The Afternoon Show
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The Afternoon Show was Raidió Teilifís Éireann
's live flagship daytime show. It ran from 2004 until May 2010. The programme was dropped by RTÉ as part of its new season of television in 2010, to be replaced by two afternoon programmes 4 Daily presented by Maura Derrane
and The Daily Show hosted by Dáithí Ó Sé
and Claire Byrne.
The television show, the last season of which was presented by Sheana Keane
and Maura Derrane
, was a mix of lifestyle, information and fun items. The show included cookery, fashion, health, fitness, parenting, life-coaching and celebrity gossip. Viewers also had the opportunity to text, phone and e-mail in interjections, views, experiences and opinions, and they were given a chance to win prizes in a daily quiz.
The Afternoon Show had met with a mixed reaction since it first appeared on screens in 2004, presented by Bláthnaid Ní Chofaigh
and Anna Nolan
. This was partly because it replaced the hugely popular show Open House
. There was speculation that the show has not proved as successful as its predecessor and that it would not return for a second season. However, a second series began in 2005, although one of the former presenters, Sheana Keane
, did not return.
In 2006, the show returned for a third season. This time Anna Nolan left the show and was replaced by Sheana Keane, who returned after taking a year off to focus on her first child.
There was speculation that the show was possibly going to end. When the last series ended, Bláthnaid Ní Chofaigh said the programme would continue in 2009. It was confirmed though, in August 2009 that the programme would return "later and longer". The programme returned on 7 September 2009 beginning at 16:00 until 17:45.
Síle Seoige
was to temporarily replace Bláthnaid Ní Chofaigh
in September 2009. Later in the month, Ní Chofaigh revealed she would not be returning to the programme.
presented the show from the launch in 2004. She presented the show five times a week taking various breaks throughout the season. In January 2009, she became a judge to the East on The All Ireland Talent Show
but she continued to present The Afternoon Show. During May 2009, she was taken ill during rehearsals. This was not the first time she was unwell during the show as in 2008 she took a month off to recover from an operation. She has recently been involved in much media attention with her co-host Sheana Keane, leading to speculation that they were not on good terms. As a result of health issues, she left the programme in 2009.
began presenting the show since the launch. After the first season, Sheana did not return for the second as she wanted to concentrate on her family. Sheana though did return for the third season from 2006-07 when Anna Nolan left the show. On her return Sheana presented the show from Monday to Thursday while Trevor Keegan steps in on Fridays with Bláthnaid. Sheana has taken many breaks throughout the four seasons she has presented but the most notable has been in March 2009 when she took a break for personal reasons, saying she was suffering from 'vertigo' and has not returned for the rest of the season. It has been announced that Sheana will return to the show presenting the sixth season from 2009-10.
began presenting the show since the launch of 2004 with Sheana and Bláthnaid. From the beginning the media wrote about a frostiness between the presenters. Anna returned to present the second season with Bláthnaid and left the show after that to pursue other projects.
It was confirmed by Trevor Keegan that he would not return for the sixth season of The Afternoon Show. http://www.herald.ie/entertainment/around-town/trevor-loses-his-spot-on-the-afternoon-show-sofa-1879311.html
, Gráinne Seoige
, Kathryn Thomas
and Caroline Morahan
but Pamela Flood
has filled in throughout the past five seasons for various reasons. Her most recent being May 2009 where she has been presenting the show with Trevor Keagan for over two weeks. Kathryn Thomas has also presented throughout various weeks, most recently one week in May.
During the Summer of 2009 Pamela Flood was rumoured to be taking over the Afternoon Show with Síle Seoige, but this rumour was untrue.
It is still unclear whether Síle Seoige will be taking over Bláthnaid's position for good, or if a guest presenter will be filling in the spot each week.
presented her first show on 5 October 2009 after Sile, who presented the show with Sheana for the month of September, had finished her 4 weeks with the show. It is not clear how long Maura will be standing in for. It has been announced that Maura will return after Christmas to continue presenting The Afternoon Show.
Raidió Teilifís Éireann
Raidió Teilifís Éireann is a semi-state company and the public service broadcaster of Ireland. It both produces programmes and broadcasts them on television, radio and the Internet. The radio service began on January 1, 1926, while regular television broadcasts began on December 31, 1961, making...
's live flagship daytime show. It ran from 2004 until May 2010. The programme was dropped by RTÉ as part of its new season of television in 2010, to be replaced by two afternoon programmes 4 Daily presented by Maura Derrane
Maura Derrane
Maura Derrane is an Irish television presenter and journalist. She has worked for RTÉ, TV3 and TG4.Derrane is a from Inishmore, County Galway. She previously worked as a researcher for RTÉ News in Galway. In 1996 she moved to TG4 as a news reporter. From 1998 she worked for TV3 News...
and The Daily Show hosted by Dáithí Ó Sé
Dáithí Ó Sé
Dáithí Ó Sé is a television presenter with TG4 in Ireland, where he presents the weather forecast and does continuity announcements. He has also presented various programmes on TG4, including travel programme Dáithí ar Route 66, about the U.S...
and Claire Byrne.
The television show, the last season of which was presented by Sheana Keane
Sheana Keane
Sheana Keane is an Irish presenter on Raidió Teilifís Éireann . She presented the programmes Health Squad and The Afternoon Show ....
and Maura Derrane
Maura Derrane
Maura Derrane is an Irish television presenter and journalist. She has worked for RTÉ, TV3 and TG4.Derrane is a from Inishmore, County Galway. She previously worked as a researcher for RTÉ News in Galway. In 1996 she moved to TG4 as a news reporter. From 1998 she worked for TV3 News...
, was a mix of lifestyle, information and fun items. The show included cookery, fashion, health, fitness, parenting, life-coaching and celebrity gossip. Viewers also had the opportunity to text, phone and e-mail in interjections, views, experiences and opinions, and they were given a chance to win prizes in a daily quiz.
The Afternoon Show had met with a mixed reaction since it first appeared on screens in 2004, presented by Bláthnaid Ní Chofaigh
Bláthnaid Ní Chofaigh
Bláthnaid Ní Chofaigh is an Irish TV presenter, Gaeilgeoir and all-round personality. She has presented Echo Island, The Afternoon Show and Charity ICA Bootcamp. She was a judge in The All Ireland Talent Show and participated in Celebrity Bainisteoir.-Career:Ní Chofaigh is an accomplished...
and Anna Nolan
Anna Nolan
Anna Nolan is an Irish television presenter, producer and former business manager, waitress and Irish international basketball player. She has presented numerous television programmes in Ireland and the UK...
. This was partly because it replaced the hugely popular show Open House
Open House (Ireland)
Open House is an Irish afternoon television show broadcast on RTÉ One between 1998 and 2003. The last episode was broadcast in 2004. It was presented by Mary Kennedy and Marty Whelan and focused on lifestyle, cookery and human interest issues. Presenters included Dermot O'Neill, the popular...
. There was speculation that the show has not proved as successful as its predecessor and that it would not return for a second season. However, a second series began in 2005, although one of the former presenters, Sheana Keane
Sheana Keane
Sheana Keane is an Irish presenter on Raidió Teilifís Éireann . She presented the programmes Health Squad and The Afternoon Show ....
, did not return.
In 2006, the show returned for a third season. This time Anna Nolan left the show and was replaced by Sheana Keane, who returned after taking a year off to focus on her first child.
There was speculation that the show was possibly going to end. When the last series ended, Bláthnaid Ní Chofaigh said the programme would continue in 2009. It was confirmed though, in August 2009 that the programme would return "later and longer". The programme returned on 7 September 2009 beginning at 16:00 until 17:45.
Síle Seoige
Síle Seoige
Síle Seoige is an Irish television presenter and Gaeilgeoir. She is fluent in both Irish and English, and has worked for Raidió Teilifís Éireann and the Irish language station TG4...
was to temporarily replace Bláthnaid Ní Chofaigh
Bláthnaid Ní Chofaigh
Bláthnaid Ní Chofaigh is an Irish TV presenter, Gaeilgeoir and all-round personality. She has presented Echo Island, The Afternoon Show and Charity ICA Bootcamp. She was a judge in The All Ireland Talent Show and participated in Celebrity Bainisteoir.-Career:Ní Chofaigh is an accomplished...
in September 2009. Later in the month, Ní Chofaigh revealed she would not be returning to the programme.
Bláthnaid Ní Chofaigh
Bláthnaid Ní ChofaighBláthnaid Ní Chofaigh
Bláthnaid Ní Chofaigh is an Irish TV presenter, Gaeilgeoir and all-round personality. She has presented Echo Island, The Afternoon Show and Charity ICA Bootcamp. She was a judge in The All Ireland Talent Show and participated in Celebrity Bainisteoir.-Career:Ní Chofaigh is an accomplished...
presented the show from the launch in 2004. She presented the show five times a week taking various breaks throughout the season. In January 2009, she became a judge to the East on The All Ireland Talent Show
The All Ireland Talent Show
The All Ireland Talent Show was an RTÉ television series billed as Ireland's biggest-ever talent contest. It was first announced in November 2008 and the first series commenced broadcasting on 4 January 2009, completing on 15 March 2009. Modelled on Britain's Got Talent, it is produced by Tyrone...
but she continued to present The Afternoon Show. During May 2009, she was taken ill during rehearsals. This was not the first time she was unwell during the show as in 2008 she took a month off to recover from an operation. She has recently been involved in much media attention with her co-host Sheana Keane, leading to speculation that they were not on good terms. As a result of health issues, she left the programme in 2009.
Sheana Keane
Sheana KeaneSheana Keane
Sheana Keane is an Irish presenter on Raidió Teilifís Éireann . She presented the programmes Health Squad and The Afternoon Show ....
began presenting the show since the launch. After the first season, Sheana did not return for the second as she wanted to concentrate on her family. Sheana though did return for the third season from 2006-07 when Anna Nolan left the show. On her return Sheana presented the show from Monday to Thursday while Trevor Keegan steps in on Fridays with Bláthnaid. Sheana has taken many breaks throughout the four seasons she has presented but the most notable has been in March 2009 when she took a break for personal reasons, saying she was suffering from 'vertigo' and has not returned for the rest of the season. It has been announced that Sheana will return to the show presenting the sixth season from 2009-10.
Anna Nolan
Anna NolanAnna Nolan
Anna Nolan is an Irish television presenter, producer and former business manager, waitress and Irish international basketball player. She has presented numerous television programmes in Ireland and the UK...
began presenting the show since the launch of 2004 with Sheana and Bláthnaid. From the beginning the media wrote about a frostiness between the presenters. Anna returned to present the second season with Bláthnaid and left the show after that to pursue other projects.
Trevor Keegan
Trevor Keegan has been with The Afternoon Show since the launch as the showbiz correspondent and filled in presenting throughout the first season and second season. When Sheana returned for the third season 2006-07 Trevor began presenting every Friday with Blathnaid as well as featuring during the rest of the week with showbiz gossip but since the fifth season 2008-09 as just presented every Friday only. In March 2009, when Sheana left for personal reasons, he has presented the show from Monday-Friday.It was confirmed by Trevor Keegan that he would not return for the sixth season of The Afternoon Show. http://www.herald.ie/entertainment/around-town/trevor-loses-his-spot-on-the-afternoon-show-sofa-1879311.html
Pamela Flood and Kathryn Thomas
Various presenters have filled in for the main presenters if they were away or ill those being Síle SeoigeSíle Seoige
Síle Seoige is an Irish television presenter and Gaeilgeoir. She is fluent in both Irish and English, and has worked for Raidió Teilifís Éireann and the Irish language station TG4...
, Gráinne Seoige
Gráinne Seoige
Gráinne Seoige is an Irish television presenter, Gaeilgeoir, and "fashion icon",Gráinne Seoige is one of the few television presenters who has worked for all terrestrial channels in the Republic of Ireland at some point. She has worked as a news anchor on TG4, TV3 and Sky News Ireland...
, Kathryn Thomas
Kathryn Thomas
Kathryn Thomas is an Irish television presenter from Carlow. She does be doing the holiday programme on RTÉ. Now she does a Winning Streak every week with Marty Whelan...
and Caroline Morahan
Caroline Morahan
Caroline Morahan is an Irish actress and television host. She presents TV fashion show Off the Rails on RTÉ One. She has hosted numerous television shows including The Fame Game, Chance to Dance, The Podge and Rodge Show and The IFTA's Red Carpet Show, and has been a celebrity judge on talent shows...
but Pamela Flood
Pamela Flood
Pamela Ann Mary Flood is an Irish television presenter and former model from Tallaght, South Dublin. She received the Miss Ireland crown in 1993....
has filled in throughout the past five seasons for various reasons. Her most recent being May 2009 where she has been presenting the show with Trevor Keagan for over two weeks. Kathryn Thomas has also presented throughout various weeks, most recently one week in May.
During the Summer of 2009 Pamela Flood was rumoured to be taking over the Afternoon Show with Síle Seoige, but this rumour was untrue.
Síle Seoige
In August 2009, RTÉ confirmed that Síle Seoige would be presenting the beginning of the sixth season of the Afternoon Show originally it was believed that Síle would be presenting the show with Bláthnaid Ní Chofaigh, but in September it was revealed that Síle would be presenting the show with presenter Sheana Keane who has not been on-screen since March 2009. RTÉ have insisted that Síle will only be filling in for Bláthnaid Ní Chofaigh only for a couple of weeks has Bláthnaid is recovering from a minor operation. But rumours are rife that Síle will be taking the helm of the Afternoon Show for the rest of the series as Bláthnaid and Sheana have still not resolved their differences.It is still unclear whether Síle Seoige will be taking over Bláthnaid's position for good, or if a guest presenter will be filling in the spot each week.
Maura Derrane
Maura DerraneMaura Derrane
Maura Derrane is an Irish television presenter and journalist. She has worked for RTÉ, TV3 and TG4.Derrane is a from Inishmore, County Galway. She previously worked as a researcher for RTÉ News in Galway. In 1996 she moved to TG4 as a news reporter. From 1998 she worked for TV3 News...
presented her first show on 5 October 2009 after Sile, who presented the show with Sheana for the month of September, had finished her 4 weeks with the show. It is not clear how long Maura will be standing in for. It has been announced that Maura will return after Christmas to continue presenting The Afternoon Show.