I have to admit - RTE back in 1987 really did try to do a good job with their television channels. It is easy for me, a Brit, to forget that the funding for RTE was very different compared to BBC and ITV over here. For the small amount of revenue they had, yes, they really did the best they could.
Delighted to know that Arthur is still with us and doing this now as a slot on Ray D'Arcy's radio show under the title "E-Mail Bag" I remember Arthur from the early days of RTE.
The year was 1987 of this "Mail Bag" programme the major Irish events back them Charlie Haughey became Taoiseach for the 3rd time, New number plates to our transport or registration system & New National Lottery was launched. The world biggest hit singles were "Marrs" with "Pump up the Volume", "Belinda Carlisle" with "Heaven Is A Place On Earth" she also had a album of the same title, "REM" with "The One I Love" & "Bee Gees" with "You'll Win Again".
I don't know why I'm after watching this but it brings back some great memories and it seem's Auther has passed away today :( R.I.P ) Auther thanks for the memories
I remember this fella’s dry wit on RTE when I was small. Used to enjoy his show even then. RTE allowed a sense of humour back then and were less obsessed about diversity, feminism and PC culture.RIP Arthur Murphy
In 1987 broadcasting hours on RTE 1 was very limited on weekdays. Usually at 3.00pm start with Live at 3. Adult education would fill an hour before from 2pm sometimes. Weekends was when RTE 1 would open at 9.30am on a Saturday and 10.30am on a Sunday. Breakfast television was a no no for RTE in 1987. If you wanted breakfast television, you had to have multi-channel through cable, UHF deflectors for spill over signals from Wales/Ulster to get the UK stations.
I’m not trying to sound bad and I have nothing against Arthur Murphy, but if he wanted to see 20th Century History at 2.30pm, why didn’t he have a video recorder and record it to watch when he finished work and got home, especially by 1987 when with the money people were getting in RTE, they could afford to buy one. Like I said, I’m not trying to sound bad but it’s just a thought. Anyways, great video.
RTE in 1987 was not worth watching. The only good shows on RTE that year were the Eurovision, which we won and the daily updates from the Tour De France. There was also the Dempsey's Den strand which introduced us to Zig and Zag. And some would also tune into the startup on RTE 2, in the hope of seeing Michelle Rocca at the continuity desk. (She was a good looking woman indeed and she was the talk of my neighbourhood throughout the 80s.) Other than that, everything else on RTE during 1987 was boring garbage.
By 1987, RTE schedules were very bad, this was the late 1980s and even then in the UK both BBC1 and ITV were on the air each day by 6.00am. RTE1 in 1987 only started at around 2.30pm each day and usually concluded at 11.30pm. RTE2 was even worse, not starting until around 5.30pm and concluding around 11.30pm. There were extra hours at the weekends and Christmas/Easter, but it was truly bad that in 1987 both national channels were rationed so to speak in broadcasting hours. From 1988 on things got a bit better.
R.I.P. Arthur Murphy. Great memories of watching Mailbag on Saturday evening's on RTE.
I have to admit - RTE back in 1987 really did try to do a good job with their television channels. It is easy for me, a Brit, to forget that the funding for RTE was very different compared to BBC and ITV over here. For the small amount of revenue they had, yes, they really did the best they could.
So in 1987 there were people in Cornwall who could not get their own BBC1, BBC2, ITV and Ch4 but could receive fine RTE1 and RTE2. Wow!
Delighted to know that Arthur is still with us and doing this now as a slot on Ray D'Arcy's radio show under the title "E-Mail Bag" I remember Arthur from the early days of RTE.
not anymore
The year was 1987 of this "Mail Bag" programme the major Irish events back them Charlie Haughey became Taoiseach for the 3rd time, New number plates to our transport or registration system & New National Lottery was launched. The world biggest hit singles were "Marrs" with "Pump up the Volume", "Belinda Carlisle" with "Heaven Is A Place On Earth" she also had a album of the same title, "REM" with "The One I Love" & "Bee Gees" with "You'll Win Again".
I don't know why I'm after watching this but it brings back some great memories and it seem's Auther has passed away today :( R.I.P ) Auther thanks for the memories
I remember this fella’s dry wit on RTE when I was small. Used to enjoy his show even then. RTE allowed a sense of humour back then and were less obsessed about diversity, feminism and PC culture.RIP Arthur Murphy
In 1987 broadcasting hours on RTE 1 was very limited on weekdays. Usually at 3.00pm start with Live at 3. Adult education would fill an hour before from 2pm sometimes. Weekends was when RTE 1 would open at 9.30am on a Saturday and 10.30am on a Sunday. Breakfast television was a no no for RTE in 1987. If you wanted breakfast television, you had to have multi-channel through cable, UHF deflectors for spill over signals from Wales/Ulster to get the UK stations.
And dont forget close down 🇮🇪
bring back mailbag
I dont think anyone could replace good old Arthur
R.I.P.
RIP Arthur Murphy
I’m not trying to sound bad and I have nothing against Arthur Murphy, but if he wanted to see 20th Century History at 2.30pm, why didn’t he have a video recorder and record it to watch when he finished work and got home, especially by 1987 when with the money people were getting in RTE, they could afford to buy one. Like I said, I’m not trying to sound bad but it’s just a thought. Anyways, great video.
RIP Arthur
RTE in 1987 was not worth watching. The only good shows on RTE that year were the Eurovision, which we won and the daily updates from the Tour De France. There was also the Dempsey's Den strand which introduced us to Zig and Zag.
And some would also tune into the startup on RTE 2, in the hope of seeing Michelle Rocca at the continuity desk. (She was a good looking woman indeed and she was the talk of my neighbourhood throughout the 80s.) Other than that, everything else on RTE during 1987 was boring garbage.
By 1987, RTE schedules were very bad, this was the late 1980s and even then in the UK both BBC1 and ITV were on the air each day by 6.00am. RTE1 in 1987 only started at around 2.30pm each day and usually concluded at 11.30pm. RTE2 was even worse, not starting until around 5.30pm and concluding around 11.30pm. There were extra hours at the weekends and Christmas/Easter, but it was truly bad that in 1987 both national channels were rationed so to speak in broadcasting hours. From 1988 on things got a bit better.