Play it Again Des was an Irish sports chat show produced by RTÉ for two series. The show was presented by Des Cahill and featured top sports personalities in discussion about their favourite sporting moments."TV Choice", The Irish Times, 24 July 2003.
Format The first series of Play it Again Des saw Des Cahill in conversation with three special sporting guests. Each of these special guests would highlight their own favourite sporting memory. A clip from archive footage would then be played. For the second series the number of special guests was reduced to two. The first show of the second series, however, saw Eamon Dunphy being interviewed by himself. The last episode of the second series featured no special guests. Instead the public were allowed to vote for their favourite sporting memory. The third and final series followed the same format of the Dunphy programme from the first show of the second series. Now, one special guest highlighted particular moments from their own careers.
Broadcasts
First series Show Date Special guests1 24 July 2003 Eamon Coghlan, Paul McGrath, Michael Carruth2 31 July 2003 Micheál Ó Muircheartaigh, Moss Keane, Joe Kernan3 7 August 2003 Ken Doherty, Ted Walsh, Ollie Campbell4 14 August 2003 Seán Boylan, Tracy Piggott, Niall Quinn5 21 August 2003 Mick O'Dwyer, Brian Kerr, Mick Doyle6 28 August 2003 Eoin Liston, Nicky English, Liam Griffin7 4 September 2003 Paddy Cullen, John Treacy, Mary Peters
Second series Show Date Special guests1 8 July 2004 Eamon Dunphy2 15 July 2004 Kevin Moran, Tony Ward3 22 July 2004 Ger Loughnane, Christy O'Connor Jnr4 29 July 2004 George Hook, Jack O'Shea5 5 August 2004 Mick Galwey, Pat Spillane6 12 August 2004 Dermot Weld, George Hamilton7 19 August 2004 Colm O'Rourke, Catherina McKiernan8 26 August 2004
Third series Show Date Special guest1 14 July 2005 Ronnie Whelan2 21 July 2005 Jimmy Barry-Murphy3 28 July 2005 Johnny Giles4 4 August 2005 Eddie Keher5 11 August 2005 Liam Brady6 18 August 2005 Eamon Coghlan7 25 August 2005 Tony Hanahoe8 1 September 2005 Fergus Slattery
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