Your Bad Self Explained

Genre:Comedy
Creator:John Butler
Ben Kelly
Eoin Williams
Director: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:Ireland
Language:English
Num Series:1
Num Episodes:6
Executive Producer:Rebecca O'Flanagan
Producer:Ben Kelly
Runtime:30 minutes
Network:RTÉ Two

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.

History

Your 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.

Reaction

John Boland of the Irish Independent sat through it in "stony silence".[4]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Dancing On Ice at Christmas utv, 8pm. 13 December 2008. 6 January 2009. Irish Independent.
  2. Web site: Domhnall Gleeson to star in RTÉ Christmas Special. 10 December 2007. 13 December 2008. Evening Herald.
  3. Jarlath Regan. Jarlath Regan. 29 April 2017. 189. An Irishman Abroad. John Butler. SoundCloud. 30 May 2017.
  4. Web site: RTE comedy? You're having a laugh.... 10 January 2009. 10 January 2009. Irish Independent.