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RTÉ’s weekend of 1916 programming attracts over three million viewers
31 Mar 2016 : Sean Brosnan
Over three million viewers (3,085,000) tuned in to RTÉ television from Friday evening's Late Late Show to Monday night's ‘Centenary’, reaching 75% of the viewing population, for RTÉ’s extended 1916 centenary programming.

Hundreds of thousands of people flocked to the capital city on Easter Monday to experience ‘RTÉ Reflecting the Rising’ in partnership with Ireland 2016, as the city was transformed by the biggest public history and cultural event ever staged in Ireland. RTÉ also provided live feeds of the Official State Commemoration to broadcasters at home and abroad ensuring that the ceremonies were made available to as wide an audience as possible.

The RTÉ 1916 programme of events culminated in the broadcast of ‘Centenary’, live from the Bord Gais Theatre on Easter Monday night. The special one-off cultural celebration to mark the 100th anniversary of the 1916 Rising attracted an audience of 491,000 viewers on RTÉ One representing 35% of the available audience. To date, there have been 29,700 streams (live and on demand) of Centenary on RTÉ Player- 61% of streams from domestic audiences and 39% from international audiences. Centenary will be repeated tonight on RTÉ One at 10:15pm.

Glen Killane, Project Lead, RTÉ 1916 and Managing Director of RTÉ Television said, "The weekend's output was produced by staff across RTÉ in collaboration with the independent production sector, Ireland 2016 and arts and cultural organisations throughout the country. RTÉ is proud that our coverage of the official state ceremonies was carried by broadcasters at home and abroad, ensuring that they could be enjoyed by the widest possible audience and showcasing our country from the US to China.”

The Good Friday edition of ‘The Late Late Show’, featuring the stars of RTÉ's ‘Reflecting the Rising’ and new ‘The Taste of Success’ mentor Roz Purcell attracted an average of 586,500 viewers and 43% share of the audience. Friday's episode has had over 15,200 streams on RTÉ Player to date.

RTÉ One’s live coverage of the official State Commemoration ceremonies and parade at the GPO on Easter Sunday was watched by an average of 336,900 viewers, equating to 50% of those watching television in Ireland during that time. Over 1.1 million people tuned in to the live transmission at some point during the five hour broadcast which was presented by Bryan Dobson, Eileen Dunne and Aine Lawlor, Cathal Mac Coille, John Bowman and Mary Kennedy.

In addition 186,000 viewers on average watched the compilation programme of Sunday's State Commemorations at 10.35pm on RTÉ One. Official coverage of the State commemorations by RTÉ generated nearly 100,000 streams on the RTÉ Player across the weekend with 48% of live streams on Sunday morning from International users. RTÉ 1916 TV programming has to date attracted close to 800,000 streams on RTÉ Player across domestic and international audiences.

Meanwhile an average of 246,800 viewers tuned in to watch more than 1,000 singers accompanied by the RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra and conductor David Brophy in a live open air concert from Collins Barracks for A Nation’s Voice. To date there have been over 8,100 streams on RTÉ Player - 41% International (UK, US, Canada - top 3 countries) and 59% Domestic.

On Sunday night, Ryan Tubridy hosted the docu-drama '16 Letters’, filmed in the GPO, with an average of of 331,100 viewers and a 25 per cent share of the available audience. The programme has had 2,340 domestic streams on RTÉ Player to date.

An average of 360,700 viewers watched Joe Duffy’s ‘Children of the Revolution’. The documentary based on Joe’s best-selling book told the story of the 1916 Easter Rising as seen from the perspective of the 40 children who lost their lives during the conflict. The programme has had 6,500 streams on RTÉ Player to date - 45% International (UK, US, Canada - top 3 countries) and 55% Domestic.





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