Ryan Tubridy

County Dublin

Broadcaster and Writer at Extra.ie

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Ryan Tubridy interviews the one and only John Cleese

5 days ago | evoke.ie | Ryan Tubridy

One of the joys of hitting around 12 years of age was being able to understand television shows that grown-ups were watching. As a child of the Eighties, this means programmes like The Thorn Birds or V, but also re-runs like the incomparable Fawlty Towers. This chaotic comedy about a frustrated, neurotic hotel owner/manager called Basil Fawlty worked on many levels.
'In an unusual move, I’m dedicating this week's diary to one story'

1 week ago | extra.ie | Ryan Tubridy

In an unusual move, I’m dedicating my diary this week to one story. There are many elements to this tale, but I hope you’ll indulge me, and you may even connect with what you’re about to read. Around three years ago, a lady named Phyllis MacNamara wrote an email to the radio show I was presenting in Ireland at the time.
Ryan Tubridy: An irresistible invite and the fanciest kebab shop in the world

2 weeks ago | extra.ie | Ryan Tubridy

It was all about the stage this week with a beautiful weekend spent in Stratford Upon Avon for starters. I was there once many years ago on a school tour but it was that long, I have little or no memory of the place. This time, I was there because of Jared Harris (son of Richard and a star in his own right, in shows like Madmen, Chernobyl and The Terror) who was a recent guest on my radio show.
Ryan Tubridy's Shakespearean weekend in Stratford Upon Avon

2 weeks ago | evoke.ie | Ryan Tubridy

It was all about the stage this week with a beautiful weekend spent in Stratford Upon Avon for starters. I was there once many years ago on a school tour but it was that long, I have little or no memory of the place. This time, I was there because of Jared Harris (son of Richard and a star in his own right, in shows like Madmen, Chernobyl and The Terror) who was a recent guest on my radio show.
Ryan Tubridy: Some of us presenters can be quite dull in real life - not Marty Whelan

3 weeks ago | evoke.ie | Ryan Tubridy

It was a wonderful Wednesday in London thanks to my old friends at Universal Music (Ireland) who kindly invited me along to dinner and a concert with some great people in attendance, chief among them being Marty Whelan. Marty continues to be one of the most resilient and respected figures in the entertainment world. He has taken the knocks and he has kept his head held high.
Ryan Tubridy on how Netflix's Adolescence is a must see

1 month ago | evoke.ie | Ryan Tubridy

One To Watch this week is a very difficult programme but a particularly necessary four-part series on Netflix called Adolescence. It’s the story of Jamie, a 13-year-old boy who is accused of a violent crime. The four episodes are shot in one single camera movement each (I have no idea how they did this but the effect is mesmerising and utterly compelling).
Ryan Tubridy on St Patrick's day abroad

1 month ago | evoke.ie | Ryan Tubridy

This day last week, I found myself walking along Trafalgar Square watching the St Patrick’s Day parade make its way through the empty streets of London. Long trucks carried Irish dancers and trad bands from Longford and Mayo. Samba dancers and brass bands from Latin America rubbed shoulders with marching bands from the USA and dancing schools from cities around England.
'While it wasn't necessarily beautiful, it certainly wasn't a disaster'

1 month ago | extra.ie | Ryan Tubridy

If Micheál Martin had gone to the Oval Office and secured $1bn in funding to help fix a heap of Ireland’s problems, and then convinced Donald Trump to say sorry to Zelensky, disavow his friendship with Putin and stop going after Canada and Greenland, I wonder would there still be people on all sides of the political and media divide who would say he was awful and the trip to the White House was a disaster.
'I was taken aback by the viciousness of the reviews'

1 month ago | extra.ie | Ryan Tubridy

I was at The Devonshire recently with some friends and sitting across the way was the great Dermot O’Leary and his equally talented wife, Dee. We got chatting and he introduced me to his friends and it was only then that I recognised Kildare man Damien Molony. We chatted briefly, and he told me that he’s the new Bergerac. I remember the old Bergerac, the Jersey detective as played by John Nettles in the 1980s.
Ryan Tubridy discovers interesting facts about family past

2 months ago | evoke.ie | Ryan Tubridy

It was very emotional looking into my family roots in Carraroe. I had a strangely emotional experience this week as I pored over documents relating to my paternal ancestors. I’ve been invited to deliver a lecture on The Tubridys of Connemara in Ashford Castle next weekend as part of a history event and the good news is that there’s plenty to talk about.

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