''The Brendan Grace Show'' is an Irish

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presented by

Brendan Grace Brendan Grace (1 April 1951 – 11 July 2019) was an Irish comedian and singer. He was best known for his comedy schoolboy character 'Bottler', the 1995 film ''Moondance'', and his 1996 appearance in the Irish TV sitcom ''Father Ted'' as Father ...

."TV Tonight", ''The Irish Times'', 29 October 1982 The studio-based show aired on Friday nights between 29 October and 10 December 1982.

Format

''The Brendan Grace Show'' featured comedy routines and sketches by Brendan Grace as well as special celebrity guests. The music was provided by special musical guests as well as the show's house band, Daddy Cool and the Lollipops. The dance group Gypsy made regular appearances throughout the series.

Programming

Series 1: 1982

Production

''The Brendan Grace Show'' was broadcast live from Studio 1 in the RTÉ Television Centre at

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. As RTÉ's biggest at the time, the studio held 120 audience members. There was no show broadcast on 26 November 1982 due to the

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Brendan Grace Show, The 1982 Irish television series debuts 1982 Irish television series endings Irish variety television shows RTÉ original programming