A staple of Irish television: Why it keeps on reeling us in

Everyone’s favourite substitute history teacher, Reeling in the Years, just never gets old. Colm Boohig talks to the man behind it all, producer John O’Regan

I was not previously aware that 1965 was the first year Ireland entered the Eurovision. But as I listened to Butch Moore’s Walking The Streets In The Rain act as the soundtrack to footage of Val Doonican celebrating 21 weeks in the UK charts, I was left thinking; how great is this show?