Your Bad Self is an Irish sketch comedy show which was originally broadcast on RTÉ Two on 26 December 2008 at 21:40 before being developed into a series which was shown in 2010.
| Your Bad Self | |
|---|---|
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| Genre | Comedy |
| Created by | John Butler Ben Kelly Eoin Williams |
| Directed by | John Butler |
| Starring | Andrew Bennett Karen Egan Emily Fairman Tom Farrelly Domhnall Gleeson Amy Huberman Peter McDonald Michael McElhatton Justine Mitchell Hugh O'Conor Jason O'Mara |
| Country of origin | Ireland |
| Original language | English |
| No. of series | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 6 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer | Rebecca O'Flanagan |
| Producer | Ben Kelly |
| Running time | 30 minutes |
| Original release | |
| Network | RTÉ Two |
| Release | 26 December 2008 |
History
editYour Bad Self stars Domhnall Gleeson as well as Michael McElhatton, Justine Mitchell and Peter McDonald.[1] The show was produced by Ben Kelly for Treasure Entertainment (I Went Down and Mad About Dog) and was co-written by Kelly, the director John Butler, Eoin Williams, Justine Mitchell and Emily Fairman. Butler was the co-writer and director of George and Spacemen Three for the Irish Film Board.[2]
In June 2009, RTÉ commissioned a six-part series of Your Bad Self.[3] The series was to be filmed towards the end of 2009 and broadcast early in 2010.[citation needed]
Reaction
editJohn Boland of the Irish Independent sat through it in "stony silence".[4]
References
edit- ^ "Dancing On Ice at Christmas utv, 8pm". Irish Independent. 13 December 2008. Retrieved 6 January 2009.
- ^ "Domhnall Gleeson to star in RTÉ Christmas Special". Evening Herald. 10 December 2007. Retrieved 13 December 2008.
- ^ Jarlath Regan (29 April 2017). "John Butler". An Irishman Abroad (Podcast) (189 ed.). SoundCloud. Retrieved 30 May 2017.
- ^ "RTE comedy? You're having a laugh..." Irish Independent. 10 January 2009. Retrieved 10 January 2009.