Marking 500 episodes of the Late Late Show, Eamonn Andrews hi-jacks the show and interviews Gay Byrne about the last 17 years of the show.
17 years on and finally someone gets to interview Gay Byrne. The roles are reversed in this episode of the Late Late Show when Eamonn Andrews surprises Gay for an impromptu chat about his life in front of the camera on TV and off-camera on radio.
Gay introduces a guest called 'Dana Andrews', when Eamonn Andrews appears on set to Gay's surprise. The set-up was arranged by the Late Late Show crew, who asked Eamonn to come along to salute Gay and the show celebrating its 500th episode.
Andrews goes on to describe the Late Late Show as "the most important programme that Irish television has produced".
Gay talks about how the show has changed over the years and describes the shows format as "formatless".
| Title: | "Would you welcome please Mr. Dana Andrews" |
| Clip Duration: | 00:04:32 |
| Material Type: | Video |
| Clip Title: | 500 Episodes in 17 Years |
| Series Title: | Late Late Show |
| Information: | The Late Late Show is the world's longest running chat show. It first aired on 5 July 1962 with Gay Byrne as host and the programme continues today. The show had been originally intended as a summer filler but proved so popular that the it continued. The Late Late Show became a forum for controversial subjects in Ireland such as the Church, sexuality, divorce, contraception and abortion. The show was also hosted many actors, musicians and celebrities throughout the years. Gay Byrne presented his final Late Late Show on 21 May 1999, and was replaced by Pat Kenny who hosted the show for ten years. The Late Late Show is now presented by Ryan Tubridy. |
| Local Keywords: | Late Late Show, Gay Byrne, Eamonn Andrews |
| Coverage: | Ireland |
| Genre: | Entertainment and Performing Arts |
| Topic: | The Media |
| Provider: | RTÉ |
| Contributor(s): | Eamonn Andrews |
| Publisher: | RTÉ |
| First Broadcast Channel: | RTÉ One |
| Production Year: | 1979 |
| Country of Production: | Ireland |
| Original Identifier: | LX2968 |
| IPR Restrictions: | Rights Reserved - Free Access |
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| Item Type: | part/extract |
| Colour: | Colour |
| Sound: | Mono |
| Aspect Ratio: | 4:3 |
| Language: | English (eng) |
| Original Language: | English (eng) |
