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Finbar's Class
Written by
  • Michael Sheridan
  • Jennifer O'Hara
Starring
No. of series2
Production
ProducerRoy Heayberd
Original release
NetworkRTÉ TWO
Release6 October 1995 (1995-10-06)[1] –
20 December 1996 (1996-12-20)[2]

Finbar's Class is an Irish television teen drama with music video style interludes,[3][4] that was broadcast for two seasons on RTÉ Two in 1995 and 1996. The series featured Michael Sheridan as Finbar Bar,[5] a young teacher in an Irish secondary school and a host of young actors such as Fiona Glascott, Hilda Fay,[6] Jenny Maher,[7] Paul Walker,[8] Brian McFadden,[9] Aisling O'Neill,[10] Andrea Edmunds,[11] Amelia Crowley,[12] Danny O'Donoghue,[12] Glenn Mulhern,[13] Amy-Joyce Hastings[14] and veteran actor Barry McGovern as the headmaster.[5] The show became a cult hit, with stars featuring in pantomimes.[15]

Former Blue Peter presenter Caron Keating made a guest appearance in season 2.[3][16]

Reception

Eddie Holt of The Irish Times described the series as an "amazing form of television, more choreographed than coherent, a strange conjunction of Fame and Brookside",[17] while a 2007 compilation by John Boland of bad RTÉ dramas in the same paper described it as "twaddle".[18]

The series received recognition in the form of the Special Trophy in the Children and Adolescents Drama section of the Golden Chest International Television Festival.[19]

References

  1. ^ "RTÉ Archives". RTÉ Archives. 5 July 2012.
  2. ^ "RTÉ Archives". RTÉ Archives. 5 July 2012.
  3. ^ a b Taylor, Richie (10 October 1996). "School's out . . for sex lessons". Irish Daily Mirror. London: Mirror Group Newspapers. p. 6. ProQuest 337960793 – via ProQuest Central.
  4. ^ "We can dance - abroad". The Irish Times. Dublin. 12 October 1995. p. 12. ProQuest 310148630 – via ProQuest Central.
  5. ^ a b "School drama". The Irish Times. Dublin. 3 October 1995. pp. Supplement 16. ProQuest 310068237 – via ProQuest Central.
  6. ^ Shortall, Eithne (10 April 2016). "STRAIGHT FROM THE HEART: The former soap actress is bringing her authentic and gritty approach to the Abbey -- and thrives on such a stage". Sunday Times; London (UK). London: News International. p. 8. ISSN 0956-1382. ProQuest 1784595671 – via ProQuest Central. [Eire Region]
  7. ^ Kerr, Colin (21 November 1999). "Jen helps kids get upwardly mobile in showbiz!". News of the World. London: News International. p. 18. ProQuest 372265248 – via ProQuest Central.
  8. ^ "Finbar's Class (1995) pełna obsada". Filmweb (in Polish).
  9. ^ Donohoe, Amy (12 April 2021). "Moments leading to Brian McFadden's Westlife split from heartbreak to aftermath". DublinLive.ie.
  10. ^ Heaney, Mick (22 February 2004). "Telly aches". Sunday Times (Ireland edition). London: News International. p. 16. ISSN 0956-1382. ProQuest 316798951 – via ProQuest Central.
  11. ^ "My coffin terror by 'vampire'". News of the World. London: News International. 12 October 1997. p. 14. ProQuest 372426304 – via ProQuest Central.
  12. ^ a b "Finbar's Class". GoldPoster.com.
  13. ^ O'Donovan, Deirdre (3 March 2002). "Fair City's violent bad boy has a bash at a new Affair..being gay ; BUT STAR STUART ADMITS 'ROLE IS ONE THAT I FILMED EARLIER'". Irish Sunday Mirror. London: Mirror Group Newspapers. p. 48. ProQuest 339435815 – via ProQuest Central.
  14. ^ "艾米·乔伊斯·哈斯廷斯 Amy Joyce Hastings的全部作品(17)" [All works of Amy Joyce Hastings (17)]. Douban.com (in Chinese).
  15. ^ Colgan, Gerry (17 December 1996). "A chance to get in on Santa's act Santa's Great Christmas Adventure Olympia Theatre". The Irish Times. Dublin. p. 12. ProQuest 310263936 – via ProQuest Central.
  16. ^ Sherna, NOAH (15 April 2004). "TV presenter dies at just 41 ; Caron Keating loses battle with cancer". Liverpool Daily Post. Liverpool: Mirror Group Newspapers. p. 8. ProQuest 341290474 – via ProQuest Central.
  17. ^ Holt, Eddie (30 November 1996). "COPS, DOGS AND FROCKS". The Irish Times. Dublin. pp. Supplement 5. ProQuest 310134502 – via ProQuest Central.
  18. ^ Boland, John (3 February 2007). "RTE'S all-time great drama turkeys". Irish Independent. Dublin: Independent News & Media. p. 1. ProQuest 333349068 – via ProQuest Central.
  19. ^ Taylor, Richie (14 November 1996). "A Touch of class". Irish Daily Mirror. London: Mirror Group Newspapers. p. 6. ProQuest 337928342 – via ProQuest Central.


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