The Republic of Telly

With more than 15 million hits on YouTube and an IFTA for Best TV Moment of 2010, Republic of Telly is kicking off its new series on Monday, October 17th on RTÉ Two. Join us as Dermot Whelan rips TV to bits, Jennifer Maguire travels the world looking for celebrities to confuse, and Bernard O'Shea digests all the news you need into two incomprehensible minutes.

Each week the show will feature sketches from returning stars like Damo & Ivor, Handy Sandie and Dead Cat Bounce, and new stuff, like animated hardman "Dotzy".

We also go behind-the-scenes as Georgia Salpa falls in love with Bernard, Jennifer tries to kill John Creedon and Dermot does horrible things to several Miss Irelands and Lorraine Keane.

And each week we continue to delve deep into the classy nightlife of our fair isle as we send Damo Clarke reporting from nightclubs round the country and our 24-hour camera parks up in a town near you.