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A RUMOUR THAT simply refuses to die is the suggestion that RTE said no when offered Father Ted more than 20 years ago, but don’t let that make you think the classic priestcom’s writers have any time for our national broadcaster.
Graham Linehan, one half of Ted’s writing team with Arthur Mathews, has taken to Twitter to deliver a particularly scorching burn regarding RTE’s approach to original comedy.
He begins the tirade by suggesting that giving the sitcom to RTE back in 1994 would have been counter-productive as they were ‘useless’ at the time.
The sitcom in question, The Walshes, was broadcast for three episodes in early 2014 before being discontinued after the BBC and RTE, who co-funded the production, passed on an extension.
Linehan’s primary frustration appears to be that it was the first time he had written specifically for an Irish audience since Father Ted and yet he was unable to get a response from the broadcaster.
This has led to some Twitter users nodding in agreement:
While this guy sees it as more a case of art imitating life:
You can read the full tirade on Linehan’s timeline, beginning here.
An RTE spokesperson gave TheJournal.ie this response when asked about the suggestion writers can’t get a response from them regarding their work:
“RTE is serious about supporting new writing, and will continue to do so.”
The prestigious win for Love/Hate at this weekend’s Celtic Media Awards, beating the BBC’s Sherlock as Best Drama, and recent awards for the latest Storyland series on RTE Player, including Shaun Blaney’s award for Best Actor in a Drama Series at the International Academy of Web Television Awards earlier this month, are testament to RTE’s commitment to developing new writers and new writing.
Regarding The Walshes itself, the station says it was “very proud” of and “very happy” with the series.
However, as a part funder, RTE was not in a position to provide majority funding once the BBC decided not to recommission the series.
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Will HBO ever do a deal with netflix ?? Be great if they could .
Pretty sure Sky have hbo wrapped up
HBO are top class but maybe it’s best that Netflix are in competition with them. If HBO signed up with Netflix, would Netflix have bothered to produce shows like House of Cards, Orange is the new Black, etc?
Just finished season 3 , it wasn’t great . You have to upgrade to HD package with sky to see their box sets .. Think I’ll just stick with kickasstorrents
HBO may release its own web streaming service later this year and go into head to head competition with Netflix. Hard to say now but it will be quite a blow to Netflix for sure.
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I found season 3 too hammy. I would have preferred if they had written a different plot instead of the overly analogous story with the current US/Russia relationship.
Thanks dude just downloaded it.
Enjoy having your personal info hacked
HBO is releasing their own stream service, called HBO Now, to coincide with the premiere of the new season of Game of Thrones in April.
I wish I still had episodes of House of Cards to catch up on. Sorry now I watched them all in 2 nights, but I couldn’t stop..
Aside from some good TVs series, Netflix lacks content. Have for many movies but it never has the one you’re looking for…
Sopranos is the best tv show I ever seen in my opinion .. HBO finest work !!
HBO have their own on demand service in the US.
“Chances are Netflix will take this down..”
There’s nothing for them to take down. The bookmark just runs a few lines of javascript on the webpage that removes the slider so all the content is listed one after another
(function() {
if(window.location.href.indexOf(‘netflix.com’) === -1) {
if (confirm(‘Please open Netflix and try again. Would you like me to redirect you to netflix.com?’)) {
window.location.href = ‘http://netflix.com’
} else {
return false;
}
}
_.map(_.toArray(document.getElementsByClassName(‘slider’)), function(e) {
e.parentNode.replaceChild(e.firstChild, e)
});
_.map(_.union(
_.toArray(document.getElementsByClassName(‘sliderButton’)),
_.toArray(document.getElementsByClassName(‘evidence’)),
_.toArray(document.getElementsByClassName(‘sharing-prompt’)),
_.toArray(document.getElementsByClassName(‘boxShotDivider’))),function(e) {
e.parentNode.removeChild(e)
});
})();
Upflix is a good app if u have Netflix, allows u to navigate and save and gives u daily updates of new content also the hola app which opens up the US Netflix is handy
lol – taking the p*ss – relax.
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Here’s a few programmes I enjoyed over the past two weeks.
Took a chance on a movie called ‘ Blue ruin’. Mrs thought it was ok, I really enjoyed it.
Fargo ( the series) is fantastic.
Top of the lake, was another one I took a chance on. Pretty good considering I’d never hear,d of it.
Better call Saul, is excellent.
Fargo is magnificent, I’m surprised that there wasn’t more fuss about it.
Lads, anyone got the EzCast dongle and having trouble playing Netflix on your tv (with iPad) ?
have your say