Ballroom Blitz

RTE One +1

10:35 PM to 11:35 PM

Wednesday 27 November

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Part one of two. Adam Clayton explores how showbands played an integral role in the development of an Irish music industry, which is a global powerhouse today. In this edition, he documents the rise and fall of Irish showbands as they inspired a church dominated 1950s Ireland to embrace a new modern world of music, fashion and pop culture of the 1960s