FEELGOOD INSIDE AND OUT
An essential part of feeling good every New Year comes down nutrition and exercise, and RTÉ has you covered with top nutritional advice and recipes on offer with programmes including the return of Operation Transformation (OT) on Wednesday 4th January 2023 at 9.30pm with five remarkable leaders, a refreshed visual identity and some new features as it continues to inspire audiences to live a longer, healthier, happier life.
In a new six-part series Neven’s Greenway Food Trails, chef Neven Maguire travels some of Ireland’s most spectacular Greenways, and meets more of Ireland’s best food producers and chefs.
In the upcoming new series of Room to Improve, kicking off on Jan 8th, Dermot and Claire work with a young couple in Tullamore renovating an old dwelling with special significance.
Other popular series returning to our screens in 2023 include nature favourites Eco Eye and Ear to the Ground. Plus, DIY SOS: The Bigger Build Ireland airs on December 30th and 31st on RTÉ One and is a two-part special focusing on re-housing Ukrainian refugees. Page Turners, a new arts series on RTÉ One starting on Jan 5th, dips into multiple bookclubs across the country.
RADIO
On RTÉ Radio 1, Louise Duffy will commence her new 12-1pm weekday show on January 9th. Liveline continues to capture the hearts and reflect the views of the nation weekdays from 1.45pm. Supercharged with Anna Geary returns, addressing health and wellbeing in the current climate.
2FM Rising returns this January. The initiative continues to endeavour to support chosen Irish artists and music on their journey in a number of ways across RTÉ platforms including on-air, online, digital/ social, live events and ancillary projects. Previous alumni include Fontaines DC, Denise Chaila, and Dermot Kennedy. 2FM will also announce the Choice Prize Nominees next month, with the The RTÉ Choice Music Prize continuing its principal role in championing Irish music.
CURRENT AFFAIRS
In Current Affairs, Upfront with Katie Hannon, will include a new hour-long Monday night audience-centred live television programme, podcasts and authored online articles by the award-winning journalist, beginning in late January. Each Monday night on RTÉ One, Katie will moderate a live programme where the public come face to face with the people whose decisions impact directly on their lives and where the public can directly engage with the programme in real time through social media.
Prime Time continues with Miriam O’Callaghan, Fran McNulty, and Sarah McInerney, plus there will be more revelations from the RTÉ Investigates team.
Lady Gregory, Ireland's First Social Influencer sees Miriam Margoyles and Senator Lynn Ruane take a roadtrip across Ireland in order to incorporate three major historical events (the famine, the Easter Rising, the War of Independence) that were most significant in Lady Gregory’s life.
AS GAEILGE
In Madraí Faoi Ghlas, a brand new RTÉ Gaeilge lifestyle series for RTE One, a team of vets and animal behavioural specialists help stressed-out owners sort out their problem pooches. 999 Faoi Oiliúint is a 6-part observational series following some of Ireland’s coastal and mountain emergency rescue services through a busy season. And in Réaltaí na Gaeltachta, 5 well-known Irish people go back to the Gaeltacht to relive bunk beds, curfews and the no Béarla rule. Will they survive and thrive - or be sent on the bus abhaile?
SPORT
This Spring, Davy Fitz puts another group of teenagers through the mill for the greater good in Davy’s Toughest Team, while the new sporting year gets off to a flying start on RTÉ with top class rugby, GAA and soccer action, the highlight being the Guinness 6 Nations which kicks off on RTÉ2 and RTÉ Player on February 4th. The Tiktok Women's 6 Nations and the U20 6 Nations will also be live on RTÉ. There's more rugby action with both Heineken Champions Cup and URC continuing in the new year.
The Allianz National Leagues in hurling and football return in January with the meeting of Mayo and Galway in the Allianz Football League live on RTÉ2 and RTÉ Player on January 28. All the highlights and analysis will be on Allianz League Sunday on Sunday nights from January 29.
A big year for Stephen Kenny's Republic of Ireland men's side begins on March 27th with the visit of World Cup runners-up France to the Aviva Stadium for the first European Qualifier for Euro 2024. Ahead of that RTÉ's coverage of the Champions League knockout stages begins on February 14 with the SSE Airtricity League Premier Division returning to Friday Night Soccer on February 17th. Live Racing in the new year begins on RTÉ2 and RTÉ Player with Thyestes Day from Gowran Park on January 26th and the Dublin Racing Festival from Leopardstown on February 4th and 5th. Three days of coverage on RTÉ2 and RTÉ Player of The European Indoor Athletics Championships from Istanbul begins on March 4th.
RTÉ PLAYER
Stream new drama box sets for 2023 on RTÉ Player including every season of The Tudors starring Jonathan Rhys Meyers as a young and ambitious King Henry VIII, critically acclaimed thriller The Night Manager starring Tom Hiddleston and Maxine, the story of the Soham murders told through the eyes of school assistant Maxine Carr. If viewers are in need of some New Year Interiors inspiration, they will love Relove My Space an interiors show with a difference - a one room budget makeover series with a sustainability twist overseen by an expert team. |
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