Irish Christmas TV 2019: RTE and Virgin Media release festive schedules

Brendan Grace, Shane Lowry and a host of Irish icons will be celebrated and remembered in RTE’s Christmas schedule this year.

Celebrating Irish Icons This Christmas, RTE will pay tribute and remembers some of of the greats we have lost this year. Irish Nostalgia The Big Christmas Rewind is promised to be a cracker of a show featuring Irish celebrities and their families sitting down together to rewind through a heart-warming and hilarious mix of the best of Irish Christmas telly from years gone by.

The return of Irish music sensations Westlife in 2019 saw sold out performances in Croke Park and the show will bring viewers an hour long special of the summer concerts. Meanwhile, Once upon a Time at Christmas is RTEjr’s brand new panto for Christmas 2019. Join the Big Bad Wolf as he tries to show the world that he has changed his ways for good and is now the Big Good Wolf, along with a host of familiar RTEjr faces as they sing and dance their way to a happy ever after.

There’ll also be live coverage of the FIFA Club World Cup, and four days of live racing from the Leopardstown Christmas Festival, while Second Captains return with a New Year’s Eve special, when the search for Ireland’s Greatest Non-Sportsperson Sportsperson will continue. And news2day will take a look back at the year in news which was dominated by climate action from school climate strikes to the RTÉ Youth Assembly on Climate.

Then you can party into the New Year with Tipperary star Una Healy and the RTÉ Concert Orchestra together with The Waterboys, David Gray, Wallis Bird, Brian Kennedy and many more special guests for what promises to be a truly magical night. The new shows include Style Counsellors, Room to Improve: Dermot’s Home, How to be Good with Money, and All Walks of Life with Mary McAleese.

It will be followed by Simon Cowell’s brand new entertainment show X Factor: the Band which on Monday, followed by fan favourite spin off show I’m A Celebrity Coming Out on December 12.

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