From Liam Neeson talking about his favourite toys in 1997, to Charlotte Church singing her heart out in 1998, and of course a man attempting a skipping world record in 1982. Take a trip down memory lane with our Toy Show best bits below.
Neeson talked about his favourite toys back in 1997
Brian Lenihan holding a rag doll in 1983
June Rodgers dressed in her 'Mother Goose' pantomime costume in 1997
Ryan Tubridy and characters from Star Wars, a stormtrooper, Darth Vader and Chewbacca in 2013
Pat Kenny holding a toy reindeer taken at the Toy Show press launch in 2007
Young girls from the Billie Barry Stage School in 1989
Gay Byrne receives a gift of a miniature chair from Dustin in 1997
Gay Byrne presenting The Late Late Toy Show in 1976
Gay Byrne with The Morbegs on Late Late toy show (1996)
Pan Collins on Late Late Show set (1977)
Family group on Late Late Show (1977)
Gay Byrne and researcher Mary O'Sullivan in 1987
Penguins in 1999
Pat Kenny holds a giant Dustin toy in 1999
Pat Kenny with pop singer/actor Keith Duffy and his son Jordan
Gay Byrne having a giggle in 1976
Pat Kenny with an unidentified young toy tester/demonstrator
Pat Kenny tries out a toy motorbike in 1999
A man attempts a skipping world record in 1982
Gay Byrne drives a toy car in 1992
A children's choir performing in 1992
Gay Byrne dressed as Santa Claus in 1998
Two young performers, probably The Gooch Boys (Eamon and Lee Gooch), play violins.
A young girl who is testing/demonstrating a toy knitting machine in 1977
1983
1983
Gay Byrne with toy tester/demonstrator Kevin McCann. Kevin was testing a Meccano set in 1993.
A young girl holds a giant Teletubbie toy (Laa-Laa) in 1998
Gay Byrne presenting the show in 1998
Welsh singer Charlotte Church in studio on 4 December 1998
Gay Byrne dressed in a top hat and Victorian frock coat in 1998
June Rodgers and singer Eileen Reid dressed as Twanky and So-Shy in 1995
Fergal Smith from Cavan on the set of The Late Late Show toy show, 29 November 2013. Smith's dream came true when his request to co-host part of toy show was granted.
Billy Rogers from Meath on an orange and black stunt scooter with broadcaster Ryan Tubridy on the set of The Late Late Show toy show, 29 November 2013. Fergal Smith from Cavan is in the background.
