Category: Television

As I type these words (and then retype them due to spelling mistaeks), the first episode of Trivia is just a couple of hours away. I thought I’d have something interesting to say at this point but it turns out I don’t. It’s been such a long road – I wrote the first draft of episode one in January 2006 – that all I feel is pure delight that it’s finally on TV. If you watch, I really hope you like it.

In honour of Trivia‘s broadcast this week, I have a piece in today’s Irish Times retracing my sad history with quizzes. The web version is here. I honestly have no idea where that photo of me came from and can only apologise for it.

There’s a lovely Irish blog devoted to table quizzes – quite sensibly, it’s called tablequiz.net. I had a quick chat with its owner, John Nolan, about Trivia and quizzes in general. You can read the result here.

Please excuse the exclamation mark in the heading but I’m very excited. The first episode of Trivia will be broadcast on RTE One at 10.15 PM on 3 February. It will run for six weeks, unless literally nobody watches the first episode, in which case it will run for one week or less (in my worst nightmares, I see a plug being pulled during the commercial break).

If you can, I hope you’ll watch. We’re all very proud of it. The producers, Grand Pictures, have set up a facebook page for the show and will post pics, video clips and what-not there over the coming weeks.