RTÉ RADIO 1 HIGHLIGHTS
WEEK 40 – 2006
Saturday 30 September – Friday 6 October
HIGHLIGHTS/NEW SLOTS:
CONVERSATIONS WITH EAMON DUNPHY
SUNDAY PLAYHOUSE: HUMAN RIGHTS SEASON
MOONEY
THE ELEVENTH HOUR
SPECTRUM
IN CONCERT: THE FILM MUSIC OF JOHN WILLIAMS
LATE DATE WITH JOHN CREEDON
THE TUESDAY PLAY: SEANY BOY
WORLDS APART
CONVERSATIONS WITH EAMON DUNPHY *New slot*
Prominent Irish people in conversation with Eamon Dunphy about their lives, passions and the music which inspires them.
Producer: Claire Prior
RTÉ Radio 1, Saturday 30 September, 9.10am
SATURDAY SPORT with John Kenny
Soccer: English & Scottish Premier Leagues plus reaction to
last night’s FAI Cup Quarter Finals
Rugby: Magners League
Golf: WGC Amex Championship
Racing: Fairyhouse
Producer: Andrew O’Connor
RTÉ Radio 1, Saturday 30 September, 2.01pm
DIALOGUE
In the final programme of the current series, Andy O’Mahony meets Anthony Howard, author of Basil Hume: The Monk Cardinal.
Following Cardinal Basil Hume’s death on 17 June, 1999, “The Times” concluded his obituary with a remarkable accolade: ‘Few churchman in this century, inside or outside the Catholic Church, have died more deeply loved.’
Basil Hume served as Cardinal Archbishop of Westminster for twenty-three years and his holiness and wisdom made him an extraordinary leader. Anthony Howard had unique access to Cardinal Hume’s private papers and the people who knew him best. He traces his life, from his Newcastle upbringing through to his schooling at Ampleforth and his reign at Westminster, including his long and, ultimately, successful fight on behalf of the Maguire Seven and the Guildford Four.
Producer: Bernadette Comerford
RTÉ Radio 1, Saturday 30 September, 6.30pm
HAGS, QUEENS AND WISE WOMEN (Part 5/6)
Supernatural Females of the Irish Otherworld
Gearoid Ó’Crualaoich reveals the results of his investigations into the feminine in Gaelic tradition. He explains how the female goddess of ancient Irish cosmology was finally reduced by patriarchal powers to the role of hag. He brings together depth, psychology, Irish legends and a thousand years of Gaelic literature in a fascinating and challenging presentation.
Readings by Niall Toibin and Macdara Ó’Fátharta
Producer: Cathal Poirteir
RTÉ Radio 1, Saturday 30 September, 7.02pm
A WALK IN THE PARK
Each week Fiona Kelly visits a city park and talks to the people who use and manage their urban oasis. The programme also delves into the social history of the park as well as exploring the plants and wildlife which live in the natural habitat of the park.
Producer: Fiona Kelly
RTÉ Radio 1, Saturday 30 September, 7.30pm
SIBLINGS
A series of four radio plays for young adults exploring the dynamics of brothers and sisters.
Part 4: Rachel wouldn’t do that
Or would she? Sarah and Rachel are twins who have outgrown their parents’ love of matching hairstyles and identical outfits. As Sarah breaks for autonomy and freedom she leaves her ‘boring’ sister behind. Sarah may not want to have anything to do with her ‘unpopular’ twin but the parents have other ideas. Sarah is given an ultimatum. Bring Rachel or don’t go at all! The resulting evening proves to be remarkably educational. Rachel wouldn’t do that is the fourth in a series of plays for young adults by Barabbas. It was written by Veronica Coburn.
RTÉ Radio 1, Saturday 30 September, 8.30pm
CÉILI HOUSE
This week Kieran Hanrahan meets a group of local musicians from the Carlow area at the National Ploughing Championships held at Grangeford, Tullow, Co. Carlow and finds out a little about one of the biggest rural events of the year.
Producer: Peter Browne
RTÉ Radio 1, Saturday 30 September, 9.02pm
THE BUSINESS
A weekly look at the world of business and personal finance presented by John Murray in a new time slot.
Producer: Ian Wilson
RTÉ Radio 1, Sunday 1 October, 10.02am
WHAT IF…..
A series that asks the question, what if a particular moment in history had gone another way would subsequent history have been different.
Programme 5: If Bill Clinton had been defeated by George Bush Senior
Presenter: Diarmuid Ferriter Producer: Peter Mooney
RTÉ Radio 1, Sunday 1 October, 10.30am
SUNDAY SPORT with Jimmy Magee
G.A.A: Women’s All Ireland Football Final
Racing: Tipperary & Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe
Motorsport: Formula 1 China Grand Prix
Golf: WGC Championship, Day 4
Producer: Gabriel Egan
RTÉ Radio 1, Sunday 1 October, FM & LW 252, 2.00pm
SUNDAY PLAYHOUSE – HUMAN RIGHTS SEASON *Highlight*
A season of plays dealing with issues related to the rights of people
On Sunday 1 October RTÉ Radio 1 will broadcast the first of four plays dealing with human rights issues, followed by a discussion hosted by Rodney Rice. Each play deals with a different topic. Tying in with Age Action Week the first play in the series deals with ageism. The following plays deal with sexual politics, asylum and finally torture
No 1: Golden Oldie my Arse by Maeve Binchy *Age Action Week*
Maeve Binchy writes about the theme of ageism. In her play “Golden Oldie My Arse” she tells the story of a woman who, after thirty six years working on the front desk, is told that they need a younger face to represent the vibrant image of the company. She is deeply wounded but ready to fight.
Starring Marion O’Dwyer, Emmet Bergin, Eileen Colgan and Des Cave.
Producer: Cathryn Brennan
Followed by a discussion chaired by Rodney Rice
RTÉ Radio 1, Sunday 1 October, 8.02pm
SPECTRUM *New Series*
A new series of Spectrum, the programme that explores Ireland’s response to its changing ethnic makeup.
Presenter: Melanie Verwoerd Producer: Nuala O’Neill
Email: spectrum@rte.ie
RTÉ Radio 1, Sunday 1 October, 9.02pm
MOONEY *New Slot*
Using the same energy and style with which he transformed Saturday morning listening, Derek and his team will entertain RTÉ Radio 1 listeners reflecting the life and times of people all over the country. Reporter Brenda Donoghue will be on the road out and about meeting with and interviewing the Irish public and regular items will include stories with universal issues being told in colourful ways and from a personal perspective as well as live music performances, major competitions and on air surprises. On Fridays the ‘wild’ regulars Eanna Ní Lamhna, Richard Collins and Terry Flanagan will join Derek for the ever-popular Mooney goes Wild.
Email: mooney@rte.ie / wild@rte.ie
Producer: Aonghus McAnally, Brian Lally
Mooney, RTÉ Radio 1, Mon-Thurs, 3pm
Mooney goes Wild, RTÉ Radio 1, Fridays, 3pm
SPEAKING ILL OF THE DEAD
Speaking Ill of the Dead is a series of lectures recorded in March by RTÉ Radio 1 at the National Museum. The conference was co-sponsored by RTÉ and the National Museum. Historians were asked to choose a figure from Irish history (though not necessarily Irish born) for whom they had an aversion and speak about them before an audience.
Among the historians addressing the conference were Prof. Tom Bartlett, Prof Paul Bew, Senator Martin Mansergh, Senator David Norris, Ruth Dudley Edwards and Museum Director, Dr. Pat Wallace. Among the reputations under attack were those of Edward Carson, William Gladstone, Kevin O’Higgins, Arthur Balfour and Countess Markievicz.
The idea originated from the Montana Historical Association ‘Speaking Ill of the Dead: Jerks in Montana History’ annual Lecture series.
Programme 5: Professor Tom Bartlett of UCD on the 1798 informer Leonard McNally. Presenter/Producer: Myles Dungan
RTÉ Radio 1, Monday 2 October, 8.02pm
THE RADIO 1 MUSIC COLLECTION – IN CONCERT *Highlight*
The Film Music of John Williams – Part 1
Well-known themes and tunes composed for the Silver Screen and played by the RTÉ Concert Orchestra, leader Mia Cooper, conductor John Wilson.
Recorded at the National Concert Hall, Dublin on August 18 2006.
Sound engineers: Philip Cooke and Damien Chennells
Producer for RTÉ Radio 1: Peter Browne
RTÉ Radio 1, Monday 2 October, 9.02pm
THE ELEVENTH HOUR *New Slot*
The Eleventh Hour is RTÉ Radio 1’s new late night arts and culture show presented by Páraic Breathnach. As well as covering and visiting arts and cultural events and festivals, The Eleventh Hour will initiate debate, argument and creative participation among its late night audience. The programme will also be working with arts and cultural groups on projects and events that will allow listeners to get involved in the creative process.
Email: theeleventhhour@rte.ie
Producer: Kay Sheehy, Kevin Brew, Siobhan Mannion
RTÉ Radio 1, Monday 2 October – Friday 6 October, 11.03pm
BOOK ON ONE
Memoir by John McGahern
Memoir was the last book published by John McGahern, and as such marks the completion of a literary canon that held a mirror up to Ireland in the second half of the 20th Century. It is a work of searing honesty, lyrical beauty and heartbreaking poignancy. John McGahern read his memoir one Tuesday afternoon in August 2004 in Edit Suite 1 in the RTÉ Radio Centre.
Memoir is a love letter from John McGahern to his mother. It is the story of John McGahern’s childhood; of his mother’s death, his father’s anger and his own discovery of literature and his ambition to become a writer. At the heart of the book is an unembarrassed homage by a loving son to a woman who protected him and his sisters from his father’s unpredictable moods. The day their mother died, the children
were carted off to the barracks where their father the sergeant ruled over a few guards and a quiet countryside where crime was almost unknown. McGahern’s description of the fields and quiet roads of Co Leitrim, one of Ireland’s least known counties, catches the subtle beauties of an often poor landscape of hill and bog. The memoir is also a great portrait of Ireland in the 1940s and 50s, a time of frugal comfort but also of low expectation and depression for many people in a country that seemed to have no future. This memoir includes McGahern’s memories of Dublin in the 1960s, his time as a schoolteacher, and his sacking for writing a banned book (his second novel, “The Dark”). It ends with his return to live in Leitrim with his wife and the death of his father, difficult to the last. (Repeat)
Produced by Kevin Reynolds
RTÉ Radio 1, Monday 2 October – Friday 6 October, 11.45pm
LATE DATE WITH JOHN CREEDON *New presenter*
John Creedon takes over from Val Joyce to present the late night music show, Late Date. John promises listeners mellow, mature music and a lightness of touch and says that “the programme will work towards creating a community of the air through correspondence from listeners willing to share their life experience and thoughts at a time of night that lends itself to reflection.”
RTÉ Radio 1, Monday 2 October – Friday 6 October, 12.08am
THE TUESDAY PLAY *New Series*
Ireland’s award winning Crazy Dog Audio Theatre returns to RTÉ Radio 1 this October with Audio Gothic a series of five new radio plays. Each of the plays is written, directed and produced by Roger Gregg, recently hailed on BBC Radio 4 as ‘one of a handful of truly great radio dramatists’. Varying in styles from dark comedy to sombre character studies, each play focuses on individuals who struggle with loneliness, loss and self-delusion. Each production features all of the hallmarks of Crazy Dog Audio Theatre; original music scores, location recordings, state-of-the-art sound design and some of the very best Irish and international voice talents.
Week 1: Seany Boy
Unable to deal with his grief, Seany Boy, an elderly Cork farmer, has retreated into his fantasy of being a gun toting, singing cowboy of the Old West. Seany is dismissed as a colourful eccentric until he draws a real gun to intervene in a racist attack on an asylum seeker and the consequences rapidly spiral out of control. Liam Heffernan stars in this modern tale of the West.
Written and directed by Roger Gregg
RTÉ Radio 1, Tuesday 3 October, 8.02pm
OUTSIDE THE BOX
Produced and presented by Olan McGowan, Outside the Box shines a spotlight on issues of broad concern to disabled people, their families and representative organisations. The show confronts issues head on and is not afraid to challenge commonly held assumptions about disabled people and the disability sector. With an estimated 300,000 people in Ireland touched by some sort of physical, sensory or intellectual disability, the relevance of Outside the Box stretches far beyond the disabled community to industry, policymakers and the general public.
Email: otb@rte.ie
Produced and presented by Olan McGowan
RTÉ Radio 1, Tuesday 3 October, 8.30pm
THE RADIO 1 MUSIC COLLECTION
ROOTS FREEWAY
Niall Toner presents the best of roots, country music, bluegrass, country rock, western swing, cajun and hardcore mountain music.
RTÉ Radio 1, Tuesday 3 October, 9.02pm
DOCUMENTARY ON ONE
The Glen Road to Carrick
The fiddle player Paul O’Shaughnessy’s visit to The Glen area of Co Donegal as a child was, for him, a formative experience. O’Shaughnessy’s mother, Pearl, was a musician and a teacher from Donegal so, in a sense it was a homecoming. It also became an introduction to a style of music that his own name was to become associated with in time. Paul has played with Altan and Beginish and is renowned also as a solo performer. Although born and brought up in Dublin his musical roots have always been from Donegal.
The Glen Road runs from the town of Carrick to Glencolmcille but ‘The Glen Road to Carrick’ is one of ‘the big’, defining, Donegal tunes; a reel. This programme is also an exploration of a musical style told through this tune and the memories of those who’ve played it.
Producer: Peter Woods
RTÉ Radio 1, Wednesday 4 October, 8.02pm
THE RADIO 1 MUSIC COLLECTION
THE ROLLING WAVE
Peter Browne will keep a sharp ear and a close eye on the world of traditional and folk music in Ireland with album reviews, interviews, guest contributors, archive material, feature items, discussion of current issues and plenty of good music.
RTÉ Radio 1, Wednesday 4 October, 9.02pm
WORLDS APART *New Series*
When the Rain Fails the Cattle Die
RTÉ Radio 1’s annual series on the problems facing the people in the developing continents, Worlds Apart, returns.
Rodney Rice has again been travelling through Africa, Asia and Latin America in search of stories of success and failure in the struggle to turn that famous dollar a day into sustainable living.
In this year’s 12-part series he learns, among many lessons, how Bolivians have carried out a quiet popular revolution to regain control of water and gas resources from international companies and capped it all by electing a coca-growing President; how nuclear neighbours India and Pakistan fail to settle their dispute over Kashmir, a province around which they have already fought 3 wars; and how, in the name of culture, millions of African choose or feel forced to submit to circumcision, now better known as genital mutilation.
In the first edition of the programme, Rodney reports from North West Kenya where worsening drought has killed the cattle, sheep, goats and camels that represent wealth and sustenance to the regions pastoralist tribes. Each year, it seems, the rains become more unpredictable, the people’s hold on their traditional livelihoods ever more tenuous.
RTÉ Radio 1, Thursday 5 October, 8.02pm
QUANTUM LEAP
The programme will report every week on what is happening in science and technology in Ireland and around the world. It will also be taking the programme out of the studio up into the skies and out on the ocean to visit scientists as they go about their work. The series will feature debates on the important issues that science is raising for our community. As science and technology plays an increasingly important role in the direction Irish society is going Quantum Leap will be informing listeners of the issues and concerns that effect that change.
Email: quantum@rte.ie
Producer: Peter Mooney
RTÉ Radio 1, Thursday 5 October, 8.30pm
FRIDAY SPORTSNIGHT Soccer : Eircom League
Presenter: Pauric Lodge Producer: Roy Willoughby RTÉ Radio 1, Friday 6 October, MW & LW 252, 7.30pm
THE RADIO 1 MUSIC COLLECTION
ACROSS THE LAND
Every two months a different personality will take over the presenter’s chair and introduce listeners to their personal music selection. The programme will come from RTÉ Radio’s studios around Ireland.
Karl Tsigdinos, a keen and knowledgeable enthusiast of soul and rock music, will be in the presenter’s chair for September and October. Karl is a DJ, music critic and journalist. Producer: Aidan Butler
RTÉ Radio 1, Friday 6 October, 9.00pm
Further Information:
Sandra Byrne, (01) 208 2506/ 087 249 3048, sandra.byrne@rte.ie