| The Movie Show | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Movie review |
| Starring | Dave Fanning and various international movie stars |
| Country of origin | Ireland |
| Language(s) | English |
| No. of episodes | Almost 400[1] |
| Broadcast | |
| Original run | 1993 – September 2001 |
| Chronology | |
| Followed by | What!?Movie |
The Movie Show was a half-hour weekly Irish television series which served as RTÉ's flagship movie review show. It was presented by Dave Fanning, who was amongst the many people outraged when the show was axed in 2001. Movie companies were also said to be distressed at its axing. Fanning criticised RTÉ's management, who never once consulted with him before making their decision, and said the axing of the show was "ludicrous" and "outrageous". He implied that RTÉ ought to produce a programme that reviews movies as it is seen as cheap and the interviews are paid for by the movie companies themselves. Fanning insisted that it had been "a very cheap programme and we were always under budget".[2]
A number of years later Dave Fanning presented the RTÉ series What?!Movie which was axed after one series, he then went on to produce the first series of Take Six for Channel 6, with his production company Rumble Films.
Music The theme song was an arrangement of Floyd Cramer's "Last Date."
The Movie Show was first broadcast in 1993 and ended in September 2001 but was touted as a returning show several months later.[3]