Category: Television
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When Ali Came To Ireland TONIGHT 6:30
So its 2013 now and my year is getting off to a great start with tonights broadcast of “When Ali Came to Ireland” on RTE One at 6:30. This was a great documentary to work on, a cracking story that belts along with a eclectic mix of characters and a very unique Irish take on…
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When Ali Came To Ireland – IFI Screening
Earlier this month I finished work on an exciting new documentary called “When Ali Came to Ireland”. In 1972 Ali came to Dublin to fight Alvin “Blue” Lewis in Croke Park. This documentary is about that fight, where Ali was in his career, the colourful past of Blue Lewis and the extraordinary story of the…
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Showrunners…From the Edit Suite
Greetings from the Showrunners edit suite… Its been a crazy couple of months and especially so the last few weeks. Editing a feature documentary is an all-consuming proposition and your work-life balance can get thrown somewhat askew, so I’ve become something of a stranger to my friends and family but it will all be worth…
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Some Upcoming Screenings etc…
I’ve been very busy on projects recently and havent had time to update the blog much so I thought I’d just write a little bit of an update on some bits of news. KARA Kara is screening this week in Dun Laoghaire as part of the December event of the ongoing Underground Cinema screenings. The…
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Some Highlights from RTE50
I spent some time yesterday going through the RTE50 website on the RTE Player. It really is superb and you could spent hours watching this stuff. We all give out about RTE all the time, often with good cause but when they get something like this right, they should be commended. Still can’t understand why…
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Faster, Higher, Stronger, RTE One Tues 9:30
Through a somewhat odd set of circumstances and despite being pretty busy I havent had anything I cut on TV since April 2011. That is until now, Tuesday sees the screening of this sports doc I did for Independent pictures. It was directed by Ronan O’Donoghue and I’m quite proud of it. I trust you’ll…
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Emmy Nomination…not really but sort of
The nominations for the News and Documentary Emmys were announced this morning in America. Crossing the Line Films in Dublin received two nominations for its documentary Broken Tail which has garnered high praise and multiple awards all over the world. Its a great achievement for an Irish company. Congratulations to everyone involved The nominations were…
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Once Upon A Time I Went to the EuroVision
The Eurovision grand final is on today and for the people of Azerbaijan it presents a great opportunity for them to promote themselves and their country not just as a tourist destination but as a means to assert their country’s identity. For the first time all of Europe and some of the world is looking…
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Recording Marjorie Found
Since I started this blog 2 years ago now, I’ve spent time trying to track down all the little bits and pieces I’ve edited over the years, unfortunetly it would appear some of them have been lost into the ether. So I’m always delighted when something turns up unexpected, as was the case recently when…
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Rás Tailtean Doc coming this Autumn to TG4
Here is the trailer to an upcoming documentary that I edited last year. It was a huge amount of fun to edit this story and it was a very enjoyable experience working with everyone involved. Its a cracking story that I think we’ve done justice to. Coming later this year… This documentary to be broadcast…
John Murphy 