NEWS


2nd February 2012
Mastermind, TVs most prestigious quiz show is coming to Ireland. The worlds most famous black chair is seeking some smaller than usual occupants, as TV3 prepares to host Junior Mastermind.
18th January 2012
Sideline's Head Chef, produced for TV3 in April 2011, has been nominated for an Irish Film & Television Award as Best Reality Series.
19th December 2011
A RECORD BREAKING GAA DVD XMAS - GAA DVD SAM 11 is proving to be the Irish No. 1 selling sports title of 2011. The DVD, produced by Sideline Productions in association with the Dublin County GAA Board, is the Irish success story fo
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Our Work


See our most recent production promos here

........and the following is some of our other work from the past 3 years..............

Baby on Board Broadcast 2006 and 2007





BABY ON BOARD is an 8 part RTE TV series presented by Doreen Buckley - a midwife and parent coach with over 30 years experience.



Baby On Board is not the A-Z of parenthood but through varied human stories will cover all the major parenting issues that couples and parents would need to know. The programmes feature babies / toddlers from 0-3 years of age and of course their older siblings where applicable.

The stars of the series are the babies and toddlers as we learn a huge deal about their unique growth and development and how they impact on the family around them.
The Irish Township Broadcast 2008




 

 

 

In November 2007 The Niall Mellon Township Trust organised it's now annual 1 week building blitz in Freedom Park, a township in Cape Town and almost 1400 Irish builders volunteered to travel.

THE IRISH TOWNSHIP is 1 hour documentary charts the week with all the contrasts, hard work, satisfaction and joy.

Broadcast on RTE 1 TV in Feb 2008

Leagues Apart Broadcast 2006


Ardal O'Hanlon
presenter of 'Leagues Apart'


...and with Rivaldo

 

Leagues Apart with BAFTA and British Comedy Award winner winning comedy actor Ardal O'Hanlon is not just about travel and sport. For instance we hear how the great fascist leader Mussolini set up Serie A? What Irishman managed Barcelona? Why did most of the Greek soccer teams form in the 1920's? Which great European soccer city had to be re-built after the Germans bombed in WW2?

A 6 x 1 hour TV Series

Produced by Sideline, Leagues Apart with Ardal O'Hanlon is a sporting travelogue with a quirky and humorous edge as Ardal travels around Europe visiting passionate soccer derbies in great historical cities featuring some of the top teams and players in the world.
At the core of the series is how the game of soccer can divide citizens not just for 90 minutes but down through decades and generations.

These snapshots of city and regional rivalry will coincide with the build-up and aftermath of the relevant 'derby', with exclusive footage around these explosive sporting occasions.

Ardal mingles and chats with fans, players, managers, journalists, broadcasters, ultras, ex-players, historians, writers, comedians, pundits... anyone, in fact, who can help him to define and explain the importance of football loyalties in the everyday lives of people.

Liffey Laughs & more

 



Liffey Laughs

Clare McKenna with
Adam Hills

Prior to starting up Sideline, Billy McGrath has been long regarded as one of the most successful TV producer / directors in Ireland. From TV films with the likes of U2, Bob Geldof, Clannad, The Pogues and The Irish Soccer Team (Italia '90) to BAFTA award winning Ch4 series Wired to Gay Byrne's TV history of Irish comedy Make 'Em Laugh to a wide career in music, comedy, film and TV.

Since Billy departed RTE as Commissioning Editor TV Entertainment in 2002, he has scored a string of TV successes including 'Close Encounters with Keith Barry' (RTE1) - the biggest international success for RTE International plus nominated for both the Irish Film & TV Awards and the internationally recognized Rose D'Or TV Entertainment Awards in 2004; 'The Liffey Laugh' Network 2's hugely popular stand up comedy series (series 1 presented by Sean Hughes) and the 2005 RTE Two hit 'Karl Spain Wants a Woman'.

Sideline will also be working with new talent (management division) and developing new projects for Radio, TV Drama and Feature Film. We have also linked up with UK based Irish born director Declan Lowney (Fr Ted, Cold Feet, Happiness, HELP, Little Britain) to develop and produce the best new Irish comedy writers for TV and Film
GAA on DVD Some Releases from our Current Catalogue

GAA on DVD

In addition top V productions Sideline is theexclusive rights holder and producer of Gaelic Football and Hurling on DVD.
To date we have realeased over 100 individual titles in our GAA catalogue.

For more on this the rest of our
GAA DVD releases see

 

DVD Website


For more on this the rest of our
GAA DVD releases see

 

Retailers - if you wish to stock / sell our GAA DVD titles please contact us
Tel: +353 1 631 5310


Kings of Hurling
Kilkenny 2008

2008 Hurling
Highlights

2008 Football
Highlights

2008 Football Final
Tyrone v Kerry

The Royal Battle
Meath v Dublin 1991

The Passion Plays
Munster Hurling



The Sound of Sunday
Micheal O Muircheartaigh

2007 Camogie Final
Wexford v Cork