''Lifelines'' is an

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television chat show presented by broadcaster Liam Ó Murchú. Filmed in front of a studio audience, each programme is devoted to a special celebrity guest. The programme ran for four series from 1993 until 1996.

History

''Lifelines'' was initially devised as an appropriate summer replacement for

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's flagship Friday night chat show '' The Late Late Show''. The show was presented by Liam Ó Murchú, the former host of ''

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'', a bi-lingual chat show that was broadcast in the 1970s and 1980s. The first series began on 18 June 1993 and featured seven episodes. ''Lifelines'' proved popular and returned for a second series of seven episodes on 17 April 1994. By now the show was given its own timeslot on Sunday evenings straight after the '' Nine O'Clock News''. It complemented RTÉ's two other chat shows, '' The Late Late Show'' and ''

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'', which were broadcast on Friday and Saturday nights respectively. A third series of ''Lifelines'' returned on 16 April 1995 and lasted for an extended run of ten episodes. The fourth and final series began on 7 January 1996 and ran for twelve episodes.

Production

The first three series of ''Lifelines'' were broadcast from Studio 1 in the

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at Donnybrook,

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. As RTÉ's biggest at the time, the studio held 120 audience members. The final series of the show was broadcast from Studio 4, a new studio specifically adapted to cater for large productions. The size of the audience also increased to 200.

Format

''Lifelines'' featured a special guest in profile every week. The show featured interviews with the special guest and their friends, as well as live music from guest music groups. The show was described as '' This Is Your Life'' without the surprise."Across the Channels", ''The Irish Times'', 12 June 1993

Episodes

Series 1

Series 2

Series 3

Series 4

References

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