Thelma Mansfield at RTÉ studios, April 1969
On RTÉ One’s the Saturday Night Show.
Melanie O’Connor writes:
Thelma Mansfield will be in studio to pay tribute to her friend and colleague Derek Davis following the sudden death of the hugely popular broadcaster earlier this week. [Host] Brendan [O’Connor] catches up with comedian David McSavage following his recent performance in The Pillowman in The Gaiety. Paralympians Ellen Keane (swimmer), Luke Evans (Captain of the Irish Paralympic soccer team) and Sean Baldwin (target shooter) chat to Brendan about their preparations for Rio 2016. Dr. Rhona Mahony Master of Holles Street will also be joining Brendan on the show.Plus there will be music from Irish folk group The Henry Girls.
Live at 9.45pm.
(RTÉ)
What a poo line-up. Another reason to leave the house.
Wouldn’t let bad TV dictate my movements.
It’s surprisingly good for my bowel movements
Poor you stuck in one channel land…
well, bang goes not havn’ a Barclays during me lunch.
Mac Savage was only on a few weeks ago and had nothing interesting to say, why bring him back on? The guy is a bit of a looper……… I’ll only watch it for the Derek tribute….then its back to scrubbing me kacks….
I like McSavage’s unpredictability on live TV. And the fear in O’Connor knowing he hasn’t a hope of handling him if he ventures off piste. McSavage has a lot to lose by misbehaving in RTE but my impression is that he’s self-destructive enough not to care. Beats the usual bland marketing fare but not enough to entice me to watch.
Lets just ignore how disappointing a national broadcaster you are, shall we,RTE.No,let’s not.
thelma was a bit of a looker back in the day, eh?
Some dame
I can’t wait…….. to be out of the country.
It’ll be worth listening to Sean Baldwin’s story…