As RTÉ celebrates its 100th anniversary, we’re celebrating Irish TV’s cult classics – the unsung gems that over the decades have won their way into the hearts and minds of Irish viewers.
Paths to Freedom (2000-2001) achieved in six episodes what most long-running series can only dream of. Wickedly satirical and formally daring, the Network 2 show proved a hit among viewers and critics, launched enduring careers and kicked off a golden age of comedy on RTÉ.
You’re likely to remember the show’s co-creator and director, Ian Fitzgibbon, from another TV classic. In Father Ted, he played the sarcastic priest father Jessup, last seen trapped in Jack’s underwear…