The Gerry Ryan Show the River Shannon, Podge and Rodge, Irish literature, bacon and cabbage, Irish stew and the GAA. Some of the choices had connections to the show such as the show itself, Riverdance (first introduced to the world by the presenter) and, although not the case at the time, "The Late Late Show", which Ryan presented the following month. Despite repeated reshuffles which have seen all other presenters shifted around, RTÉ never moved "The Ryan Show" from its traditional slot. After a brief period of decline in his audience, all of the recent JNLR figures showed a consistent and significant increase in
Tubridy Tonight (season 5) Bobby Sands film "Hunger" is fantastic, there are definitely big things in store for him". Before his appearance on the fifth episode, Tubridy described Mike Murphy as "one of my all-time heroes" and "an Irish broadcasting legend". Tubridy also described himself as a fan of the Eoin Colfer novel series, "Artemis Fowl", and Sugababes song "Girls" before the writer and band both appeared on episode six. The seventh episode featured director Richard Attenborough, "Desperate Housewives"' actor Dougray Scott and Irish television personalities Zig and Zag, whose last television appearance was on 1990s chat show "Kenny Live" and who referred to