Irish Pictorial Weekly

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Irish Pictorial Weekly
Genre	Satire
Written by	Kevin Gildea
Starring	Kevin Gildea
Country of origin	Ireland
Original language	English
No. of seasons	3
No. of episodes	18
Production
Production locations	RTÉ Television Centre, Donnybrook, Dublin 4, Ireland
Camera setup	Multi-camera
Running time	30 minutes
Production company	Raidió Teilifís Éireann
Original release
Network	RTÉ One
Release	29 November 2012 (2012-11-29) – present

Irish Pictorial Weekly is an Irish satirical television series which was broadcast on Raidió Teilifís Éireann starting in November 2012.^[1] Series 2 of the show started on 21 November 2013 and was renewed for a third season which began airing on 22 March 2015.^[2] On March 30, 2016, the show returned for a one-off special, "focussing on the 1916 centenary celebrations and... on what Ireland has done with its independence in the last 100 years" since the 1916 Easter Rising.^[3]

The show features satirical sketches on current news stories and popular culture, as well as parody songs, comedy sketches, re-edited videos, cartoons and spoof television formats. Comedians performing on the show include Barry Murphy, Gary Cooke, Paul Howard, John Colleary, Paul Woodful, Colum McDonnell, Alan Shortt, Eleanor Tiernan, Tara Flynn and Abie Philbin Bowman.

References

^ "RTE finally gives us something to smile about..." Herald.ie. 1 December 2012. Archived from the original on 3 December 2013. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
^ "Video: A sneak preview of the return of Irish Pictorial Weekly tomorrow night". Joe.ie. 20 November 2013. Archived from the original on 2 December 2013. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
^ "Entertainment.ie TV Highlights: Irish Pictorial Weekly 1916 Special". Entertainment.ie. 30 March 2016. Archived from the original on 13 May 2016. Retrieved 27 April 2016.

External links

v t e Comedy programming by RTÉ Television
1960s debuts	It's Too Late – We're On! Justice at Large Me and My Friend O'Dea's Your Man
1970s debuts	Hall's Pictorial Weekly If the Cap Fits The Maureen Potter Show Time Now Mr T
1980s debuts	Ballymagash Dermot Morgan Special The Irish R.M. Leave It to Mrs O'Brien Nighthawks
1990s debuts	A Scare at Bedtime Après Match Bull Island Don't Feed the Gondolas The End Extra! Extra! Read All About It! Make 'Em Laugh Upwardly Mobile
2000s debuts	Anonymous Bachelors Walk The Blizzard of Odd The Cassidys Dan & Becs Gaybo Laughs Back Killinaskully episodes The Last Furlong Naked Camera Paths to Freedom Republic of Telly Soupy Norman The State of Us This Is Nightlive Your Bad Self
2010s debuts	Bridget & Eamon Can't Cope, Won't Cope Irish Pictorial Weekly Nowhere Fast The Mario Rosenstock Show Meet Your Neighbours Mrs. Brown's Boys episodes The Walshes The Young Offenders episodes
2020s debuts	Obituary

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