Will Hanafin and his guests Pauline McLynn, Jules Coll and Emer McLysaght trawl the RTÉ radio archive to ask if life really was better in the old days?
From Presidents past to the perils of butter in Irish folklore
...and the banjo playing cork woman who took London by storm in the 1950s in the entertaining company of Pauline McLynn, Jules Coll and Emer McLysaght.
3 Oct 2025
1972 Richard Harris and 1992's moving in with Mammy
Everything from blue movie controversies in eighties Galway, Richard Harris digging himself into a hole in 1972, the man who moved back in with mammy in 1992 because he said she was lonely and bored without him!
26 Sept 2025
GAA commentating royalty, and President Childers attempts a radio phone-in
Everything from tongue tied GAA commentators, shyness in the 1980s - to 1970s presidential phone ins that don't go to plan!
30 Dec 2024
New Years 2024 Special
Will Hanafin and his panel ring in the new year by looking at 80 years of festive coverage in RTE's archives.
25 Dec 2024
Christmas Day 2024 Special
Will Hanafin and his panel celebrate Christmas by looking at 80 years of festive coverage in RTE's archives...
24 Jul 2024
Toilet Roll Sponsorships and Double Passports!
Will Hanafin trawls through eight decades of the RTE archives in the entertaining company of panellists Pauline McLynn, Jules Coll and Emer McLysaght
17 Jul 2024
From Brendan behan's jungle juice to massage parlour mistaken identity!
Will Hanafin trawls through eight decades of the RTE archives in the entertaining company of panellists Pauline McLynn, Jules Coll and Emer McLysaght
10 Jul 2024
Riveting 1960s radio soaps, and giving hope to women in their late 30s!
Will Hanafin presents a new series trawling through 80 years of RTE's archives taking in everything from the cut-throat world of sixties competitive fish cooking to a bolshy Bono thrashing his own tapes! With panellists Pauline McLynn, Jules Coll and Emer McLysaght.
3 Jul 2024
A bolshy Bono to 60s competitive fish cooking
Will Hanafin presents a new series trawling through 80 years of RTE's archives taking in everything from the cut-throat world of sixties competitive fish cooking to a bolshy Bono thrashing his own tapes! With panellists Pauline McLynn, Jules Coll and Emer McLysaght.
31 Dec 2023
December 31st 2023
Will Hanafin and his panel ring in the new year by looking at 80 years of festive coverage in RTE's archives...
25 Dec 2023
25th December 2023
Will Hanafin and his panel take a fun filled seasonal trawl through 80 years of Christmas coverage in RTE's archives...
5 Sept 2023
5th September 2023
Will Hanafin presents another fun filled trawl through 80 years of RTE's archives with Pauline McLynn, Jules Coll and Emer McLysaght. Taking in everything from unhappy hippos to out of sorts kangaroos!
29 Aug 2023
29th August 2023
Will Hanafin trawls RTÉ's archives from the past 80 years in the entertaining company of Pauline McLynn, Jules Coll and Emer McLysaght. Taking in everything from spear fishing for eels in Wexford to the dangers of pineapple themed monuments!
22 Aug 2023
22nd August 2023
Will Hanafin and his guests trawl the RTE radio archive to ask if life really was better in the old days?
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