The Brennan brothers: ‘We’ve never done anything for the sake of making television’

Francis and John Brennan speak to Mary Cate Smith about the new series of At Your Service, John’s life with cancer, and the importance of saying no

At Your Service returns to RTÉ One on Monday, July 4.

There are very few TV personalities who transcend popularity and achieve what is lovingly known as “national treasure” status.

Names that spring to mind are: Gay Byrne, a bastion of professionalism, whose demeanour never betrayed the seriousness of the issues he discussed; Terry Wogan, the self-professed “jobbing broadcaster” whose humble nature built a bridge between Irish and British cultures via a love of the arts; and news anchor, Anne Doyle, proprietor of the OG bleach blonde bob whose pronunciation of the word, ‘sexual,’ will go down in the annals of Irish oral tradition.