Each week, the show explores one person’s three-month journey to lose a targeted amount of weight and unearth the conviction to finally confess hidden feelings to a special someone they’ve never had the courage to approach. With the help of a professional trainer, they confront the scale — and some emotional roadblocks — while they learn to love themselves again and find the courage to put their hearts on the line for a chance at love.
The Cafe is an Irish chat programme aimed at youthful persons. It was broadcast on RTÉ Two as part of the TTV strand each Friday evening at 19:00, having switched from its previous location in the Thursday scheduling from 7 November 2008.
It was presented by Aidan Power, although Laura Woods and Liam McCormack were his previous co-presenters. The waitress was Avril Kelly, who served drinks to the audience and guests and acts as the announcer of what would occur following the commercial break.opening .
Chats were conducted with two or three guests, there were comic inserts and a musical performance rounded off the show. Past guests included Jason Byrne and Donna and Joseph McCaul, PJ Gallagher and Tom McGurk, Glen Wallace and Jennifer Metcalfe, Caroline Morahan, Amanda Byram, Michelle Heaton, Nicola McLean, Daithí Ó Sé, The Kinetiks, The Coronas, Rosanna Davision, Jacob Byrne, Oliver Callan and Pat Kenny, wrestlers Scotty 2 Hotty and Joe Legend, The Saw Doctors, panellist John Bishop an
Rods N' Wheels follows certified car doctors and lifelong buddies, Billy Derian and Steve Reck as they diagnose, treat and restore classic hot rods that might otherwise not survive.
Remy Ma, Rich Dollaz, Tokyo Vanity and Paris Phillips join host Dometi Pongo to dine on authentic African cuisine while they discuss, celebrate, and embrace their newly discovered heritages
Dare To Wear flips the script on the makeover show construct. Host and style expert Tai Beauchamp asks two extreme fashion disasters on total opposite sides of the style spectrum to switch perspectives by swapping wardrobes. The result is like hitting their own personal style reset button.
Destination... Mars.
Take a journey into space as the Discovery cameras go in search of the Red Planet in a fascinating and insightful series of programmes that takes a closer look at Mars and the missions that have set out to find out more about Earth's neighbour.
From the amazing success of the NASA rovers (Spirit and Opportunity) that set out to explore the terrain of the planet and transmit the data back to Earth, to a NASA exploration of the extraordinary mysteries of Mars the like of which had never before been seen and the feasibility of sending humans to the Red Planet, these programmes find out what is known about Mars and what bigger secrets it has yet to reveal.