Fade Street

Fade Street
GenreReality television
Created bySteve McCormack
StarringLouise Johnston
Danielle Robinson
Vogue Williams
Clare Cara Cavanagh
Melina Skvortsova
Opening theme"Those Girls" by Talulah Does The Hula[1]
Country of originIreland
Original languageHiberno-English
No. of seasons2
No. of episodes12[2]
Production
Running time22 minutes
Original release
NetworkRTÉ 2
Release11 November 2010 (2010-11-11) –
14 December 2011 (2011-12-14)
Related
The City
The Hills
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Fade Street is a reality television show produced by RTÉ Two in Ireland. The format is loosely based on the style of American reality television shows such as The Hills and The City. It follows the personal lives of a group of Dubliners, aged 20 to 29.[3] The show's participants work in a variety of jobs, several of which are associated with the Dublin-based Stellar magazine.

According to RTÉ, the show is unscripted and responses are spontaneous. As in The Hills, many scenes in the show are manipulated by the show's creators. The characters are not given lines or a script, but instead react genuinely to the situations into which they are placed. Bystanders present during filming have called the reliability of this assertion into question, claiming the show's participants regularly do several retakes of scenes if the creators are not happy. In an RTÉ interview the cast denied allegations that the show is scripted, claiming that learning lines would be too difficult; Cici (one of the show's main characters) said, "it's completely unscripted".[4] The soundtrack, featuring songs used in the show coming from up-and-coming (or established) Irish music artists, is central to the series.[5] In August 2011 the show was renewed for a second season on RTÉ 2 Television, with the webisodes-portion exclusion on RTÉ Player.[6]

  1. ^ "RTÉ Television: Fade Street". Rte.ie. Retrieved 26 February 2011.
  2. ^ RTÉ News http://www.rte.ie/tv/fadestreet/content/imtv-awards.html. {{cite news}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  3. ^ "RTÉ Television: Fade Street". Rte.ie. Retrieved 26 February 2011.
  4. ^ "Fade Street Interviews". RTÉ entertainment. 10 November 2010. Retrieved 5 February 2011.
  5. ^ "RTÉ TV Sales; Fade Street". Tvsales.rte.ie. Archived from the original on 23 January 2011. Retrieved 2011-02-26.
  6. ^ Facebook http://www.facebook.com/Fadestreet. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)