{"id":439627,"date":"2026-05-09T02:13:08","date_gmt":"2026-05-09T02:13:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/439627\/"},"modified":"2026-05-09T02:13:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-09T02:13:08","slug":"rte-confirms-replacement-for-late-late-show-as-it-takes-summer-break","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/439627\/","title":{"rendered":"RTE confirms replacement for Late Late Show as it takes summer break"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"317\" data-end=\"465\">RT\u00c9 One has confirmed what will replace The Late Late Show in its usual Friday night slot this week following the programme\u2019s annual summer break.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"467\" data-end=\"590\">The channel will broadcast the film Murder on the Orient Express at 9.35pm in place of the regular Late Late Show slot.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"599\" data-end=\"840\">Directed by and starring Kenneth Branagh, the film follows renowned detective Hercule Poirot as he investigates a murder aboard the famous Orient Express after the train becomes stranded during a journey through Europe.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"599\" data-end=\"840\">Read next:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ireland-live.ie\/news\/national-news\/2079000\/aer-lingus-confident-summer-flights-will-operate-despite-rising-fuel-costs.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Aer Lingus confident summer flights will operate despite rising fuel costs<\/a><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"842\" data-end=\"1058\">The movie also features an all-star cast including Daisy Ridley, Derek Jacobi, Johnny Depp, Michelle Pfeiffer, Judi Dench and Pen\u00e9lope Cruz.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"842\" data-end=\"1058\">A different blockbuster movie is expected to air in the show\u2019s usual Friday night slot each week during the summer break.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"424\" data-end=\"534\">RT\u00c92 will meanwhile air the musical romance film Cyrano, starring Peter Dinklage, at 9.35pm on Friday night.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"536\" data-end=\"806\">The Late Late Show began its annual summer break last Friday, when presenter Patrick Kielty signed off from his third season during a star-studded episode featuring Westlife and Garron Noone.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"808\" data-end=\"1070\">RT\u00c9 has not yet confirmed when the long-running programme will return to screens following the summer break, while no announcement has been made on whether Patrick Kielty will continue as presenter, with his current contract due to expire.<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"RT\u00c9 One has confirmed what will replace The Late Late Show in its usual Friday night slot this&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":439628,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[93,61,60,23061,768,9034,6085],"class_list":["post-439627","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-entertainment","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-late-late-show","tag-national-news","tag-patrick-kielty","tag-rte"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/439627","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=439627"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/439627\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/439628"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=439627"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=439627"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=439627"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}