The Riordans

The Riordans was the second Irish soap opera made by Radio Telifís Éireann (then called Telifís Éireann). It ran from 1965 to 1979 and was set in the fictional townland of Leestown in County Kilkenny. Its use of Outside Broadcast Units and its filming of its episodes on location rather than in studio, broke the mould of broadcasting in the soap opera genre, and inspired the creation of its British equivalent, Emmerdale Farm (now called Emmerdale) by Yorkshire Television in 1972.

Related Topics:
Irish - Soap opera - Radio Telifís Éireann - 1965 - 1979 - Townland - County Kilkenny - Outside Broadcast Unit - Genre - Emmerdale Farm - Yorkshire Television - 1972

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