| Live at 3 | |
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| Genre | Light entertainment |
| Format | Daytime chat show |
| Presented by | Thelma Mansfield Derek Davis |
| Country of origin | Ireland |
| Language(s) | English |
| Production | |
| Location(s) | Studio 5, RTÉ Television Centre, Donnybrook, Dublin 4 |
| Camera setup | Multi-camera |
| Running time | 60 minutes |
| Distributor | RTÉ |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | RTÉ 1 |
| Picture format | PAL |
| Audio format | Stereo |
| Original run | 29 September 1986 – 30 May 1997 |
| Chronology | |
| Preceded by | Good Afternoon |
| Followed by | PM Live |
Live at 3 was a popular Irish afternoon chat show broadcast live on RTÉ 1. Presented by Thelma Mansfield and Derek Davis, it was RTÉ's flagship daytime show from 1986 until 1997.
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In 1986 RTÉ had a new corporate brand for both of its stations RTÉ 1 and RTÉ 2. As a result of this the daytime service split its programming between adults and children. Good Afternoon, broadcast on RTÉ 1 for several years, saw Thelma Mansfield at the helm introducing both children's and adult programming such as Defenders of Earth followed by Emmerdale Farm. She also carried out interviews with musicians and other well known people. From 1986 Good Afternoon remained but Ian Dempsey, accompanied by Zig and Zag, took control of introducing children's programming from 4:30pm with a new show called Dempsey's Den. This was preceded by a new magazine-style show called Live at 3.[1]
The first edition of Live at 3 was broadcast from Studio 4 in the RTÉ Television Centre at Donnybrook, Dublin 4. This was the first studio to be brought into full operation at RTÉ since the Television Centre was built in 1961. The studio was completed in 1982 but was not fully equipped until four years later.
One day Thelma Mansfield, the co-host of Live at 3, went shopping for petrol in the West of Ireland. It was 1997. The trip would prove to be a memorable one. She found a garage to buy her petrol. Then she noticed a newspaper headline on a stand. The newspaper headline said Live at 3 was going to be axed by RTÉ. She had had no idea this was about to happen. But happen it did.[2]
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