All Aboard (TV series)

All Aboard is an Irish documentary series, produced by Fubar Films and screened on RTÉjr. The series premiered on Monday 26 March 2018. It follows two sisters and their parents on a barge journey down the Grand Canal from Dublin to Shannon Harbour in Co. Offaly. The series is produced by Fiona Bergin and filmed and directed by Fintan Connolly.[1]

All Aboard
GenreChildren
Documentary
Created byFintan Connolly
Fiona Bergin
Country of originIreland
Original languageEnglish
No. of series1
No. of episodes15
Production
ProducerFiona Bergin
Running time6 minutes
Production companyFubar Films
Original release
NetworkRTÉjr
Release26 March (2018-03-26) –
13 April 2018 (2018-04-13)

Plot

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This 15 part family adventure is set on the beautiful barge ‘Tig Beatha’ as it drifts along the Grand Canal. Sisters Muireann (9) and Caoimhe (7) are the hosts along with their parents Mick and Trish. The family live in a floating home and make many stops on the way. Their journey takes them three weeks.

As well as having fun onboard the family visit special places and try out new activities: going through a lock, feeding swans, stencilling the name on the barge, visiting a fen, helping to clean up the canal, going out in a dinghy, looking for bats at night, getting pulled along by dray horses, meeting a lock keeper, cutting turf on the bog, aqua cycling, pony riding, going on a nature walk, catching butterflies and going fishing. [2]

Episodes

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No.TitleDirectorAirdate
1"Grand Canal Docks - Portobello"Fintan ConnollyMonday 26 March 2018 (2018-03-26)
Caoimhe and Muireann travel through the city to Portobello.
2"Portobello - Hazelhatch"Fintan ConnollyTuesday 27 March 2018 (2018-03-27)
Caoimhe and Muireann feed swans before leaving the city for the country.
3"Hazelhatch - Henry Bridge"Fintan ConnollyWednesday 28 March 2018 (2018-03-28)
Caoimhe and Muireann stencil the name Tig Beatha on their barge.
4"Henry Bridge - Sallins"Fintan ConnollyThursday 29 March 2018 (2018-03-29)
Caoimhe and Muireann visit a fen and look for little creatures.
5"Sallins - Lowtown"Fintan ConnollyFriday 30 March 2018 (2018-03-30)
Caoimhe and Muireann help to clean up the canal.
6"Lowtown - Littletown"Fintan ConnollyMonday 2 April 2018 (2018-04-02)
Caoimhe and Muireann go out in a dinghy
7"Littletown - Allenwood"Fintan ConnollyTuesday 3 April 2018 (2018-04-03)
Caoimhe and Muireann look for bats at night.
8"Allenwood - Trimblestown"Fintan ConnollyWednesday 4 April 2018 (2018-04-04)
Caoimhe and Muireann’s barge gets pulled along the canal by dray horses.
9"Trimblestown - Rhode"Fintan ConnollyThursday 5 April 2018 (2018-04-05)
Caoimhe and Muireann meet a lock keeper.
10"Rhode - Killeen"Fintan ConnollyFriday 6 April 2018 (2018-04-06)
Caoimhe and Muireann cut turf on the bog.
11"Killeen - Daingean"Fintan ConnollyMonday 9 April 2018 (2018-04-09)
Caoimhe and Muireann go aqua cycling, kayaking and zorbing on the canal.
12"Daingean - Ballycommon"Fintan ConnollyTuesday 10 April 2018 (2018-04-10)
Caoimhe and Muireann go pony riding for the first time.
13"Ballycommon - Pollagh"Fintan ConnollyWednesday 11 April 2018 (2018-04-11)
Caoimhe and Muireann go on a nature walk and catch butterflies.
14"Pollagh - Belmont"Fintan ConnollyThursday 12 April 2018 (2018-04-12)
Caoimhe and Muireann meet a fairy in the woods.
15"Belmont - Shannon Harbour"Fintan ConnollyFriday 13 April 2018 (2018-04-13)
Caoimhe and Muireann go fishing and reach the end of their journey.

Music

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The score for All Aboard is written by Stephen Rennicks.

References

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  1. ^ Nathan Griffin (March 23, 2018)“RTÉ Commissions New Children's Documentary Series 'All Aboard'” [1]
  2. ^ Niall Murphy (March 23, 2018) “#ArTeilifis: New children’s series All Aboard to air on RTEjr”[2]
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