Hundreds apply to take part in THE PEOPLE’S DEBATE with VINCENT BROWNE

For further information:

Sharon McHugh
TV3 PRESS OFFICE
+3531 419 3430 / 087 922 4143
sharon.mchugh@tv3.ie
publicity@tv3.ie

Ciara Byrne
+353 1 419 3329 / 087 3199732
ciara.byrne@tv3.ie

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IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Friday 28th February 2014

 

 Hundreds apply to take part in

THE PEOPLE’S DEBATE with VINCENT BROWNE

 

Landmark TV series launches next Wednesday (March 5th) at 10pm on TV3.

 

THE PEOPLE’S DEBATE is a two-hour prime time debate on the first Wednesday of every month hosted by Vincent Browne.

 

Filmed in The TV3 Sony HD Studio, the monthly programme will be broadcast in front of a live studio audience of 150-200 people, where audience members are the participants.

 

Following the very successful BRAIN HACKER series with Keith Barry which was recorded in The TV3 Sony HD Studio, THE PEOPLE’S DEBATE is the Studio’s first major live audience show.

 

For more information visit www.tv3.ie/thepeoplesdebate

 

Hundreds of people have applied to take part in the first episode of TV3’s brand new, live topical discussion programme, THE PEOPLE’S DEBATE with Vincent Browne. Since issuing a call out on Wednesday 12th February, TV3 received a fantastic response from viewers hoping to air their views as part of a live studio audience in the first debate, the motion of which will be: “The Fine Gael-Labour Government deserves the support of the Irish people”. Over 500 people in total applied via TV3.ie and through a special application phone line.

 

Airing on the first Wednesday of every month from Wednesday 5th March at 10pm, THE PEOPLE’S DEBATE will be broadcast in front of a live studio audience where audience members will be able to participate on the chosen subjects and be given a platform to talk on important issues and voice their opinions in the media.  Filmed in the state-of-the-art TV3 Sony HD studio, this heated debate style programme will be TV3’s largest studio audience show to date with 150-200 audience members taking part.

 

With a diverse range of hard hitting, intelligent and probing topics, THE PEOPLE’S DEBATEwith Vincent Browne has no boundaries as it deals with serious current affairs issues in Ireland from topical matters and political discussion to economics and the affairs of the nation.

 

For more information on the programme and to find out how you can apply for future shows, visit www.tv3.ie/thepeoplesdebate.

 

Jeff Ford, TV3 Group Director of Content, said: “No show encapsulates better TV3’s programming strategy than THE PEOPLE’S DEBATE: home-produced in the state-of-the-art new studio, an original format for Irish television, and ambitious in execution. A two-hour debate where the people’s voices are predominant, chaired by the inimitable Vincent Browne, it’s a must-see programme on the first Wednesday of the month. This is TV3’s strategy: to invest in Irish production.”

 

Speaking about THE PEOPLE’S DEBATE, Vincent Browne, said: “We will begin a new experiment in Irish television; This will be TV3’s largest audience show to date with 150-200 people debating the important national issues of the day. There will be no panel of the usual important suspects – if the usual important suspects want to participate they will do so on the same basis as everyone else. This is democracy television.”

 

THE PEOPLE’S DEBATE with Vincent Browne airs next Wednesday March 5th at 10pm on TV3.

 

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ENDS

For further information
Ciara Byrne

Press Officer

01 419 3329

 

Sharon McHugh
Head of Press & Publicity

087 922 4143

publicity@tv3.ie                        
www.tv3.ie

 

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