Award winning comedian and actor Pat Shortt appears in the second of two pilot television programmes this year when Pat Shortt, Inside The Crystal Ball is aired over the Christmas season. This ‘mockumentary’ follows the fortunes of community radio presenter Christy Ball, and his long-suffering wife, Maura.
Filmed in Limerick and Tipperary in November and December, the show is a behind-the-scenes look at Newtown Community Radio featuring the offbeat musings and philosophies of its founder and chief presenter. Starring Pat Shortt as Christy Ball and Sue Collins as his wife and producer, Inside The Crystal Ball will also air the sometimes unorthodox views of Christy’s legion of phone-in fans as they respond to radio items such as ‘The Ball Hop’, ‘The Crystal Ball’ and ‘Breaking Ball.’
Outside the studio, the programme will highlight the many campaigns that Christy and Maura instigate to improve their community and show a more reflective Christy fishing or working on his beloved poetry. Reminiscent of Pat Shortt’s hilarious ‘mockumentary’ Maurice Hickey Rockin’ de Vote, Inside The Crystal Ball is produced by Gable End Media and written by Killinaskully’s writing team of Pat Shortt and Mike Finn.