2023 was the year Ireland flipped out over RTÉ scandals and flopped out of a Rugby World Cup. There was also the rise of Ken, the fall of a Toy Man, a whole Renault full of Montrose mayhem. Callan Kicks the Year dips through the events in Ireland and abroad and dunks them for laughs, in the annual comedy news review on RTÉ One this Christmas.
The Dublin riots, the surprise return of Bertie, and The Wolfe Tones also feature in this essential look back on 2023’s most bizarre and OMG moments. Don’t forget the rise of Ireland’s sexiest man, Enoch Burke, and we’ll also celebrate Paul Mescal’s absolutely massive… year.
Oliver Callan’s classic impressions of Leo, Micheál and Mary Lou return alongside the 2 Johnnies, Vogue and Joanne, and Francis Brennan. We’ll look back on Joe Biden’s gaffe-riddled tour of the country in March and on Irish sport’s woejus year losing on the world stage nearly as badly as we did at the Oscars.
In a time when we needed cheering up, the blows came for GAAGO, Andy Farrell’s boys in green, Vera Pauw’s girls in green, Rory McIlroy and Stephen Kenny’s hair.
It was a bumper year for AI, Barbie, Holly Cairns, Hollywood strikes, Dáithí Ó Sé’s mane and evictions. But a terrible one for Ryan Tubridy, his agent, his soul, RTÉ musicals and victims of the great Taylor Swift tickets famine.
Callan Kicks the Year 2023 starring Oliver Callan and directed by James Cotter. A Wonky Chair Media Production.
