Last night saw RTE release a brand new season of everyone’s favourite show, Reeling in the Years. It’s a sure sign you’re getting older when you start to recognise and remember clips played on the show, which meant yesterday’s episode got a strong reaction from viewers.
The opening clip of this first episode is one everyone remembers, the iconic ‘man slipping on the ice’ outside of RTE. It created a big reaction online with most feeling shocked that it happened 11 years ago!
This new season will cover the years from 2010 to 2019. John O’Regan, producer on the show has revealed what topics can be expected from the new episodes.
Get ready to feel old. The iPad was first released, the Rubberbandits dropped ‘Horse Outside’, Google’s ‘Street View’ launched here in Ireland, ‘Love/Hate’ started on RTE and the infamous Icelandic ash cloud stopped air travel in it’s tracks.
Of course the show also touches on some more serious topics such as the Syrian Civil War and sex offender Jimmy Saville.
Speaking about this John said; “Reeling in the Years deals with serious topics and it is not targeting a young audience but you have to be aware that sometimes there will be younger viewers watching. Maybe the better point is it is sometimes how you treat a story.”
So far, the new season is already a hit with viewers with many chatting about it on social media. Amy Huberman, who appears in the first episode wrote to Instagram; “Just about recovered from being on Reeling in the Years. But I don’t think I will ever recover from the fact it’s been 11 years since that fella slipped on the ice.”
The only thing that matters today is Reeling in the Years
— Doireann Garrihy (@DoireannGarrihy) April 11, 2021
this is on my reeling in the years bingo card for tonight pic.twitter.com/5WYxVtWYiU
— avalon (@heybestieswua) April 11, 2021
Petition for reeling in the years to be an hour long 😔✊🏻
— grace boom boom kenye (@gracekenye) April 11, 2021
Reeling in the Years is an entirely different experience when the songs played were the hits blasted at your teenage discos 😷 I’m uncomfortable. #ReelingInTheYears
— Édaein O' Connell (@edaeinoconnell) April 11, 2021
I’m trying to take Reeling in the Years seriously but I keep getting distracted by the absolute TUNES they’re playing
— Em🌻 (@almondbIossom) April 11, 2021
The man who fell on the ice in 2010:
"Finally I can get on with my life and move on from that stupid video"Reeling In The Years 5 seconds into its new series: pic.twitter.com/brGXfQwXjm
— Liam Lee (@Liam_Lee92) April 11, 2021
Watching reeling in the years and do you ever think about how you’d explain to someone not from Ireland about horse outside and how it really gripped the nation
— Georgia Clarkson (@yung_gck) April 11, 2021
