Insurrection Complete 1966 RTE Documentary Series HEVC x265 RTE WEBRIP [MPup] including There Will Be No Rising, We've Put Emmet in the Shade, Law and Self Restraint, Two Thousand Sherwood Foresters, When We Are All Wiped Out, Do You Think We'll Win?, Was

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About Insurrection:

Insurrection An 8-part drama produced and broadcast by RTÉ as part of the 1966 commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the Easter Rebellion 1916.

Insurrection was set in the style of a special TV News report depicting events as they unfolded day by day, with a studio presenter (played by Ray McAnally), 'correspondents' on the streets of Dublin who reported on various events, interviews with leaders , vox pops with volunteers and citizens as well as dramatic depictions of scenes and events of the 1916 Rising.

The series was produced and directed by Louis Lentin and Michael Garvey, scripted by Hugh Leonard, based in part on the publication The Easter Rebellion by author Max Caulfield.

The cast included many well known actors of the day including Anna Manahan, Jim Norton, Ronnie Walsh amongst others. There were many extras involved in the scenes too including, Mrs Sabina Higgins, wife of President Michael D, Higgins.

It was the biggest drama ever undertaken by Telefís Éireann, at a time when the television station was still in its infancy having launched only 4 years previously.

Archiving , Restoration and technical matters.

The programme was made with using a combination of filmed sequences around locations in Dublin, Banna Strand and Ashbourne, along with Studio Recordings which would then have been made on early 2" open reel video tapes. Sets were built in the studio at Montrose to replicate the likes of Clanwilliam House and Liberty Hall. The interior of the GPO was reconstructed in the studio for the final battle scenes and including pyrotechnics and special effects.

It was an ambitious project and following on from Easter week it was shown on many international TV stations. BBC and ABC in Australia broadcast it full, while an edited highlights programme was shown on stations in Canada, Sweden and Belgium.

Keeping or archiving of television programmes was technically difficult in 1966 and for many years to come. Video tapes were a highly expensive part of any production budget and were intended for re-use only.

In order to retain a programme of this kind, a process called Telerecording, was used to create a film version of the video recordings.

The RTÉ Archives maintained and preserved the film materials and telerecordings, catalogue records and documentation since that time along with a large collection of photographs taken on set. Audio-visual materials however are fragile and over time, image and sound quality can degrade.

During the late 2000s a project was put in place by the RTÉ Archives to restore the series in advance of the 100th anniversary.

The restoration work involved painstaking cleaning and preparation of film negatives and separate magnetic soundtracks by skilled RTÉ film conservation staff before going through a process of telecine to record them onto a new archival format. A second stage of restoration was then undertaken by Windmill Lane Post Production Studios, under the supervision of RTÉ Archives. This involved detailed picture restoration, de-spot, fixes to visual break up and removal of other artefacts produced by the original telerecording process. Significant audio restoration was also required as the sound levels and quality varied throughout the series.

Insurrection was not shown again publicly for 49 years, until the RTÉ 1916 Road to the Rising event in Dublin in 2015 , where it was played in its entirety to a packed public audience at Liberty Hall. The beautifully restored version was shown as it was seen originally in 4;3 [square] aspect. A modern widescreen version (16:9) was also created, which while valuable, does tend to compromise the original picture slightly. Notable in the audiences on that day in Liberty Hall were former cast members and families of those who took part in the series.

The series will now be broadcast on RTÉ One television again for the first time again in 50 years beginning on March 23 2016. It is a fitting tribute to the Producer, Director, Scriptwriters , cast and crew and to the archives team who carried out the work. With the advent of today's digital technologies and platforms it will also be enjoyed by the Irish Public at home and aboard too for the first time on RTÉ Television, RTÉ Player and RTÉ international player, something that would have been unimaginable back in the early days of television in 1966

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The 8 part series included: There Will Be No Rising, We've Put Emmet in the Shade, Law and Self Restraint, Two Thousand Sherwood Foresters, When We Are All Wiped Out, Do You Think We'll Win?, Was There No Other Way?, Nothing in Heaven or Earth and was originally produced and broadcast by RTÉ as part of the 1966 commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the Easter Rebellion 1916, Insurrection was set in the style of a special TV News report depicting the events of the Rising as they unfolded day-by-day. With a stellar Irish cast including Ray McAnally as the studio presenter and such luminaries of stage and screen as Anna Manahan, Jim Norton, Ronnie Walsh and Kathleen Watkins with legendary Abbey actor Eoin O’Suilleabhain as Padraig Pearse,Insurrection was written by Hugh Leonard and produced and directed by Louis Lentin and Michael Garvey. Insurrection was a hugely ambitious project and was the biggest drama ever undertaken by Telefís Éireann at a time when the television station was still in its infancy having launched only four years previously.

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Insurrection.s01e01.There.Will.Be.No.Rising

Original Air Date: 1966-04-10
Latest Broadcast Date: 2016-03-18

Roger Casement has been arrested. The Lord Lieutenant of Ireland declares “there will be no Rising”.

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Insurrection.s01e02.Weve.Put.Emmet.In.The.Shade

Original Air Date: 1966-04-11
Latest Broadcast Date: 2016-03-19

Studio presenter (Ray McAnally) announces there there has been a Rising in Dublin. Reporters describe the scenes.

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Insurrection.s01e03.Law.and.Self-Restraint

Original Air Date: 1966-04-12
Latest Broadcast Date: 2016-03-20

James Connolly interviewed inside the GPO. Francis Sheehy Skeffington tries to prevent looting; taken hostage by Captain Boewn-Colthurst

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Insurrection.s01e04.Two.Thousand.Sherwood.Foresters

Original Air Date: 1966-04-13
Latest Broadcast Date: 2016-03-21

Sherwood Foresters attacked Haddington Road.

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Insurrection.s01e05.When.We.Are.All.Wiped.Out

Original Air Date: 1966-04-14
Latest Broadcast Date: 2016-03-22

Death of Francis Sheehy Skeffington by firing squad announced. Wounded James Connolly is carried into the GPO. Patrick Pearse reflects on what losing will mean.

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Insurrection.s01e06.Do.You.Think.Well.Win

Original Air Date: 1966-04-15
Latest Broadcast Date: 2016-03-23

General Sir John Maxwell, Commander-in-Chief of British Forces in Ireland, arrives to take control of the spiralling situation.

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Insurrection.s01e07.Was.There.No.Other.Way

Original Air Date: 1966-04-16
Latest Broadcast Date: 2016-03-24

Rebels surrender and are gathered under guard at the grounds of the Rotunda.

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Insurrection.s01e08.Nothing.in.Heaven.or.Earth

Original Air Date: 1966-04-17
Latest Broadcast Date: 2016-03-25

Kilmainham Jail. 13 rebels have been executed. James Connolly and Sean McDermott are next. As shots ring out within the prison walls, Ray McAnally asks “The Insurrection is over, or is it?”