Eurovision Song Contest

Eurovision Song Contest 1956

7.20

The Eurovision Song Contest is an international song competition, organised annually by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and featuring participants representing primarily European countries. Each participating country submits an original song to be performed on live television and radio, transmitted to national broadcasters via the EBU's Eurovision and Euroradio networks, with competing countries then casting votes for the other countries' songs to determine the winner.

1956

Raw

Raw 2008

8.00

The lives and loves of the young staff who work in a successful Dublin restaurant and the intense friendships and bitter rivalries that blossom in the heat of the kitchen.

2008

The Young Offenders

The Young Offenders 2018

7.52

Coming-of-age drama about lovable rogues Conor and Jock as they navigate their awkward teenage years, hatching plans and adventures to help distract from their tough home lives and their inability to stay out of trouble at school.

2018

Dorg van Dango

Dorg van Dango 2020

1

Follow the adventures of Dorg, a normal teen, living in the very normal town of Normill. That is, until he befriends several paranormal characters (a cool unicorn, an ancient witch and an eerie ghost). They are all escapees from Area 52 and in desperate need of help and refuge. To have them blend in with the citizens of Normill, Dorg disguises them as teenagers and hides them in the basement in the local shopping mall. With his new best friends attempting to help navigate life's challenges, Dorg's world just got a whole lot less normal and a lot more fun.

2020

First Dates Ireland

First Dates Ireland 2016

6.70

The hit Channel 4 series First Dates, has come to Ireland and RTÉ2. In First Dates, single people from across Ireland come to the First Dates restaurant where they have a real blind date. Joining maître D' Mateo Saina, are barman Ethan Miles, and waiters Alice, Pete and Libby, who help set the scene and give romance the best possible chance to flourish.

2016

Maddie + Triggs

Maddie + Triggs 2024

10.00

A little girl and her doggy best friend find music and adventure in the sounds of the everyday by really listening to the world around them.

2024

A Scare at Bedtime

A Scare at Bedtime 1997

7.20

A Scare at Bedtime was an Irish television show, produced by Double Z Enterprises and broadcast by RTÉ, featuring the two puppets Podge and Rodge as the hosts of a spooky tales and urban myths comedy show. It ran from 1997 until January 2006.

1997

Drop Dead Weird

Drop Dead Weird 2017

5.00

Three Australian siblings move to a bed and breakfast in Tubbershandy western Ireland with their Zombie parents.

2017

Bridget & Eamon

Bridget & Eamon 2016

7.50

Bridget & Eamon are the typical unhappily married 80s Irish couple. They live somewhere in the Midlands with their indeterminate number of children. Chain-smoking Bridget has notions. She wants the lifestyle from the pages of Woman's Way but wouldn't want to think about how much it would cost to heat South Fork.

2016

Bachelors Walk

Bachelors Walk 2001

7.50

Bachelors Walk is an Irish comedy-drama created by John Carney. Shot in and around Dublin, the programme broadcast on RTÉ from 1 October 2001 to 15 December 2003. The plot revolves three single men living in a house in Dublin’s Bachelors Walk: charming ne'er-do-well Barry, film critic Raymond, and would-be barrister Michael. After three series and an absence of three years, the programme concluded with a one-off Christmas special, aired on St Stephen's Day 2006 on RTÉ Two.

2001

The Savage Eye

The Savage Eye 2009

8.70

The show is a satirical and often surreal examination of subjects close to the hearts of the Irish people. It takes the form of a fake anthropological documentary as if made by British television. Each show explores one subject from it's history through to the present covering 6 or 7 topics (or subheadings) using voxpops and informed opinion to inspire comedy sketches and unflinching rants from numerous created characters. The third series is performed by comedians David McSavage, John Colleary, Pat McDonnell and Dermot McMorrow among others. The topics we are covering this year range from Media and Politics to Christmas and Family.

2009

Pure Mule

Pure Mule 2005

1

Multiple award winning drama series written by Eugene O'Brien, produced by David Collins, Ed Guiney and Peter Norris, and directed by Declan Recks and Charlie McCarthy. Pure Mule is set in modern rural Ireland, in a midlands market town. Each of the six episodes of the original series (which first aired on RTE in 2005) focuses in on one particular character from Friday evening to Monday morning.

2005

Doodle Girl

Doodle Girl 2024

8.00

Doodle Girl and her best friend, Pencil, explore the weird and wonderful pages of their sketchbook, and draw whatever they can to help the creations they meet along the way.

2024

Hoyt 'n Andy's Sportsbender

Hoyt 'n Andy's Sportsbender 1995

1

The series focuses on Hoyt and Andy, who host the "Sportsbender" program airing on the All Sport Network. The two express their own opinions on the games and anything else on their minds, leading to numerous antics happening throughout. Using both animated and live action sports imagery, Hoyt and Andy are in a league of their own.

1995

Can't Cope, Won't Cope

Can't Cope, Won't Cope 2016

7.10

A darkly comic drama about two young women, as one of them starts to spiral out of control. Aisling used to getting her own way and Danielle, never one to hog the spotlight, is only too happy to go along with it. But things are changing. Reality is about to hit them, and hit them hard

2016

The Scavengers

The Scavengers 2024

1

Set in Ireland in the year 3000, the crew are the only humans to live on earth in a 1000 years. Join Arrow, Starla and ARG as they navigate the chaos and dangers of life on Earth.

2024

Storyland

Storyland 2009

7.00

Storyland is an award-winning initiative by RTÉ.ie and Screen Ireland, a program that develops and showcases new, original Irish short dramas by emerging talent in writing, directing, and acting. It operates as a competitive call-out for scripts, with the top finalists receiving funding and support to produce their 25-minute short dramas, which are then broadcast on RTÉ2 and the RTÉ Player.

2009

The Podge and Rodge Show

The Podge and Rodge Show 2006

7.50

The Podge and Rodge Show is an Irish chat show, broadcast and produced by RTÉ, featuring the popular Podge and Rodge as hosts. For the first three seasons they were joined by Lucy Kennedy as a co-host but for the first half of the fourth season they were joined by guest hosts including Michelle Heaton, after Kennedy took insult to being called "every name under the sun from bisto to an ugly Gráinne Seoige". Following a mid-season hiatus, Caroline Morahan took on the role of permanent co-host in February 2009. The programme airs every Monday and Tuesday at 22:50 on RTÉ Two from February to April and from October to December with a hiatus during the summer months.

2006

The Panel

The Panel 2003

8.00

The Panel was a weekly topical comedy-style chat show produced by Happy Endings Productions for RTÉ. It is based on the Australian programme The Panel, produced by Working Dog Productions for Network Ten. The 2010–2011 season began on 7 October 2010, with a new permanent presenter, Craig Doyle, and ran each Thursday at 22:15 on RTÉ One until 26 January 2011. The theme song is "Waterfall" by The Stone Roses.

2003