The Afternoon Show
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| The Afternoon Show | |
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| Format | Talkshow |
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| Starring | Bláthnaid Ní Chofaigh Sheana Keane (2006- ) Anna Nolan (2004-2006) Trevor Keegan |
| Country of origin | Ireland |
| Language(s) | English/Irish |
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| Camera setup | Multi-camera |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | RTÉ One |
| Picture format | PAL (16:9) |
| Audio format | Stereo |
| Original run | Autumn 2004 – 22 May 2009 |
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| Official website | |
The Afternoon Show is Radio Telefís Éireann's live flagship daytime show.[1]
The television show, presented by Bláthnaid Ní Chofaigh and Sheana Keane is a mix of lifestyle, information and fun items. The show includes cookery, fashion, health, fitness, parenting, life-coaching and celebrity gossip. Viewers also have the opportunity to text, phone and e-mail in interjections, views, experiences and opinions. The show also gives its viewers a chance to win prizes in a daily quiz.
The show has met with a mixed reaction since it first appered on screens in Autumn 2004. 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 Autumn 2005, although one of the former presenters, Sheana Keane, did not return.
In Autumn 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.
The show is possibly going to be ended, according to national media. [2] When the current series ended, Bláthnaid Ní Chofaigh said the programme would continue in Autumn 2009.[3]
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[edit] Presenters
[edit] Blathnaid Ni Chofaigh
Blathnaid Ni Chofaigh has presented the show since the launch in 2004. She presents the show five times a week taking various breaks throughout the season. She is the only presenter to present the show all five seasons. 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 after smoking too much crack this was not the first time she was unwell during the show as in 2008 she took a month off to recover from a 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.
[edit] Sheana Keane
Sheana Keane 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 2006-2007 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 Blathnaid. 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 yet to be announced that Sheana will return to her presenting the sixth season from 2009-2010.
[edit] Anna Nolan
Anna Nolan began presenting the show since the launch of 2004 with Sheana and Blathnaid from the beginning the media wrote about a frostiness between the presenters. Anna returned to present the second season with Blathnaid and left the show after that to pursue other projects.
[edit] Trevor Keagan
Trevor Keagan 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 2006-2007 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 2008-2009 as just presented every Friday only. In March 2009, when Sheana left for personal reasons, he has presented the show from Monday-Friday.
[edit] Pamela Flood and Kathryn Thomas
Various presenters have filled in for the main presenters if they were away or ill those being Sile Seoige, Grainne 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.
[edit] Sixth Season 2009-2010
RTE has yet to announce who will be presenting the sixth season of The Afternoon Show, after it was confirmed that there were bullying allegations from Sheana Keane about her former co-host Blathnaid Ni Chofaigh. It looks doubtful that Blathnaid and Sheana will appear together for the sixth series, the both of them may not even return at all to the show has RTE has not confirmed it yet.
The papers in May 2009 after the fifth season ended that former stand-in Pamela Flood and Sile Seoige, whose former show Seoige was axed, may be taking the reign in the sixth season with a major revamp but has yet to be confirmed.
[edit] References
- ^ "The Afternoon Show". RTÉ. http://www.rte.ie/tv/theafternoonshow/. Retrieved on 2009-05-23.
- ^ "The Irish Independent". The Irish Independent. http://www.independent.ie/entertainment/tv-radio/retell-us-the-old-old-story-about-the-celtic-tiger-1623045.htm. Retrieved on 2009-05-23.
- ^ "The Evening Herald: I'll be back, vows Blathnaid". The Evening Herald. May 23 2009. http://www.herald.ie/entertainment/tv-radio/ill-be-back-vows-blathnaid-1749149.html. Retrieved on 2009-05-23.
