[Jon]

Just searched them out - the Family Fortunes is awful but their Deal or No Deal seems pretty decent. The choice of hosts makes all the difference.

Still unbelieveable until his recent Amazon show that Graham hadn't hosted any Irish show.

On your latter point, not really. It’s the same as Terry Wogan not hosting any Irish shows after he came to the UK. He’s basically too big a name for Irish networks to land. From what he’s said in past and more recent interviews he also kinda looks down on Irish productions.

It’s similar to how you wouldn’t expect Ant & Dec to present a show on regional TV in the North East, even if regional TV was still a thing.

I thought the Irish version of Deal was ok, I think the UK production team were directly involved, but I thought the host wasn’t very good and lacked the dynamic approach that both UK hosts have had.

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Has Graham actually done anything for Irish TV? Presenting or acting.

I believe he basically started his TV career over here, as he’d already moved to London at that time. I think this recent interview explains more.

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