Genre Movie review Opening theme "Last Date" Original language(s) English First episode date 7 October 1993 Presented by Dave Fanning Networks RTÉ One, RTÉ2 | Theme music composer Floyd Cramer Country of origin Ireland No. of episodes Almost 400 Final episode date September 2001 Cast Dave Fanning | |
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Production locations RTÉ Television Centre, Donnybrook, Dublin, Dublin 4, Republic of Ireland Similar RTÉ News on Two, RTÉ News: One O'Clock, RTÉ News: Six One, RTÉ News: Nine O'Clock, Republic of Telly | ||
The Movie Show was a half-hour weekly Irish television series which served as RTÉ's flagship movie review show. First broadcast in 1993 until September 2001, it was presented by Dave Fanning, who was amongst the many people outraged when the show was axed. Movie companies were also said to be distressed at its axing. Fanning criticised RTÉ's management, who never once consulted with him before making their decision, and said the axing of the show was "ludicrous" and "outrageous". He implied that RTÉ ought to produce a programme that reviews movies as it is seen as cheap and the interviews are paid for by the movie companies themselves. Fanning insisted that it had been "a very cheap programme and we were always under budget".
The Movie Show was touted as returning in 2002.
The Movie Show is the working title of a new film review series for the 2012/2013 season on RTÉ. The series will run for 16 episodes, each of 25 minutes duration.
2012 Return
On Thursday 1 November 2012 the show returned to RTÉ Two airing at 9.00pm for 30 minutes and will run for a total of 16 weeks. It is presented by Mairead Farrell and Eoghan McDermott with reporters Angela Scanlon, Rob Ross and Daniella Moyles. The first episode featured interviews with Daniel Craig and Ross Noble and a review of Fun Size.