Jo Maxi, named after Dublin slang for a taxi, was an Irish teenage entertainment show which would report on teenage issues. The presenters would discuss issues relating to teenagers through reports and studio discussions. They would also review books, movies and other TV shows. Gig Guides and job/study information was also reported each night. It was broadcast on Network 2 as part RTÉ's redevelopment of its second channel from October 1988. It was first presented by Ray D'Arcy, Clíona Ní Bhuachalla and various other presenters and reporters.
Jo Maxi
Also known as
Brash Hullabullu Get a Life Babel The Plastic Orange
Jo Maxi was presented from the RTÉ Studios in Donnybrook. It was broadcast each weeknight at 6 o'clock. Various reports were made by different presenters around the country with link-ups to different individuals telling viewers of events coming up in their areas. New bands and music videos were also showcased.
In 1993 Jo Maxi was revamped; this revamp did away with the Jo Maxi brand but the end credits would state that it was a JMTV Production, and would also use the Petrol Pump logo. The relaunch followed on from the successful redesign of Friday's JMTVshow, originally a pop video show, as 'Rocks The Garden' presented by Colin Murnane. It was a wide ranging arts and music magazine show, shot in Temple Bar with live music performed in The Rock Garden Dublin.
The new look Jo Maxi had a different show each weekday. Monday’s was an arts review show called Brash presented by Niamh Walsh, Tuesday’s was a chat show called Hullabullu, Wednesday’s was presented by Gemma Hill called Get a Life it was a job/study guide, Thursday’s was presented by Eileen O’Reilly and was a debate show where different schools would debate a topic in a debate competition, it was called Babel and Friday’s was called Plastic Orange, an alternative pop music show presented by Colin Murnane. Each of the new shows (bar Brash) were presented from RTÉ; Brash was presented around Dublin City. Plastic Orange Crush was a late night spin-off screened in the summer and highlighted by Hot Press Magazine as one of the TV Highlights of the year.
Initial ideaedit
In October 1988, RTÉ 2 was revamped as Network 2. This revamp involved a new logo and brand but also a brand new schedule. The schedule would move most of RTÉ's sports, children's and Irish language programming to Network 2.
As part of this new station RTÉ extended its children's programming starting with Bosco at 14:30 and Dempsey's Den at 15:00 until 18:00, effectively Network 2's afternoon schedule was a children's channel. Jo Maxi would air each week night at 18:00 following The Den. It preceded the Australian teenage soap opera Home and Away. It was aimed at a teenage audience as a lead into Home and Away, and all these changes were brought to air on the day the newly-branded channel was launched - October 3, 1988. This was a month later than the usual traditional TV season launch of September due to the 1988 Summer Olympics, which had ended the day before and which had been covered on the formerly-named RTÉ 2.
Clíona Ní Bhuachalla is a producer and co-founder of Icebox Films and has worked as a producer for RTÉ and TG4 on such successful programmes as Ros na Rún and The Clinic.
Susan Kavanagh left Jo Maxi to join rock band A House.
Michael Sheridan continued on other TV projects and featured on the satirical sketch show Bull Island from 1999-2001, before turning to motoring journalism[1]
Colin Murnane moved to London to present for TCC, Trouble, Challenge TV, BBC, Sky One, BBC Radio 5 Live, and more. He is also one of the busiest voice-over artists in Soho and is heard on many ads and campaigns in Ireland still. He also produced and directed the acclaimed documentary The Song For The Year about musician Pierce Turner.
Geri Lalor is now a qualified secondary school teacher, where she teaches English at Junior and Leaving Cert levels.
Niamh Walsh is a primary school principal in County Galway.
External linksedit
The band Big Sky on Jo Maxi
Susan Kavanagh interviews Chrissie Ward for Jo Maxi segment on Hallowe'en (RealPlayer link off RTÉ Archive page about Hallowe'en traditions)
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This article includes a list of references related reading or external links but its sources remain unclear because it lacks inline citations Please help improve this article by introducing more precise citations October 2014 Learn how and when to remove this message Jo Maxi named after Dublin slang for a taxi was an Irish teenage entertainment show which would report on teenage issues The presenters would discuss issues relating to teenagers through reports and studio discussions They would also review books movies and other TV shows Gig Guides and job study information was also reported each night It was broadcast on Network 2 as part RTE s redevelopment of its second channel from October 1988 It was first presented by Ray D Arcy Cliona Ni Bhuachalla and various other presenters and reporters Jo MaxiAlso known asBrashHullabulluGet a LifeBabelThe Plastic OrangeGenreTeenageStarringRay D Arcy Cliona Ni Bhuachalla Antoinette Dawson and Geri Lalor 1988 1990 Shauna Lowry Susan Kavanagh Michael Sheridan Margaret O Donoghue Niamh Walsh and Celine Whelan 1990 1993 Brian Reddin Brian Graham and Gemma Hill 1992 1994 Colin Murnane 1993 1994 Country of originIrelandOriginal languageEnglishProductionProducersDermot Horan Carol Chaffer 1993 1994 Camera setupBrian Miley 1993 1994 Running time30 minutesOriginal releaseNetworkRTE Two Network 2ReleaseSeptember 1988 1988 09 June 1993 1993 06 RelatedEcho Island Contents 1 Format 2 Initial idea 3 Further careers 4 External links 5 ReferencesFormat editJo Maxi was presented from the RTE Studios in Donnybrook It was broadcast each weeknight at 6 o clock Various reports were made by different presenters around the country with link ups to different individuals telling viewers of events coming up in their areas New bands and music videos were also showcased In 1993 Jo Maxi was revamped this revamp did away with the Jo Maxi brand but the end credits would state that it was a JMTV Production and would also use the Petrol Pump logo The relaunch followed on from the successful redesign of Friday s JMTVshow originally a pop video show as Rocks The Garden presented by Colin Murnane It was a wide ranging arts and music magazine show shot in Temple Bar with live music performed in The Rock Garden Dublin The new look Jo Maxi had a different show each weekday Monday s was an arts review show called Brash presented by Niamh Walsh Tuesday s was a chat show called Hullabullu Wednesday s was presented by Gemma Hill called Get a Life it was a job study guide Thursday s was presented by Eileen O Reilly and was a debate show where different schools would debate a topic in a debate competition it was called Babel and Friday s was called Plastic Orange an alternative pop music show presented by Colin Murnane Each of the new shows bar Brash were presented from RTE Brash was presented around Dublin City Plastic Orange Crush was a late night spin off screened in the summer and highlighted by Hot Press Magazine as one of the TV Highlights of the year Initial idea editIn October 1988 RTE 2 was revamped as Network 2 This revamp involved a new logo and brand but also a brand new schedule The schedule would move most of RTE s sports children s and Irish language programming to Network 2 As part of this new station RTE extended its children s programming starting with Bosco at 14 30 and Dempsey s Den at 15 00 until 18 00 effectively Network 2 s afternoon schedule was a children s channel Jo Maxi would air each week night at 18 00 following The Den It preceded the Australian teenage soap opera Home and Away It was aimed at a teenage audience as a lead into Home and Away and all these changes were brought to air on the day the newly branded channel was launched October 3 1988 This was a month later than the usual traditional TV season launch of September due to the 1988 Summer Olympics which had ended the day before and which had been covered on the formerly named RTE 2 In 1994 Jo Maxi was replaced by the children s TV Show Echo Island the 6 o clock slot would host various shows mainly imported children s TV including Garfield and Friends and Are You Afraid of the Dark but ultimately it was replaced by The Simpsons Further careers editRay D Arcy has a very successful and varied career in Irish TV and radio He currently presents The Ray D Arcy Show on RTE Radio 1 Cliona Ni Bhuachalla is a producer and co founder of Icebox Films and has worked as a producer for RTE and TG4 on such successful programmes as Ros na Run and The Clinic Shauna Lowry continues to work in television especially in Northern Ireland where she is from Susan Kavanagh left Jo Maxi to join rock band A House Michael Sheridan continued on other TV projects and featured on the satirical sketch show Bull Island from 1999 2001 before turning to motoring journalism 1 Colin Murnane moved to London to present for TCC Trouble Challenge TV BBC Sky One BBC Radio 5 Live and more He is also one of the busiest voice over artists in Soho and is heard on many ads and campaigns in Ireland still He also produced and directed the acclaimed documentary The Song For The Year about musician Pierce Turner Geri Lalor is now a qualified secondary school teacher where she teaches English at Junior and Leaving Cert levels Niamh Walsh is a primary school principal in County Galway External links editThe band Big Sky on Jo Maxi Susan Kavanagh interviews Chrissie Ward for Jo Maxi segment on Hallowe en RealPlayer link off RTE Archive page about Hallowe en traditions Brash on YouTube RTE publicity shot 1990 RTE publicity shot 1992References edit https www carsireland ie reviews new officers elected motoring media association ireland mmai https web archive org web 20110622111345 http archives tcm ie laoisnationalist 1999 11 19 story8369 asp http www rte ie tv theafternoonshow 2008 1017 pets634 html Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Jo Maxi amp oldid 1206219915, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
