, from The Atlantic: “Loris Taylor, the CEO and presidentContinue Reading
Mary Tamm – The Perfect Companion
Unfortunately I may have got to the age when the authors and musicians, actors and actresses of one’s formative yearsContinue Reading
Bravetongue
Two stories highlighting good news for our fellow Gaels in Scotland as the declining population of Scottish speakers begins toContinue Reading
Trash TV Versus Irish TV
Last week I reported on the risible claim by some journo over at the Oirish Independent newspaper that staff with the Irish language radio station Raidió na GaeltachtaContinue Reading
TG4 And RnaG – Time For A Single Irish Public Broadcasting Service
The Oirish Independent newspaper carries a report announcing “major reforms at RTÉ”, especially in relation to its, er, Irish languageContinue Reading
Wizards and Warriors
For all you hardcore geeks (myself included) the utterly obscure, utterly surreal Wizards and Warriors, a short-lived American television Fantasy series from the early 1980s. If you remember this you are definitely one of the fraternity.Continue Reading
A United Ireland – Digitally At Least
Well, better late than never I suppose. From the Hollywood Reporter (ooh-la-la!): “TV viewers in Northern Ireland will be ableContinue Reading
Craig Ferguson In Scotland
Thought you might like this one. Scottish comedian and (subversive) chat-show host Craig Ferguson has recently been presenting his US-based Late Late Show fromContinue Reading
Jeremy Brett – The Quintessential Sherlock Holmes
I’ve always been a bit of a Sherlock Homes fan (or the much more impressive Irish form, Searbhlach de Hoilm!),Continue Reading
Try Again 2012!
Talking of the Irish language online there is certainly a lot of speculation at the moment about the new websiteContinue Reading
Teilifís na Life?
Cymdeithas yr Iaith Gymraeg, the high-profile Welsh Language Society, is to launch a new web-based television service, initially operating forContinue Reading
The Sunday Independent Has An Article On Irish History – Which Favours The Irish!
Something truly strange must have happened in the offices of the Sunday Anglo Independent over the last few days. Why?Continue Reading
Concubhar Ó Liatháin Deals With His Critics
Following on from my piece examining the criticism of TG4 by Concubhar Ó Liatháin over the airing of a new documentary series, Mná anContinue Reading
An Irish-American Story
From the Irish Independent a story on Séamus Ó Fianghusa, an Irish-American soldier who is now the subject of a new documentary onContinue Reading
Mind Your Language, Please!
The right-wing British establishment newspaper, the Daily Telegraph, carries a typically dismissive article on the Liet International Song Contest, which wasContinue Reading
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