Planxty - No Disco - Documentary - First aired on RTÉ Television 3rd March 2003

Clár in ómós an bhanna ceoil mór le rá as Éirinn, Planxty, á chur i láthair ag Leagues O’Toole. I measc na ndaoine a bheidh faoi agallamh beidh Christy Moore, Liam Óg O’Flynn agus Andy Irvine a bhí sa bhanna nuair a bunaíodh ar dtús é chomh maith le Paul Brady a ghlac áit Christy sa bhanna nuair a d’imigh sé i 1974. Roinnfidh ceoltóirí na linne seo - David Kitt, Richie Egan (The Redneck Manifesto), Jimi Goodwin (Doves) agus Colm Mac An Iomaire (The Frames) - a dtuairimí ar an mbanna clúiteach.
00.00am Planxty - No Disco
Dedicated to legendary Irish band Planxty. Presented by Leagues O’Toole, the programme features exclusive interviews with founding members Christy Moore, Liam Óg O’Flynn and Andy Irvine as well as Paul Brady who replaced Christy in 1974. The programme also looks at Planxty from the perspective of some of today’s artists. Guests include David Kitt, Richie Egan (The Redneck Manifesto), Jimi Goodwin (Doves) and Colm Mac An Iomaire (The Frames).
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Tonight's 'No Disco' features an hour-long special dedicated to legendary Irish band Planxty.
Presented by Leagues O'Toole, the programme features exclusive interviews with founding members Christy Moore, Liam Óg O'Flynn, and Andy Irvine as well as Paul Brady who replaced Christy in 1974.
Covering the band from its formation in Prosperous, Co Kildare in 1971 through live performances and TV appearances from the RTÉ archive, line-up changes and the 1978 reformation, the programme also looks at Planxty from the perspective of some of today's artists.
Guests include David Kitt, Richie Egan (The Redneck Manifesto), Jimi Goodwin (Doves) and Colm Mac An Iomaire (The Frames).
Due to the screening of the Meteor Awards, 'No Disco' will be broadcast on Network 2 at the later time of 11.50pm tonight, and not at 11.35pm as previously advertised.
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No Disco Documentary (2002-2003)
In late 2002, broadcaster and journalist Leagues O'Toole was working as presenter and researcher for the RTÉ television show No Disco and persuaded the programme editor, Rory Cobbe, to develop a one-off documentary about Planxty.
O'Toole proceeded with interviewing Moore, Irvine and O'Flynn but Lunny, who was living in Japan, was unavailable. After also shooting links at key landmarks from the Planxty history, the programme aired on 3 March 2003, receiving a phenomenal response from the public and some very positive feedback from the Planxty members themselves. In a final comment about the constant speculation of the original line-up regrouping, Moore had stated, on camera: "There's nobody longs for it more than myself and the other three guys. Definitely the time is right. Let's go for it".
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Hotpress Article:
Planx for the memories
Planxty get a new lease of life care of a one hour No Disco special
The Planxty revival starts here! Yup, March 5 finds No Disco paying fulsome - and somewhat unexpected! - tribute to the legendary tradsters with a one-hour documentary special.
A lifelong fan, Leagues O'Toole will be talking to all the people associated with the group including Christy Moore, Liam Og O'Flynn, Andy Irvine and Paul Brady.
Far from being a museum piece, the show finds David Kitt and Richie Egan updating two classic Planxty tunes, and Colm Mac Con Iomaire from The Frames and Jimmy Goodwin of Doves explaining why the group were so important to them.
You can catch the programme at 11.35pm on Network 2.
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