The Once a Week Show
| The Once a Week Show | |
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| Also known as | The Once a Week Show with Dustin and Sinéad from Sinéad's House Where Dustin Likes to Hang |
| Genre | Talk / comedy |
| Starring | Dustin the Turkey |
| Country of origin | Ireland |
| Original language | English |
| Original release | |
| Network | RTÉ Two |
| Release | 8 September 2007 – 26 April 2008 |
| Related | |
| Dustin's Daily News | |
The Once a Week Show with Dustin and Sinéad from Sinéad's House Where Dustin Likes to Hang is a television chat/comedy show, broadcast on RTÉ Two in 2007 and 2008. A successor to the more frequently aired Dustin's Daily News, it was presented by Dustin the Turkey of The Den, with his assistant Sinéad Ni Churnain as a co-presenter. More or less exactly the same as the previous show, only with a studio instead of a newsroom, plus the reduced daily to weekly frequency of the show. During the show's run the presenter was selected to represent Ireland at Eurovision Song Contest 2008.[1]
Episodes
[edit]| No. | Original air date | Guest(s) | Musical/entertainment guest(s) | |
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| 1 | 8 September 2007 | Ray Houghton, Sarah Morrissey | Paddy Casey | |
| 2 | 15 September 2007 | Marty Morrissey, Dave Coffey | Royseven ("You Can't Hide That") | |
| 3 | 22 September 2007 | Katy French, Brian Ormond, Pamela Flood | Ham Sandwich | |
| 4 | 29 September 2007 | Joe O'Shea, Michelle Heaton | Crayonsmith | |
| 5 | 6 October 2007 | Brian Dowling, David Mitchell and Doireann Ni Chorragáin | The Kinetiks | |
| 6 | 13 October 2007 | Bláthnaid Ní Chofaigh, Blathnaid O' Donoghue | The Frank and Walters ("City Lights") | |
| 7 | 20 October 2007 | Joe Duffy, Aidan Bishop | Zing | |
| 8 | 27 October 2007 | Caroline Morahan, Shane O'Donoghue | Giveamanakick ("Spring Break") | |
| 9 | 3 November 2007 | Keith Duffy, Will Leahy | Niall Connolly ("The Future Tense") | |
| 10 | 10 November 2007 | Anna Nolan, Andrew Stanley and Damien Clark | Fight Like Apes ("Do You Karate?") | |
| 11 | 17 November 2007 | Jimmy Magee, Síle Seoige | Hooray For Humans | |
| 12 | 24 November 2007 | Lorraine Keane, Oliver Callan | Dark Room ShortSummary ("Shake Shake My Ceiling") | |
| 13 | 1 December 2007 | Dáithí Ó Sé, Laura Woods | Nizlopi | |
| 14 | 8 December 2007 | Jason Byrne, Jason McAteer | The Mighty Stef ("Golden Glove") | |
| 15 | 15 December 2007 | Bernard Dunne, Bryan Dobson | Mark O'Connor | |
| 16 | 12 January 2008 | Louis Walsh, Ruth Gilligan, Glenda Gilson | The Laundry Shop | |
| 17 | 14 January 2008 | Marty Whelan and Amy O'Sullivan, Martin King | We Should Be Dead ("Forget Romance, Let's Dance") | |
| 18 | 19 January 2008 | Dermot Whelan, Tom Dunne | Pamela Connolly | |
| 19 | 1 February 2008 | George Hook, Duncan and Tania Stewart | Stanley Super 800 | |
| 20 | 2 February 2008 | Bláthnaid McKenna, Aoife Nic Ardghail and Alana Henderson | Stagger Lee ("Bad Shoes") | |
| 21 | 9 February 2008 | Nuala Carey, Billy and Christy from Aslan | Aslan ("Sooner or Later") | |
| 22 | 16 February 2008 | Kathryn Thomas, Patrick Kielty | Grand Pocket Orchestra ("Odd Socks") | |
| 23 | 23 February 2008 | Nicky Byrne from Westlife, Killian O'Sullivan | The Infomatics ("Wake Up") | |
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Rosanna Davison guest co-hosted with Dustin, as Sinéad is said to be in Limerick preparing the stage for Dustin's Eurosong performance that night. | ||||
| 24 | 1 March 2008 | Ken Doherty, Karl Spain | Jaded Sun ("Can't Stop") | |
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Dermot Whelan guest co-hosted with Sinéad, as Dustin is said to be on a cruise to celebrate his Eurosong win. | ||||
| 25 | 8 March 2008 | Craig Doyle | Television Room ("Modern Boys and Girls") | |
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Also featured a section dedicated to the presenter's Eurosong win. | ||||
| 26 | 15 March 2008 | Mícheál Ó Muircheartaigh, Siún Nic Gearailt | Kíla ("Cardinal Knowledge" feat. Mícheál Ó Muircheartaigh) | |
| 27 | 22 March 2008 | Karen Koster, Jenny Huston | Boss Volenti | |
| 28 | 29 March 2008 | Leanne Moore, Pamela Flood | Dirty Epics ("The Cure") | |
| 29 | 5 April 2008 | Diarmuid Gavin, Robert Sheehan | Republic of Loose ("I Like Music") | |
| 30 | 12 April 2008 | Holly White and George McMahon, Gráinne Seoige | Exit: Pursued By a Bear ("No Transcending") | |
| 31 | 19 April 2008 | Ray D'Arcy, Aoibhinn Ní Shúilleabháin and Bazil Ashmawy | Gary Dunne (a song from the album Simple Truth) | |
| 32 | 26 April 2008 | Alan Hughes, Rosanna Davison, Bosco | Wallis Bird ("Counting to Sleep") | |
References
[edit]- ^ "Fowl Eurovision entry for Ireland". BBC News. 24 February 2008. Retrieved 24 February 2008.