RTÉ and Firebrand Productions are super excited to present a brand-new series for your mid-term viewing pleasure.
Blasts from the Past is a comedy drama series starting on Monday 26 October running all week on RTÉ2. From Monday to Thursday tune in at 4pm every day and the six-part series has a double-whammy on Friday to finish off the week at 3.30pm and 4pm.
The show features Emily Blast who has an amazing secret. She is an ordinary teenager with an extraordinary ability to jump in time through Irish history to return important missing items to their rightful place and time.
It's all a bit new to Emily as she is in fact a trainee time traveller so not every mission is going to go flawlessly as you will see for yourself next week...With the help of a unique Time Surfer App (TESSA) on her phone, Emily is able to make her jumps through time.
Here's a tiny sample of what to expect...
As you can imagine there are plenty of fun characters along the way. Did we mention there is a rap battle at the end of each show?!
In Episode One we meet the Pirate Queen Grace O'Malley who is in a bit of bother with the another Queen keen to throw her in jail.
In Episode Two there is a major production issue with the Book of Kells. There were no shops back then so, when the monks' quills go missing there is a big panic. Hopefully Ms Blast can sort it out as these guys have a deadline!
We go back to the 1916 Rising in Episode Three and meet Rosie Hackett. She is the person charged with printing the Proclamation of Independence for Padraig Pearse to read out on Easter Monday 1916 in front of the GPO but there is a snag...
On Thursday we go even further back in time to meet the Patron Saint of Ireland - it's the original Paddy himself. Long before there were any parades he was going about his duty of banishing the snakes from the country, but something has gone missing.
The new series finishes on Friday with two shows on the same day. In a special 3.30pm slot we are sailing across the ocean with Annie Moore who was to be the first immigrant to be allowed enter the USA through Ellis Island. But, as ever, there is a hitch and very important document needs to be found
In the final episode of Blasts From The Past at the usual time of 4pm on RTÉ2, Ireland's great explorer Tom Crean has lost his compass and needs Emily’s help to save him and his friend from potential disaster in the freezing Antarctic.
Make sure to tune in every day to Blasts from the Past on RTÉ2 and you will also be able to catch up on RTÉ Player. You will learn loads about some of the most important people in history, and have loads of fun!
