Colm O'Regan: RTÉ and the glory days of wraparound programming blocks
Anything Goes when decorating Easter Eggs as Aonghus McAnally gets an egg on the head from ‘How Do You Do’ presenter Mary Fitzgerald.
Who says nostalgia isn’t what it used to be? I’m finding new ways to be nostalgic every day. And today it’s… well, I don’t actually know the right term for it. Let’s call it the Wraparound Programme.
The programme that tied all the other programmes together. A presenter, possibly surrounded by puppets, telling us what’s coming up next and promising a chance to win a bicycle. I miss their certainty. The presenters were our guides.
