Dave Fanning

Highlights from Dave Fanning's weekend radio show with interviews, newspaper reviews, movies and music. Listen live weekends at 1pm on RTÉ 2FM.

Therapy on TV with Allison Keating

From The Sopranos to Big Little Lies... how is therapy depicted in TV and films? Do scriptwriters hit the mark? Psychologist and counsellor and author of The Secret Lives of Adults Allison Keating gives us her view

02-11
21:29

Tony King on his biography The Tastemaker

Dave talked to the fascinating Tony King... ...he’s worked with everyone from The Beatles to the Ronettes and Elton John to the Rolling Stones. One of the most influential figures in the music business, he was nicknamed The Tastemaker

02-11
21:30

Ian Gittins on his The Definitive Desert Island Discs Book

I’ll be talking about the iconic BBC radio programme Desert Island Discs with author Ian Gittins. He’s written a book The Definitive Desert Island Discs about the tracks that the guests picked...everyone from Judi Dench, David Beckham, Sharon Horgan, Cliff Richard and Adele

02-11
18:48

Burt Bacherach's Legacy with Simon Maher

Dave and Simon look at the extraordinary career and legacy of Burt Bacherach.

02-11
14:05

TV Show The Last of US Fungus Explainer with Professor Rebecca Drummond

TV Show The Last of Us depicts the world 20 after a mass fungal infection sparks a global pandemic. The HBO drama depicts a horrifying post-apocalyptic world, but how likely is it to one day become a reality? Associate Professor at the University of Birmingham, Rebecca Drummond discusses if what we’re seeing on screens could be in be our future

02-11
11:15

Happy Valley Director Fergus O'Brien joins Dave

Happy Valley Director joins Dave to talk about playing a major role in the wrapping up of one of the most popular drama series

02-05
13:10

The Untold Story of Balcony TV

A documentary from the Irish Music Industry podcast called The Untold Story of Balcony TV was released this week. Dave was joined by the doc's maker Mark Graham and Stephen O’Regan, one of the original founders of Balcony TV.

02-05
21:33

Ozzy Osbourne Retires from Touring

Ozzy announced this week that he is retiring from touring. Stuart Clarke from Hot Press joins Dave to talk through Ozzy’s 55 years of touring, which were colourful to say the least

02-05
12:36

My Favourite Album with Joseph O'Connor

Joseph choose Horses by Patti Smith

02-05
25:11

The Most Expensive Private Gigs Ever with Andrea Cleary

Andrea talks us through some of the most expensive gigs in the wake of Beyoncé’s recent appearance at the ‘Atlantis The Royal’ hotel in Dubai where she performed for a reported eye watering 24 million dollars

02-04
09:42

Netflix Password Crackdown with Leigh McGowran

Leigh talks Dave through the latest on the Netflix crackdown on password sharing

02-04
06:50

Champing with Fiona Silk

“Champing” is a combination of “church” and “camping” and Fiona from the Churches Conservation Trust tells Dave all about the success of this concept in the UK

02-04
10:10

Gaming and Climate Change with Sam Alfred

Sam, lead designer at Cape Town-based video game studio Free Lives, talks Dave through the new wave of green gaming as he prepares to launch his game Terra Nil that paints a picture of environmental restoration

02-04
11:24

Sultans of Ping Documentary

Ahead of Sultans of Ping's gigs in Cork next week Dave talks to Niall O'Flaherty and to Paul McDermott who has made a documentary on the band

02-04
23:48

Wild Youth singer Conor O'Donohoe on Eurosong Success

Conor from Wild Youth tells Dave about being crowned champions on last nights Late Late Show Eurosong Special

02-04
04:22

Original Oscar Songs with Cian Sullivan

Cian takes a look at this year’s nominees and talks about some of the trends that have emerged over the decades for this category

01-29
17:54

Constructed Languages for film David J Peterson

David J Peterson who has constructed numerous languages for both Film and TV joins Dave to tell him all about it

01-29
18:03

The Album that Inspired Me with David Kitt

This week its the turn of David Kitt, he chose Fever Ray's album entitled Fever Ray

01-29
15:50

Biopics that Never Got Made with Tara Brady

Tara Brady on the Biopics that never got made on the back of Madonna's being axed this week

01-29
19:07

Jonathan Redmond Oscar Nominee

Jonathan Redmond joins Dave after being nominated for an Oscar for his work on Baz Luhrman's Elvis movie.

01-28
15:14

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