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{{about|the Irish TV show|the Australian TV show|The Afternoon Show (Australian TV series)}}
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{{Infobox Television▼
| show_name = The Afternoon Show▼
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| format = [[Talk show]]▼
| camera = [[Multicamera setup|Multi-camera]]
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| creator =▼
| starring = [[Bláthnaid Ní Chofaigh]] (2004-2009) <br /> [[Anna Nolan]] (2004-2006) <br /> [[Sheana Keane]] (2006-2010) <br />
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▲| starring = [[Bláthnaid Ní Chofaigh]] (2004-2009) <br /> [[Anna Nolan]] (2004-2006) <br /> [[Sheana Keane]] (2006-2010) <br />[[Trevor Keegan]] (until 2009)<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.herald.ie/entertainment/around-town/trevor-loses-his-spot-on-the-afternoon-show-sofa-1879311.html|title=Trevor loses his spot on the Afternoon Show sofa|date=5 September 2009|accessdate=5 September 2009|last=Nolan|first=Lorna|work=Evening Herald}}</ref> <br /> [[Síle Seoige]] (2009) <br /> [[Maura Derrane]] (2009-2010 ) <br />
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| country = [[Republic of Ireland|Ireland]]
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| network = [[RTÉ One]]
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| followed_by = '' [[Four Live (Irish TV series)|Four Live]] '' (2010 - 2012) <br /> ''[[The Daily Show (Irish TV series)|The Daily Show]]'' (2010 - 2012)▼
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'''''The Afternoon Show''''' <!-- STOP...do NOT change to 'was' -->is<!-- NOTE-remains as "is" per Wikipedia convention. See: [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Television/Style guidelines#Lead paragraphs]]. --> [[Raidió Teilifís Éireann]]'s former live flagship daytime show. It ran from 2004 until May 2010.<ref name="TheAfternoonShow">{{cite news|url=http://www.rte.ie/tv/theafternoonshow/|title=The Afternoon Show|work=RTÉ|accessdate=23 May 2009}}</ref> The programme was dropped by RTÉ as part of its new season of television in 2010, to be replaced by two afternoon programmes ''
The television show, the last season of which was presented by [[Sheana Keane]] and [[Maura Derrane]], was a mix of lifestyle, information and fun items. The show included cookery, fashion, health, fitness, parenting, life-coaching and celebrity gossip. Viewers also had the opportunity to text, phone and e-mail in interjections, views, experiences and opinions, and they were given a chance to win prizes in a daily quiz.
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In 2006, the show returned for a third season. This time Anna Nolan left the show and was replaced by Sheana Keane, who returned after taking a year off to focus on her first child.
There was speculation that the show was possibly going to end.<ref name="The Irish Independent war footing">{{cite news|url=http://www.independent.ie/entertainment/tv-radio/retell-us-the-old-old-story-about-the-celtic-tiger-1623045.htm|title
[[Síle Seoige]] was to temporarily replace [[Bláthnaid Ní Chofaigh]] in September 2009.<ref>[http://www.rte.ie/arts/2009/0901/theafternoonshow.html "Síle joins Sheana on Afternoon Show"], RTÉ Entertainment, 1 September 2009.</ref> Later in the month, Ní Chofaigh revealed she would not be returning to the programme.<ref name="Stress and health issues force tearful Bláthnaid to abandon RTE show">{{cite news|url=http://www.independent.ie/national-news/stress-and-health-issues-force-tearful-blathnaid-to-abandon-rte-show-1897896.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090930042913/http://www.independent.ie/national-news/stress-and-health-issues-force-tearful-blathnaid-to-abandon-rte-show-1897896.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=30 September 2009 |title=Stress and health issues force tearful Blathnaid to abandon RTÉ show |date=27 September 2009 |work=Irish Independent |accessdate=28 September 2009 |first=Aengus |last=Fanning }}</ref><ref name="Bláthnaid leaves The Afternoon Show">{{cite news|url=http://www.rte.ie/arts/2009/0928/theafternoonshow.html|title=Bláthnaid leaves The Afternoon Show|date=28 September 2009|work=RTÉ|accessdate=28 September 2009}}</ref>
All series aired on [[RTÉ Player]] to celebrate 60 Years Of Television at Christmas 2021.
==Presenters==
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===Bláthnaid Ní Chofaigh===
[[Bláthnaid Ní Chofaigh]] presented the show from the launch in 2004. She presented the show five times a week taking various breaks throughout the season. In January 2009, she became a judge to the East on ''[[The All Ireland Talent Show]]'' but she continued to present The Afternoon Show. During May 2009, she was taken ill during rehearsals. This was not the first time she was unwell during the show as in 2008 she took a month off to recover from an operation. She has recently been involved in much media attention with her co-host Sheana Keane, leading to speculation that they were not on good terms. As a result of health issues, she left the programme in 2009.<ref name="Stress and health issues force tearful Bláthnaid to abandon RTE show" /><ref name="Bláthnaid leaves The Afternoon Show" />
===Sheana Keane===
[[Sheana Keane]] began presenting the show since the launch. After the first season, Sheana did not return for the second as she wanted to concentrate on her family. Sheana though did return for the third season from 2006-07 when Anna Nolan left the show. On her return Sheana presented the show from Monday to Thursday while Trevor Keegan steps in on Fridays with Bláthnaid. Sheana has taken many breaks throughout the four seasons she has presented but the most notable has been in March 2009 when she took a break for personal reasons, saying she was suffering from 'vertigo' and has not returned for the rest of the season. It has been announced that Sheana will return to the show presenting the sixth season from
===Anna Nolan===
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===Trevor Keegan===
Trevor Keegan
Trevor Keegan had been a presenter for a number of years on radio before the Afternoon Show as a breakfast presenter for Ireland's first ever regional station, Beat 102103 and before that, as a weekend breakfast presenter on Dublin's Country.
Trevor's first media job was as a presenter on RTÉ Radio 1 and RTÉ 2FM on AA Roadwatch traffic news. He was a regular contributor to The Gerry Ryan Show on 2FM over a number of years and also became a contributor to Ryan Tubridy's 'The Full Irish'.
===Pamela Flood and Kathryn Thomas===▼
Various presenters have filled in for the main presenters if they were away or ill those being [[Síle Seoige]], [[Gráinne Seoige]], [[Kathryn Thomas]] and [[Caroline Morahan]] but [[Pamela Flood]] has filled in throughout the past five seasons for various reasons. Her most recent being May 2009 where she has been presenting the show with Trevor Keagan for over two weeks. Kathryn Thomas has also presented throughout various weeks, most recently one week in May.▼
During his stint on The Afternoon Show he was also working as a researcher and celebrity booker on The Podge and Rodge Show. He went on, after the daytime show, to be a Celebrity Producer on Wagons Den and The Big Fat Breakfast Show on RTÉ 2.
Trevor was an AP on Reality Bites 'From Boom To Maternity' and then series producer of the reality show, Six In The {{not a typo|City}}. He was responsible for casting the series as well. After that he continued work with Waka TV for RTÉ as producer of the highest rated programme in the Reality Bites series, Vogue Does Home and Away, in which Vogue McFadden looked at the unprecedented success of the series in Ireland over the last 25 years.
Trevor had been a producer on another RTÉ 2 pilot programme, Away With A Stranger. He was also a continuity presenter for the live links on RTÉ 1 and 2.
Trevor made his TV presenting return to RTÉ after five years behind the camera as a regular News Review Presenter on Morning Edition.
▲===Pamela Flood and Kathryn Thomas===
▲Various presenters
===Síle Seoige===
In August 2009, RTÉ confirmed that Síle Seoige would be presenting the beginning of the sixth season of the Afternoon Show originally it was believed that Síle would be presenting the show with Bláthnaid Ní Chofaigh, but in September it was revealed that Síle would be presenting the show with presenter Sheana Keane who has not been on-screen since March 2009. RTÉ have insisted that Síle will only be filling in for Bláthnaid Ní Chofaigh only for a couple of weeks
===Maura Derrane===
[[Maura Derrane]] presented her first show on 5 October 2009 after Sile, who presented the show with Sheana for the month of September, had finished her 4 weeks with the show.
===Dr Mark Hamilton===
From 2009 Dr Mark Hamilton
==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.rte.ie/tv/theafternoonshow/ ''The Afternoon Show''] at [[RTÉ
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