| The Movie Show | |
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| Genre | Movie review |
| Presented by | Dave Fanning |
| Theme music composer | Floyd Cramer |
| Opening theme | "Last Date" |
| Country of origin | Ireland |
| Original language | English |
| No. of episodes | Almost 400[1] |
| Production | |
| Production locations | RTÉ Television Centre, Donnybrook, Dublin 4, Ireland |
| Running time | 25-30 minutes |
| Original release | |
| Network | Network 2 RTÉ 1 |
| Release | 7 October 1993 – September 2001 |
| Related | |
| What?!Movie | |
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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.[citation needed] 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".[2]
The Movie Show was touted as returning in 2002.[3]
The Movie Show was the working title of a new film review series for the 2012–13 season on RTÉ. The series ran for 16 episodes, each of 25 minutes duration.[4]
- ^ DAVE FANNING @ RTÉ 2fm. Accessed 20 December 2008.
- ^ Breslin, John (28 January 2001). "FANNING THE FLAMES; DJ Dave boils over RTÉ decision to pull plug on". BNET. Retrieved 20 December 2008. Originally published in the Sunday Mirror
- ^ Conor Keane (3 December 2001). "RTE to axe O'Leary talk show at end of January in attempt to cut costs". Irish Examiner. Archived from the original on 30 December 2004. Retrieved 21 December 2009.
- ^ "Archived". www.rte.ie. RTÉ. 2012–2013. Archived from the original on 17 September 2012. Retrieved 10 May 2023.