Aisling's Diary is an Irish

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 young person's programme aired on RTÉ

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 produced by CampbellRyan Productions. The show was created by Nuno Bernardo.
The first series was filmed in 2007/2008 and aired on RTÉ 2. Each episode

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 is three minutes long but in 2009, 5 episodes were fused together to create fifteen minute episodes which aired during the Summer

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 of 2009. Tinderbox (UK Acoustic Duo) provide the music for the show.
A second series is currently being filmed and unsigned band

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s are being searched for by RTÉ to provide music for this series.

Creation

The show was created by Nuno Bernardo, who is also responsible for the bebo

Bebo

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 series, Sofia's Diary

Sofia's Diary

Sofia's Diary was produced and created by Nuno Bernardo and Triona Campbell with their company beActiveSofia's Diary is a drama that is shown online through the social networking site Bebo, which is the same site that hosts KateModern....

. The latter helped launch bands like The Ting Tings

The Ting Tings

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 and The Script. RTÉ Young People provided funding for the show and it proved so popular in the first series, that RTÉ are continuing their support for the second series. The show provided the young actors with their first TV roles and it will continue to do so in the second series.

Cast

• Esther de Maggio- Aisling
• Chris Newman
  Chris Newman (actor)
  Chris Newman ,born 16 December 1987, is an Irish actor with roles in films Song for a Raggy Boy and Perrier's Bounty and TV series The Clinic, Love is the Drug, Stardust, Aisling's Diary, and Love/Hate.-Early life:...
  
  - Murphy
• Louise Melinn- Siobhán
• Tim Gahan- Ali
• Diana Bunici- Eavanne
• Eilin O'Dea- Carol
• Anthony Devitt- John
• Maeve Leonard- Granny Nora
• Patrick Dexter- Slater

External links

• Aisling's bebo
• http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1281970/Aisling's Diary on the Internet Movie Database
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• http://www.campbellryanproductions.com/ campbellryan productions