Voices: How a show about toys became an Irish Christmas institution
It’s one month until Christmas Eve, and in Donnybrook in Dublin, chaos is brewing. The Late Late Show is a weekly chat show on RTÉ, the national broadcaster in Ireland. But on the last Friday in November every year, something special happens. It’s Toy Show day.
The Late Late Toy Show began in 1975 as a one-off half hour segment on the wider Late Late, and was simply a review of the most prominent toys and books that Christmas. However, over time it became a show in its own right, and is now an annual Christmas tradition.
