The Biggest Show in the Country -The McCooeys Remembered
With a new stage version of The McCooeys opening at the Grand Opera House Belfast, Marie-Louise Muir took the chance to dig into the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ archive.
When The McCooeys, the Belfast soap family, ran on Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ's The Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Service from 1949-1954 streets were empty at Saturday teatime when it was on air.
With a new stage version The McCooeys Live! opening at the Grand Opera House Belfast Marie-Louise Muir took the chance to dig into the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ archive for extracts from the episodes, a 1970 interview with Joseph Tomelty about his life and work and talking to his grand daughter Hannah Carnegie and director Michael Quinn.
There's also music tracks from The Beatles, Blur, and The Selector plus the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio Ulster's Where Music Matters playlist.
