Dustin's Daily News

Dustin's Daily News
GenreTalk / comedy
StarringDustin the Turkey
Country of originIreland
Original languageEnglish
Original release
NetworkRTÉ Two
Release19 September 2005 (2005-09-19) –
26 April 2007 (2007-04-26)
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Dustin's Daily News (DDN) is a television chat/comedy show, broadcast on RTÉ Two. A predecessor of The Once a Week Show, it served as a new home for Dustin the Turkey, who had until then been part of The Den.[1] Dustin co-presented with an assistant, Sinéad Ni Churnain. Two series were produced. The first series aired between 19 September 2005 and 29 April 2006, while the second series aired between September 2006 and April 2007.

Dustin's Daily News took place in the Dublin Mountains, where Dustin established his own network news channel. While Dustin would always be able to avoid being captured by a butcher in the opening sequence, he had another villain to contend with during the run of the show. The infamous Martin Duck planned a takeover of Dustin's news channel, but gardaí foiled him.

  1. ^ McKiernan, Leonie (15 June 2005). "Francis Boylan bids farewell to RTE's The Den". Leitrim Observer. Archived from the original on 15 April 2015. Retrieved 15 June 2005.