RTE foot some of the bill and the show (appears at face value) to have a very low production budget. It might be bollocks, but investment-to-ratings wise I’m sure it’s at the top.
Interesting RTE chose not to produce it in their own studios, which would be more handy for Brendan and his family to work at. RTE leave the production work to BBC Scotland.
RTE foot some of the bill and the show (appears at face value) to have a very low production budget. It might be bollocks, but investment-to-ratings wise I’m sure it’s at the top.
Interesting RTE chose not to produce it in their own studios, which would be more handy for Brendan and his family to work at. RTE leave the production work to BBC Scotland.
Because it’s a BBC commission intended mainly for the UK audience that RTE just put a bit of money towards it, which gives them the Irish rights and their logo at the end.
Also I’m sure Dublin isn’t much easier than Glasgow from Florida.
I think if the BBC had to do a new deal with Brendan, they should have scrapped the sitcom and focused on the Saturday chat show version which I feel works better. That version allows Brendan to interact with the audience more, which he is good at, and it feels more fresher with celebrity guests and games.
The sitcom version is dead and done. What more story lines can he come up with?
A distraction from it or a fecking huge advert for it?
I honestly don't think they need any of the tv shows to sell out stadiums now.
Maybe not this year or next, but several years without a prime time presence would no doubt impact sales.
Well he's 65 now, I would assume he'd be thinking of Retirement sometime in the next 10 years. As for sales. before the BBC Series he used to sell out all his shows, He also did very well with DVD sales each Christmas. I doubt he'll have a problem with live audience retention anytime before he gives up. He's been burned financially more than once over the years, so he's not going to turn down the BBC Money if they're willing to offer it.
There is a massive difference between selling out theatres to an ex pat audience and the massive arena tours he got after the BBC series. See also the Austalia arena tour after Ch7 bought the rights. The DVD sales were minisucle compared to what the BBC DVDs have done even in Ireland.
Ask Jim Davidson, Les Dennis etc how many arenas they did when terrestrial work ended
I'm inclined to believe this, but 2026 seems like a long way away. Are we really not going to have any other sitcoms — that actually broadcast full series during the year — on Christmas Day by then?