Secrets of Great British Castles Is Coming Back To Channel 5

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Secrets of Great British Castles Is Coming Back To Channel 5

Secrets of Great British Castles is a British history documentary series produced by Dublin based Sideline Productions in 12 parts. Channel 5’s repeat of Sideline’s hugely successful Secrets of Great British Castles starts on 5 Select on Sunday, 27th January at 10 pm. From that date and every Sunday follow historian Dan Jones as he explores the history […]

6 part series Tales of Irish Castles starts Jan 5th 2019

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6 part series Tales of Irish Castles starts Jan 5th 2019

Ireland has survived an 800 year-long bloody history beginning with Viking invaders, Anglo-Norman settlers and later British rulers – but how many know the whole story? Tales of Irish Castles receives a welcome repeat on Virgin Media Two in January & February 2019 on Saturdays at 8 pm. The 6-hour series has already aired on […]

Revolting Ireland Premieres This Tuesday

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Revolting Ireland Premieres This Tuesday

Virgin Media One’s major new factual series Revolting Ireland explores the social history of protest in Ireland as huge changes in Irish society were won and lost by street marches, major strikes and mass protest movements against the forces of state and church. Revolting Ireland begins with the Suffragettes seeking votes for women in 1918 and ends with […]

The Brand New Series Of Waiting Premieres This Sunday

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The Brand New Series Of Waiting Premieres This Sunday

AFTER A SUCCESSFUL PILOT, RTE RADIO 1’S STAR STUDDED COMEDY GETS A SERIES RTE Radio 1 listeners are in for a treat on Sunday nights as the 6 part half hour comedy series Waiting will be broadcast from August 12 to September 16 on Sunday nights at 8pm in place of Drama On One.  The series was written by one […]

Podcast: Colm O’Regan Wants A Word: Property

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Podcast: Colm O’Regan Wants A Word: Property

This is the RTE Radio 1 PPI & Celtic Media award-winning comedy show that takes a humorous funny tour around the brain of the top-selling writer and performer as he talks about one of his favourite subjects – our use of language. In this special show award-winning, author and comedian Colm O’Regan Wants a Word about PROPERTY. […]

Colm O’Regan Wants A Word Wins New York Radio Festival Award

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Colm O’Regan Wants A Word Wins New York Radio Festival Award

COLM O’REGAN WANTS WORD has wins in the New York Festival’s International Radio Program Awards. RTE Radio 1’s Colm O’Regan Wants a Word has won the award for The World’s Best Radio Comedy Program at the prestigious New York International Radio Festival. The awards honours radio shows in all lengths and formats and across all […]

Time to be a #YESman

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Time to be a #YESman

Irish musicians and artists encourage men to vote YES Bob Geldof, Tracey Thorn, Tom Dunne, Steve Walls, Nick Seymour and Sharon Horgan are encouraging men to stand by women and vote YES to repealing the 8th. A series of videos under the ‘Time To Be A #YesMan’ banner has been produced by Sideline Productions. The […]

Comedy Showhouse 2018

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Comedy Showhouse 2018

RTE Radio 1 and Sideline Productions are pleased to announce COMEDY SHOWHOUSE 2018 starring Deirdre O’Kane, Colm O’Regan, Rose Henderson, Tara Flynn, Paul Tylak and Caitriona Ennis. Now in its 3rd year, the 6-day festival takes place at the Project Arts Theatre in Temple Bar Dublin from Monday April 30th to Saturday May 5th 2018. […]

Sideline At MIPTV

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Sideline At MIPTV

Published by IFTN News. Friday, April 6th, 2018.  Scripted comedy, sketch shows, formats, drama and more from the Irish production company. Dublin based Sideline Productions and its CCO Billy McGrath will attend MIPTV in Cannes next week with a wide range of new programming, formats and for the first time steps into the scripted market […]

THE 1st EVER IRISH RADIO SITCOM TRIALS

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COMEDY SHOWHOUSE 2018 RTE Radio 1 and Sideline Productions are seeking original half-hour radio comedy scripts in a new drive to develop and encourage Irish writing talent. SIDELINE Productions, in association with RTE Radio 1, are actively seeking comedy writers that can deliver half-hour radio scripts set in a familiar situation featuring stand out memorable […]