Dave slams RTE on slot for Beatles; TELEVISION.BROADCASTER Dave Fanning Dave Fanning is an Irish television and radio personality. He has also hosted The Last Broadcast on RTÉ Two television. The Dave Fanning Show See The Dave Fanning Show for details of his current and past radio shows. has slammed RTE (1) See runtime engine. (2) (Real-Time Executive) The operating system used in the HP 1000 series. See HP 1000. for their decision to screen his Beatles show late at night. The presenter is raging his two-part special with footage of Ringo Starr and Paul McCartney has not been given a prime-time slot. Fanning claimed logic and politics do not work in RTE. He fumed: "The footage we have is fantastic, but it's on so bloody late at night when people are going to bed. "And what do they choose to show at 8pm? Shows about how to fix up your house. "It's a pain in the ass Noun 1. pain in the ass - something or someone that causes trouble; a source of unhappiness; "washing dishes was a nuisance before we got a dish washer"; "a bit of a bother"; "he's not a friend, he's an infliction" that it's on so late, but there is not a thing I can do about it. "I had the smallest budget in the history of TV to create the programme but it is fantastic - it's basically a Beatlesfest." |
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