Adare Productions
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Adare Productions is an Irish
entertainment television production company. It has produced numerous television shows which have been broadcast in Ireland, including Delegation
, Livin' with Lucy
, Hanging with Hector
, The Fame Game
, and Fáilte Towers
for Radio Telefís Éireann
, and Glas Vegas
and Underdogs for TG4
. The company is credited with discovering numerous television presenters.
, Lucy Kennedy
and Hector Ó hEochagáin
.
Lynda McQuaid has been executive producer on Fáilte Towers and producer and director on The Apprentice.
, focusing on those individuals who had never played senior inter-county football
or hurling
or received a nomination for a GAA All-Star
, and offering them the chance to compete against teams of high quality. The first series was specifically dedicated to male footballers and hurlers. In June 2008, Adare Productions requested female applications for a follow-up series of The Underdogs. Brian Mullins
managed the winning team which competed against the All-Ireland champions the following December.
and Celebrity Farm
. A reality style television programme in a brand new format, it was presented by Aidan Power
and Bazil Ashmawy
and the concept involved thirteen celebrities running a hotel for sixteen days and nights in order to win money for their designated charities. It was unpopular with critics but enjoyed by the general public, with the final receiving nearly a million viewers and the entire series regularly receiving between 350,000 and 450,000 viewers throughout its run. The format for the show even attracted interest from overseas buyers, including investors from England
, but RTÉ said at the time that “no agreements [would] be reached until the current series has finished”. Nevertheless, the Irish Independent
named Fáilte Towers as one of the six worst television programmes of 2008, describing it as "car crash television".
Republic of Ireland
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entertainment television production company. It has produced numerous television shows which have been broadcast in Ireland, including Delegation
Delegation (TV)
Delegation is an Irish quiz show, broadcast on RTÉ One, produced by Adare Productions and hosted by Tomás Ó Brannagáin.Each week, three teams of six players compete to win prizes, including the star prize of a holiday to a destination which at the start of the programme is only known to the viewers....
, Livin' with Lucy
Livin' with Lucy
Livin' with Lucy is an Irish television programme presented by Lucy Kennedy. First aired on 14 April 2008, the premise of the show is that Kennedy spends a weekend living with a different celebrity each episode, analysing their daily lives and interviewing them in their own homes all the while with...
, Hanging with Hector
Hanging with Hector
Hanging with Hector is an Irish television series broadcast on RTÉ One. It is presented by the Irish personality Hector Ó hEochagáin...
, The Fame Game
The Fame Game
The Fame Game was a hugely popular television programme broadcast in Ireland on RTÉ Two as recently as 2003. It ran for four seasons from 2001 and was presented by Caroline Morahan as the show that launched her career - she was selected out of an open audition from a crowd of 2000 other people at...
, and Fáilte Towers
Fáilte Towers
Fáilte Towers was an RTÉ reality TV show that was broadcast as a one off during August 2008. The concept of the show involves thirteen celebrities running a hotel for sixteen days and nights in order to win money for their designated charities. The show format was not repeated nor was it exported...
for Radio Telefís Éireann
Raidió Teilifís Éireann
Raidió Teilifís Éireann is a semi-state company and the public service broadcaster of Ireland. It both produces programmes and broadcasts them on television, radio and the Internet. The radio service began on January 1, 1926, while regular television broadcasts began on December 31, 1961, making...
, and Glas Vegas
Glas Vegas
Glas Vegas is an Irish language talent show. The series is produced by TG4. It is broadcast on Sunday evenings at 8.30pm. The series has a panel of judges to assess the quality of each act, the judges are Senator Eoghan Harris, Tom Ó Brannagáin and Molly Bhreathnach.The first series was a solely...
and Underdogs for TG4
TG4
TG4 is a public service broadcaster for Irish language speakers. The channel has been on-air since 31 October 1996 in the Republic of Ireland and since April 2005 in Northern Ireland....
. The company is credited with discovering numerous television presenters.
Origin and further details
Adare Productions was established in 1993. The company claims to have produced at least fourteen different entertainment series, eleven young peoples' series, four different lifestyle series, more than three hundred hours of live studio programmes and more than forty hours of music programmes. It has discovered presenters such as Caroline MorahanCaroline Morahan
Caroline Morahan is an Irish actress and television host. She presents TV fashion show Off the Rails on RTÉ One. She has hosted numerous television shows including The Fame Game, Chance to Dance, The Podge and Rodge Show and The IFTA's Red Carpet Show, and has been a celebrity judge on talent shows...
, Lucy Kennedy
Lucy Kennedy
Lucy Kennedy is an award-winning Irish presenter of radio and television. Along with Bazil Ashmawy she currently co-presents the radio show Weekend Breakfast with Baz & Lucy on RTÉ 2fm. She has been described as "one of Ireland's most familiar faces"....
and Hector Ó hEochagáin
Hector Ó hEochagáin
Hector Ó hEochagáin is an Irish television and radio presenter from Navan, Co. Meath, Ireland. He currently presents Breakfast with Hector weekday mornings on RTÉ 2fm.-Career:...
.
Lynda McQuaid has been executive producer on Fáilte Towers and producer and director on The Apprentice.
Underdogs (2006)
Underdogs was a television programme broadcast on TG4. It featured "underdog" players of Gaelic gamesGaelic games
Gaelic games are sports played in Ireland under the auspices of the Gaelic Athletic Association. The two main games are Gaelic football and hurling...
, focusing on those individuals who had never played senior inter-county football
Gaelic football
Gaelic football , commonly referred to as "football" or "Gaelic", or "Gah" is a form of football played mainly in Ireland...
or hurling
Hurling
Hurling is an outdoor team game of ancient Gaelic origin, administered by the Gaelic Athletic Association, and played with sticks called hurleys and a ball called a sliotar. Hurling is the national game of Ireland. The game has prehistoric origins, has been played for at least 3,000 years, and...
or received a nomination for a GAA All-Star
GAA All Stars Awards
The All Stars Awards, currently sponsored by Vodafone, are given annually since 1971 by the Gaelic Athletic Association to the best player in each of the fifteen positions in Gaelic football and Hurling in Ireland. Additionally, one player in each code is selected as the player of the year...
, and offering them the chance to compete against teams of high quality. The first series was specifically dedicated to male footballers and hurlers. In June 2008, Adare Productions requested female applications for a follow-up series of The Underdogs. Brian Mullins
Brian Mullins
Brian Mullins is a retired Gaelic football manager and former player. He played football with his local club St. Vincent's and was a member of the Dublin senior inter-county team from 1974 until 1985. Mullins later served as manager of both Dublin and Derry...
managed the winning team which competed against the All-Ireland champions the following December.
Glas Vegas (2007)
Glas Vegas, which was first broadcast on TG4 in August 2007, saw the introduction of a new presenter, Gemma Ní Chionnaith.Fáilte Towers (2008)
Fáilte Towers was broadcast on RTÉ One in August 2008, succeeding such shows as Cabin FeverCabin Fever (TV series)
Cabin Fever is an RTÉ reality TV show which was meant to have been broadcast over eight weeks starting on 3 June 2003. Disaster struck however two weeks into the broadcast when, on Friday 13 June 2003, the ship ran aground off Tory Island off the north-west coast near County Donegal.Cabin Fever...
and Celebrity Farm
Celebrity Farm
Celebrity Farm was a 2003 Radio Telefís Éireann reality television show, based on the international TV format The Farm, produced by Strix. Held along similar lines as I'm a Celebrity.....
. A reality style television programme in a brand new format, it was presented by Aidan Power
Aidan Power
Aidan Power is an Irish television presenter. He appears from time to time on Raidió Teilifís Éireann .-Career:Power was educated at St. Mac Dara's community college and then Ballyfermot Senior College where he obtained a postgraduate diploma in broadcasting and journalism in 1998...
and Bazil Ashmawy
Bazil Ashmawy
Bazil Ashmawy , popularly known as Baz Ashmawy, is an Irish radio and television personality who appears on Raidió Teilifís Éireann. He is co-host of Weekend Breakfast with Baz & Lucy on RTÉ 2fm...
and the concept involved thirteen celebrities running a hotel for sixteen days and nights in order to win money for their designated charities. It was unpopular with critics but enjoyed by the general public, with the final receiving nearly a million viewers and the entire series regularly receiving between 350,000 and 450,000 viewers throughout its run. The format for the show even attracted interest from overseas buyers, including investors from England
England
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, but RTÉ said at the time that “no agreements [would] be reached until the current series has finished”. Nevertheless, the Irish Independent
Irish Independent
The Irish Independent is Ireland's largest-selling daily newspaper that is published in both compact and broadsheet formats. It is the flagship publication of Independent News & Media.-History:...
named Fáilte Towers as one of the six worst television programmes of 2008, describing it as "car crash television".
External links
- Official site
- List of productions at Screen Producers Ireland