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Cillian O'Sullivan as Orin O'Rourke in Then You Run

Irish cast shine in new Sky thriller Then You Run

New drama Then You Run is available to watch on Sky Max and the fast-moving eight-part series has a very strong Irish cast, including Cork actor Cillian O'Sullivan. Limerick actress Leah McNamara and Francis Magee who chewed the scenery as Bren in KIN

RTÉ Arena • 08 Jul 23

Ted Lasso scores - RTÉ Arena on the return of the hit sitcom

RTÉ Arena • 22 Jul 21

Cecil Nolan - the man who made The Grove groove

Cecil Nolan was a DJ, he was also a husband, a father, a grandfather and a brother … as I've learned over the last couple of weeks.

Music • 18 Dec 20

JYellowL, The Stinging Fly & more - this week's cultural picks

What to watch, listen to and read this week, brought to you by RTÉ Culture...

Arts and Culture • 20 Nov 20

French cinema, disco & God - this week's cultural musts

What to watch, listen to and read this week, brought to you by RTÉ Culture....

Arts and Culture • 12 Nov 20

The many faces of Dracula - 5 fang-tastic portrayals

Bren Murphy takes a look at five of the horror icon's portrayals in cinema and television.

Dracula • 27 Oct 20

Why The Sopranos still matters - RTÉ Arena on a TV classic

For RTÉ Arena, author Henrietta McKervey shares her love of David Chase's classic TV series The Sopranos - listen above.

RTÉ Arena • 29 May 20

Little Fires Everywhere - RTÉ Arena on the new must-see TV show

For RTÉ Arena on RTÉ Radio 1, Jenn Gannon reviews the new TV series based on Little Fires Everywhere - Celeste Ng's best-selling 2017 novel - starring Reese Witherspoon and Kerry Washington...

RTÉ Arena • 26 May 20

RTÉ Arena on The Mary Tyler Moore Show at 50

For RTÉ Arena, critic Donald Clarke takes a look back at why The Mary Tyler Moore Show was one of the most successful sitcoms of all time, influencing many others including Cheers and Seinfeld

RTÉ Arena • 23 Apr 20

Tiger King rules! Patrick Freyne on the TV show of the moment

For RTÉ Arena, Irish Times TV critic Patrick Freyne reviews the Netflix true crime series sensation Tiger King.

RTÉ Arena • 06 Apr 20

The highs and lows of 2019 in sport, film and television

Cian McCormack speaks to Annie Doona, Chair of Screen Ireland, Donald Clarke, the Irish Times' Chief Film Correspondent, and RTÉ Sports Journalist Joanne Cantwell about their 2019 moments of note, and they discuss what to look out for in 2020.

Best Of 2019 • 31 Dec 19

Dublin Murders - how we made the killer new show

Screenwriter Sarah Phelps isn't a big fan of Cluedo. She's not all that interested in whether or not it was Professor Plum in the Library with the candlestick. She is much more interested, she told Ryan Tubridy, in the why – why did it happen?

Television • 18 Oct 19

Dane Whyte O'Hara in Mark O'Connors series Darklands

Full Dark: Mark O'Connor goes into the Darklands

Filmmaker Mark O'Connor writes for Culture about the real-life inspirations behind his acclaimed crime drama Darklands, currently screening on Virgin Media One.

Television • 15 Oct 19

The ensemble cast of Netflix's Orange Is The New Black

How Orange Is The New Black changed TV forever

As its seventh and final series hits Netflix, it's worth remembering that when Orange Is The New Black first aired back in 2013, it was a gamechanger.

Television • 31 Jul 19

The German series Dark - one of the many international must-sees on Netflix

6 must-see international TV shows on Netflix

Some of the streaming service's most intriguing shows aren't in English. Here's our pick of the best international telly you can catch on Netflix right now...

Television • 20 Jul 20

Brian O'Rourke is one of the artists featured in Exhibitionists: Road To The RHA

Exhibitionists: Road to the RHA - Irish art uncovered in new film

For the first time ever, cameras have been allowed behind-the-scenes at the 196-year-old Royal Hibernian Academy, including access to the judging process for the exhibition fondly known as 'The Annual'.

Documentaries • 25 Jun 19

Strike a Pose: why there's more to drag than RuPaul

When news came that RuPaul's Drag Race was going to produce a UK version, I asked a good friend of mine, a transgender drag artist, what they and their drag peers made of the move.

LGBTQ • 13 Apr 19

Russian Doll - the book at the centre of the Netflix smash

Russian Doll was launched on Netflix this month to universal acclaim. But for some, mostly female, viewers, one aspect of the series inspired particular joy...

Netflix • 16 Feb 19

Mamma Mia! The RTÉ Concert Orchestra do ABBA

The RTÉ Concert Orchestra perform Mamma Mia with The Celebration Singers and Andy O'Callaghan live on The Ray D'Arcy Show.

Music • 14 Jan 19

The Ray D'Arcy Show: The RTÉ Concert Orchestra - Dancing Queen

The RTÉ Concert Orchestra perform Dancing Queen with The Celebration Singers and Andy O'Callaghan live on The Ray D'Arcy Show.

the ray darcy show • 13 Jan 19

5 underrated TV shows on Netflix

With the proliferation of Netflix Original shows available on the streaming service these days, it can be easy for unsung gems to slip beneath the cracks. Here are a quintet of our favourites...

Netflix • 22 Feb 18

Shooting Cillian Murphy - behind the lens of Peaky Blinders

Cathal Watters has the distinction of the title of Director of Photography on what Ryan Tubridy calls "the coolest programme on TV".

Television • 21 Dec 17

Vincent 'Fab Vinny' Hanley, pictured on the cover of the RTÉ Guide in 1986

Fab Vinny - the life and fabulous times of Vincent Hanley

Colm O'Callaghan remembers the late, great RTÉ DJ (and VJ) Vincent Hanley, host of pioneering music television show MT USA and the subject of a new RTÉ One documentary.

Television • 16 Oct 17

Sheryl Lee as Twin Peaks' mystery girl Laura Palmer - will she return?

Twin Peaks returns - and why we're excited

It has been over a quarter of a century since the story of a small town in the Pacific Northwest would change the television landscape forever.

Television • 09 May 17

Ciara O'Shaughnessy & Colin Bale feature in the acclaimed docu-series Generation F'd.

Generation F'd - the truth about Ireland's millennials

Director Conor Morrissey explores the inspiration (and all-too-brutal reality) behind RTÉ2's essential new docu-series Generation F'd.

Generation F'd • 03 Feb 17