The Movie Show (Irish TV series)
Encyclopedia
The Movie Show was a half-hour weekly Irish
television series which served as RTÉ's flagship movie review
show. It was presented by Dave Fanning
, who was amongst the many people outraged when the show was axed in 2001. Movie companies were also said to be distressed at its axing. Fanning criticised RTÉ's management, who never once consulted with him before making their decision, and said the axing of the show was "ludicrous" and "outrageous". He implied that RTÉ ought to produce a programme that reviews movies as it is seen as cheap and the interviews are paid for by the movie companies themselves. Fanning insisted that it had been "a very cheap programme and we were always under budget".
A number of years later Dave Fanning presented the RTÉ series What?!Movie which was axed after one series, he then went on to produce the first series of Take Six
for Channel 6
, with his production company Rumble Films.
Music
The theme song was an arrangement of Floyd Cramer's "Last Date."
The Movie Show was first broadcast in 1993 and ended in September 2001 but was touted as a returning show several months later.
Republic of Ireland
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television series which served as RTÉ's flagship movie review
Film criticism
Film criticism is the analysis and evaluation of films, individually and collectively. In general, this can be divided into journalistic criticism that appears regularly in newspapers, and other popular, mass-media outlets and academic criticism by film scholars that is informed by film theory and...
show. It was presented by Dave Fanning
Dave Fanning
Dave Fanning is an Irish rock journalist, DJ, retired film critic and veteran broadcaster. He currently hosts The 11th Hour on RTÉ Two and two radio shows: Drivetime with Dave on RTÉ Radio 1 and The Dave Fanning Show on RTÉ 2fm. He also fills in for other presenters on RTÉ Radio, including acting...
, who was amongst the many people outraged when the show was axed in 2001. Movie companies were also said to be distressed at its axing. Fanning criticised RTÉ's management, who never once consulted with him before making their decision, and said the axing of the show was "ludicrous" and "outrageous". He implied that RTÉ ought to produce a programme that reviews movies as it is seen as cheap and the interviews are paid for by the movie companies themselves. Fanning insisted that it had been "a very cheap programme and we were always under budget".
A number of years later Dave Fanning presented the RTÉ series What?!Movie which was axed after one series, he then went on to produce the first series of Take Six
Take Six
Take Six was an Irish television movie show which debuted on Channel 6 on 30 March 2006. The show was commissioned by Channel 6 from Rumble Films and was produced and directed by Mike Smith and Dave Fanning...
for Channel 6
3E
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, with his production company Rumble Films.
Music
The theme song was an arrangement of Floyd Cramer's "Last Date."
The Movie Show was first broadcast in 1993 and ended in September 2001 but was touted as a returning show several months later.