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Poets and Pioneers, Music and Murders, Style and Sustainability are among the themes of TG4’s Autumn Schedule 2024

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09.09.24

^{TG4 presenters: L-R, Caoimhe Ní Chathail, Caitríona Ní Chualáin, Brian Tyers, Eimear Ní Chonaola, Niamh Ní Chróinín, Hector Ó hEochagáin, Gráinne Bleasdale, Siún Nic Gearailt, Gemma Ní Chionnaith, Cuán Ó Flatharta & Laura Pakenham. Credit – Martina Regan.}

TG4 Autumn Launch trailer: TG4 Fómhar

Press Pack and Images: TG4 Autumn schedule ’24

TG4 launched its autumn schedule in The Dean in Galway City earlier today (9/9/24) with many of the stations’ well-known faces in attendance.

The new season’s launch Fómhar 24 has something for everyone as TG4 continues to deliver more unique home-produced documentaries that reflect Irish life, an array of live sports events, unique entertainment series, excellent music, an impressive selection of drama series premiering on Irish TV along with original content on the Irish language children’s channel Cúla4.

Top-class home-produced drama will feature this season with the brand-new drama series Crá which sees a murder investigation begin when Garda Conall Ó Súilleabháin’s missing mother is discovered buried in a bog. Meanwhile, a young journalist, Ciara-Kate, decides to produce a podcast about the case. If Conall wants justice for his mother, he has no choice but to join forces with this journalist. Their investigation leads them on a dark path and begs the question: can justice really be blind? The station’s flagship soap Ros na Rún is back and more gripping than ever as life in the fictional Gaeltacht village comes with criminal Garda activity, wrongful crime convictions, death, gender, drugs and social issues alongside, love, romance and hearty village fun.
 
TG4’s film Kneecap which is currently in cinemas globally has received critical acclaim and was selected by IFTA to represent Ireland in the Oscar® International Feature Film category at the upcoming 97th annual Academy Awards 2025.
 
Director General of TG4 Alan Esslemont said, “After the era-defining leap forward in 2023 for the prestige of the Irish language achieved by the success of ‘An Cailín Ciúin’, 2024 has been one of the best ever for TG4.

TG4’s successes show beyond doubt that this is the time for the state to learn from best European practice in minority language media, to act now to strengthen existing structures and bring forward a sustainable model for TG4 which will benefit all of Irish society.”
 

This season’s documentaries include Fathaigh na Farraige, which explores Ireland’s relationship with sharks and cetaceans in Irish waters. Idir Dhá Bhaile explores the challenges faced by one family of Ukrainian refugees as they try to rebuild their lives in Ireland. Na Lumière Gaelacha, tells the story of the Horgan Brothers of Youghal, photographic, cinematic and animation pioneers at the time of the Lumière brothers in France.

Actor Brendan Gleeson hosts a heartfelt tribute in Brendan Gleeson’s Farewell to Hughes’s, where he interviews musicians, dancers, and singers who share the story of the unassuming pub and its lasting impact on his life and the world of traditional music in Dublin and throughout Ireland.

In Thomas Moore – Bard na hÉireann, we explore Moore’s intriguing life and work while hearing new interpretations of many of his best-known songs. In historical documentaries; Pogrom Bhéal Feirste explores how a book about the plight of Nationalists in Belfast was too dangerous to be published. De Valera san Fhásach, is a historical documentary series that presents the vital story of de Valera’s Wilderness years from 1924-1926 when he was imprisoned, in poor mental health and stripped of his political power. Scéalta ár Stampaí sees six curious people find out about the particular images that have been put on the stamps of Ireland over the years.

Entertainment over the coming months sees Ireland’s most intrepid traveller, Hector Ó hEochagáin, embark on his latest epic trip in Hector – Caribbean. Hector heads to the rich tropical waters of the Caribbean, a journey through a string of magical islands, from Cuba to Jamaica, Dominican Republic to Puerto Rico, from Antigua to Montserrat and ending way down South in Trinidad and Tobago. Junior Eurovision is in search of the next Irish Junior Eurovision 2024 entry. Who will represent Ireland this November in Madrid?  We join fashionistas Caoimhe Ní Chathail & Proinsias Ó Coinn in Éadaí SOS as they attempt to convince people to alter their shopping habits and embrace a more sustainable way of enjoying their passion for fashion. In Is Mise le Mess three cleaning fanatics are travelling around the country cleaning and decluttering homes. We get an insight into a small world where big things happen in the wonderful world of the Naíonra. Síorstíl is a cutting-edge sustainable fashion competition where six talented designers transform second-hand clothes and recycled materials into high-fashion editorial garments.

There will be a great selection of exclusive live games for sports fans on GAA Beo  and  Peil na mBan Beo. There will be live games from the Allianz Leagues, the club championships, Ladies Football, underage grades as well as second and third level. Rugbaí Beo TG4’s flagship rugby programme returns to our screens in mid-September with all the best action from the United Rugby Championship. TG4 will air live weekly coverage from the FAI SSE Airtricity Women’s National League – the top tier of the women’s game at senior level in Ireland in Sacar na mBan. The Listowel Races are back on TG4 this September on Rásaí Beo. A brand-new series Pobail na Páirce uncovers the history of Ireland’s most iconic stadiums. Iománaíocht Hollywood tells the extraordinary story of how Gaelic games have featured in the cinema since the beginning of the last century.

For the music lovers among us, the selection is plentiful this season. Join the King of Country, Daniel O’Donnell for a brand-new series of Opry le Daniel ar Thuras from the INEC in Killarney.

Ceol na gCoillte is an evocative feature documentary that delves into a pivotal yet underexplored chapter in the shared histories of Ireland and Canada.

This third series of Scoil Samhraidh Willie Clancy sees the hugely popular traditional music series bring together the very best in traditional music recorded at the festival in July 2024. We join fiddler Doireann Ní Ghlacáin as she takes to the road again in Ceolaireacht in search of the pulse of traditional Irish music in four areas around Ireland and Scotland. New music series, Scoil Cheoil an Earraigh, comes from the traditional music festival Scoil Cheoil an Earraigh 2024 on the Dingle Peninsula. An exciting new series of Geantraí, sees the presenter, Pauline Scanlon, visit traditional music sessions across the length and breadth of the country.

Compelling drama this autumn on TG4 includes Hacks series 2 which explores the dark mentorship between a legendary comedian and her entitled new writing partner. Emmy Award winner Jean Smart stars as a legendary Las Vegas comedian who is forced to hire an ambitious young writer (Hannah Einbinder).  Ten Pound Poms sees a group of Brits leave post-war Britain in 1956 to embark on an adventure.

As always, the Nuacht TG4 team will bring you the latest national, regional, international and Gaeilge related news every night at 7pm and on Tuesdays at 8pm 7 Lá sees hard-hitting weekly analysis of the stories that matter. The award-winning current affairs series Iniúchadh TG4, presented by Kevin Magee, explores political, societal, and economic issues. Fíorscéal brings a season of international documentaries that continue to throw a (sometimes disturbing) light on issues that affect us environmentally, socially, politically and globally.

Cúla4

TG4’s children’s Irish language channel, Cúla4, celebrates its first anniversary with a range of original commissioned series for our younger viewers. Cúla4 airs daily, from 6am to 8pm every day, giving younger viewers a chance to catch all their favourite

programmes as Gaeilge. Nuacht Cúla4 the daily six-minute news bulletin specifically for children, will broadcast from Tuesday to Friday at 1.30pm and again at  5.30pm.

MOLSCÉAL, which is an online brand of TG4, will continue to tell the stories from Gaeltacht areas and Irish language communities on social media. BLOC is TG4’s shared social media hub that serves the younger Irish-speaking audience ensuring its followers are treated to great content as well as getting the opportunity to become a creator for the brand. BLOC is currently available on Instagram, YouTube, Tik Tok, Facebook & Twitter. TG4’S online learning platform TG4 Foghlaim is the primary destination for those who want to improve their Irish. Developed by educators and TG4, TG4 Foghlaim is on the one-stop shop to aid language acquisition and development.

Cine4

Cine4 continues to elevate the status of Irish language cinema with two premieres this year, Fréamhacha and Fidil Ghorm, and the next new film Báite in post-production.

TG4 is also available worldwide via our Player

For more on TG4’s autumn schedule 2024 visit TG4 Fómhar ’24