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CRAIG DOYLE IS to front a revival of the late-night chatshow Nighthawks as part of a major revamp of RTÉ Two television this autumn.
The Irish Daily Mail reports that the former BBC Sport presenter will front a Nighthawks-style show that will be broadcast once a week but will increase to three if successful. It is part of an overhaul of the television channel that it is felt is needed in light of hemorrhaging viewership and falling advertising revenue.
Nighthawks was first presented by Shay Healy when it was launched in 1988. It featured several future comedy stars including Kevin McAleer and Graham Norton. Ironically, it was launched as part of a major re-branding of RTÉ Two as Network 2. The station then became known as N2 between 1997 and 2004 when it reverted to RTÉ Two.
As part of the overhaul, the Mail reports that Aprés Match’s Barry Murphy will front a series called Murphy’s Pictorial Weekly with Maeve Higgins’ Fancy Vittles axed. The reality show Naked Camera is being moved to Thursday night on RTÉ One.
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Wish it was still standard to ball around in a tweed suit rather than the tracksuits which have replaced them.
Just thinking the same, maybe where not evolving after all, I’ll need to rethink my theory.
Life looked so much more simple in all of those photos..
” Life was so much simpler “Jesus wept . This was the Ireland of quiet abuse and ruined child and adult hoods . Just because it’s viewed in black and white doesn’t change those facts .
Great pics…no sign of ‘heroin man’!!
There is always one t1t that brings drugs into every article. Well done t1t.
Dunno, he wasn’t a very good photographer in fairness.
Marko, would you stand on a bridge & street for 12 hours every day and get the “perfect photo of people every time”? Tut Tut!
True
Anglicised rather than Anglo-sized
I’m sure my family would have a several photos of his lying around. He worked on O’Connell St. rather than exclusively on O’Connell Bridge, the cinema in the background is the old Metropole, now Penney’s and others are taken at the GPO.
He was there every day and if he took your photo he’d give you a ticket and you could go and see it to decide whether or not to buy. I seem to remember he had a studio in Westmoreland St or D’Olier St but memory’s a bit hazy.
My parents have a photo taken on O’Connell Street the day they travelled to Dublin to buy their engagement ring. That was in 1957 and it was probably one of his photos.
Beautiful. Such a lovely life project. Such a pity that country people and snobs generally now can’t see the beauty of the north side of this city. O’Connell Street and adjoining streets are so beautiful. Step into the Pro Cathedral, pause, then shop in Clery’s and Arnotts and you’ll remember why Dublin Can Be Heaven…
My mam and dad have loads of these photos as do a lot of my relatives
Anglo – sized?
The one with the girl in the communion dress and (presumably) her little brother is great, his face just says it all.
This hat with these shoes…really??? :-D
Wonderful. Such a part of Dublin culture.
Didn’t he keep the negatives?
Too many to keep, that why they were asking people to root out the photos
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