Actor Ardal O’Hanlon said he is very aware of how Irish people are represented on British TV and that he frequently amends his scripts to remove the “Irishisms”. Dermot Morgan as Fr Ted and Ardal O’Hanlon as Fr Dougal in the famous ‘My Lovely Horse’ video.
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Ardal O’Hanlon frequently amends British TV scripts to remove ‘Irishisms’
Actor Ardal O’Hanlon said he is very aware of how Irish people are represented on British TV and that he frequently amends his scripts to remove the “Irishisms”. Dermot Morgan as Fr Ted and Ardal O’Hanlon as Fr Dougal in the famous ‘My Lovely Horse’ video.
Ardal O’Hanlon frequently amends scripts to remove ‘Irishisms’
Actor Ardal O’Hanlon said he is very aware of how Irish people are represented on British TV and that he frequently amends his scripts to remove the “Irishisms”. The former Father Ted star, who is replacing Death In Paradise’s Kris Marshall in the BBC1 series, said that people in Ireland have been “outraged” by the way they are portrayed on-screen, using the 1997 Dublin-based episodes of EastEnders as an example.
Ardal O’Hanlon frequently amends scripts to remove ‘Irishisms’
Actor Ardal O’Hanlon said he is very aware of how Irish people are represented on British TV and that he frequently amends his scripts to remove the “Irishisms”. The former Father Ted star, who is replacing Death In Paradise’s Kris Marshall in the BBC1 series, said that people in Ireland have been “outraged” by the way they are portrayed on-screen, using the 1997 Dublin-based episodes of EastEnders as an example.
Ardal O’Hanlon digs in when scripts are ‘a bit Oirish’
O’Hanlon – “From day one working in TV, I have been very conscious of the way the Irish are represented” Ardal O’Hanlon has said he removes the “Irishisms” from every show he works on because he is “very conscious of the way the Irish are represented”. The Monaghan actor, who is taking over from Kris Marshall as the star of the BBC’s Caribbean detective series Death in Paradise , told British magazine Radio Times that he has battled against Irish screen stereotypes “from day one working in TV”.
Ardal O’Hanlon digs in when scripts are ‘a bit Oirish’
O’Hanlon – “From day one working in TV, I have been very conscious of the way the Irish are represented” Ardal O’Hanlon has said he removes the “Irishisms” from every show he works on because he is “very conscious of the way the Irish are represented”. The Monaghan actor, who is taking over from Kris Marshall as the star of the BBC’s Caribbean detective series Death in Paradise , told British magazine Radio Times that he has battled against Irish screen stereotypes “from day one working in TV”.