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Johnny Logan

On the The Late Late Show…

Gareth Naughton writes

The King of Eurovision Johnny Logan will reminisce about the contest that launched his career and he’ll be sharing the stories behind his triple victories with ‘What’s Another Year’, ‘Hold Me Now’ and Linda Martin’s ‘Why Me?’

He’ll also be telling viewers what it takes to win the contest these days and giving his take on Ireland’s Brendan Murray’s chances of victory in Kiev.

The show will also be celebrating the best of the Eurovision with EuroSingSong 2017. Can the face of Eurovision in Ireland Marty Whelan ‘Rise Like a Phoenix’?

Or will it be a ‘Fairytale’ evening for country star Cliona Hagan. Will Eurovision superfan Mairead Ronan be crying out for ‘A Little Peace’?

Or will Crystal Swing’s Derek Burke be meeting his ‘Waterloo’? Could Eurovision winner Paul Harrington have them ‘Running Scared’ or will Moone Boy’s Rónán Johnston be singing ‘Hallelujah’?

*smashes head through telly screen*

The Late Late Show, Friday, RTÉ One at 9.35pm.

Pic: Eurovision

Republic of Ireland's Kevin Kilbane celebrates after scoring the opening goal of the Euro 2012, Group B qualifying football match between Republic of Ireland and Andorra at Aviva Stadium in Dublin, Ireland on September 7, 2010. AFP PHOTO / PETER MUHLY (Photo credit should read PETER MUHLY/AFP/Getty Images)

Kevin Kilbane

On the Late Late Show…

Gareth Naughten writes:

Queen of the Liberties Imelda May is back with a new album and a completely new look. She’ll be joining Ryan on The Late Late Show to chat about developing her sound and taking inspiration from a hectic couple of years when writing her new album.

…Star Trek and Commitments actor Colm Meaney plays the late Martin McGuinness in his new movie The Journey. He’ll be on The Late Late Show couch to share his thoughts on what it was like to play one of the icons of the Republican movement, his own encounters with McGuinness and the legacy he leaves behind.

…Television presenter Kathryn Thomas and former international footballer Kevin Kilbane recently took to the streets of Dublin in wheelchairs with one mission – to get from A to B in the shortest time possible. What they discovered really opened their eyes about the realities of just how inaccessible Ireland’s streets are for wheelchair users…..

*wheels telly off cliff*

The Late Late Show on RTÉ One at 9.35pm

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Ireland’s first quintuplets in 2013, from left: Rory, Amy, Conor, Cian and Dearbhail

On The Late Late Show…

Gareth Naughton writes:

As Mother’s Day approaches, Ireland’s only quintuplets – Amy, Cian, Conor, Dearbháil and Rory Cassidy – return to The Late Late Show 15 years after their first appearance alongside mum Veronica and dad Kevin.

Journalist Jon Ronson will discuss the ever growing problem of online shaming, as Twitter mobs gleefully descend on sometimes innocent and unwitting individuals with terrible personal consequences.

Comedian turned writer Julian Clary will join Ryan in studio to discuss his enduring and occasionally outrageous career as well as tying the knot at 57.

Chanelle McCoy is the newest businesswoman putting entrepreneurs to the test on Dragon’s Den… She’ll be joined on the couch by long term Dragon Gavin Duffy.

*attacks telly with kitchen knife*

The Late Late Show, Friday, RTÉ One at 9.35pm

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Dancing with Stars judges, from left: Julian Benson, Loraine Barry and Brian Redmond

More dancing?

You asking?

Via RTÉ:

Dancing with the Stars judges Julian Benson, Loraine Barry and Brian Redmond will be testing host Ryan Tubridy’s twinkle toes with a few key moves. They’ll be giving viewers the lowdown on the celebs impressing the most and who is still very far from getting 10s….

….Derval O’Rourke will be popping in for a chat about life since she stepped off the track and she’ll be giving us her view on the ongoing problem with doping in athletics…

Sligo artist Arlene McPadden’s work brings a whole new twist to taxidermy. She’ll be introducing viewers to the fine art of “rogue taxidermy“, the creation of sculptures using the traditional method of preserving animal’s bodies through taxidermy…..

*places telly on Ebay*

The Late Late Show On RTÊ One at 9.35pm

Pic: RTÉ

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Paul Williams and Ryan Tubridy

The Late Late Show.

He’s back.

Bringin’ the fear.

Again.

Via RTÉ

After taking a well-earned 18-month break from touring, Daniel O’Donnell is back where he belongs, performing in front of adoring crowds across the country. We’ll be hearing about how he got over his nerves as he prepared to take to the stage again, filming his RTÉ Christmas special and travelling around Ireland with wife Majella again for another series of their B&B Road trip.

Comedian John Bishop will join Ryan to chat about how it was Ireland that gave him his first big break in television with appearances on The Panel and The Late Late Show. As he prepares to turn 50, he’ll be telling viewers about life now that his kids have flown the nest. And we’ll be hearing about the excruciating moment when his hero Paul McCartney mistook him for another famous comedian.

TV presenter Angela Scanlon spent the autumn marshalling the Robot Wars and now she’s getting ready to go nightly on the BBC’s The One Show. She’ll be sharing the secret of her UK success.

As gangland warfare continues to leave parts of Dublin in a state of fear, crime correspondent Paul Williams will trace the current feud right back to its origin – the line that was crossed when journalist Veronica Guerin was brutally gunned down in broad daylight.

*kicks telly repeatedly*

Previously: Off Script

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From 1992, an appearance on the Late Late Show where Cliff Richard was joined by the previous guest, comedian Ben Elton.

Uncle Gaybo asked him the following question:

Gay Byrne: “How do you respond to the old cliché, Cliff, you’re too good to be true?”

Cliff Richard: “Well I suppose what can you do about truths?”

Byrne: “You really are asking for it, aren’t you?”

Richard: “You’ve brought out the absolute worst in me. I’ve said, I’ve spent since 26 years ago, I became a Christian so my lifestyle took on a whole new look and feel for me which I really enjoy. And ah I feel it’s the right thing for me to do. And I’ve spent nearly all that time saying to people ‘You can’t..’. The media do want to put us into bags. They want to compartmentalize us and say well he’s the goody two-shoes. And for a little while it was Bob Geldof and I had the weight taken off my shoulders for a little while you know. He was Saint Bob for a while.”

Ben Elton: “But he kept swearing and that was the end of that. You’ve got to do that. Swear more.”

Richard: “But I’ve been saying to people it’s crazy if people actually believe that people like myself are too good to be true, then they just don’t understand human nature at all. Nobody is perfect. Nobody. All I want to do is show my best side rather than my worst. There is a side of me that I don’t like and I try to what’s the word sub..what’s it?”

Elton: “Em..subdue it..?”

Richard: “Sublimate it.”

Elton: “Cover it up.”

Richard: “And obviously I succeed. So it’s a side of me I don’t want to share necessarily. And I guess a lot of people just don’t understand it. And so I get labelled ‘the goody two-shoes’. And it just means that I don’t cuss and swear at people or perhaps it means that I’m just nice with people and they consider that… What I don’t understand is though that is a kind of reversal of things isn’t it? So that nowadays people like myself it’s a derogatory term ‘Ugh the goody two-shoes’. In other words, trying to be right and good is becoming a thing that you deride.”

Sir Cliff Richard: ‘allegations are completely false’ (Channel 4 News)

Cliff Richard’s home searched by police following sexual abuse claim (The Guardian)

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The Fass will be appearing on The Graham Norton Show to discuss Frank and the latest X-Men.

He can hold a note too as evidenced by the soundtrack.

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Meanwhile, on RTÉ One at 9:35pm..

 

 

 

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Two three decent lineups to be fair.

FIGHT!

KLF

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o4uQtOQwLGE

On 23rd August 1994, Bill Drummond and Jimmy Cauty (a.k.a. The K Foundation, The KLF, The Justified Ancients of Mu Mu, The JAMS, The Timelords, etc.) traveled to a disused boathouse on the Scottish island of Jura with a million pounds of their own money and burnt the lot.

They recorded the event on Hi-8 video and subsequently toured the UK and elsewehere engaging in debates with audiences about what they did and why they did it.

Bobby writes:

20 years ago from when the Late Late was actually vital TV. The KLF have burnt a million £. Would love to know what the audience members who give their opinions are up to now and what they do.

Were you in that Late Late audience?