Soupy Norman

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show_name = Soupy Norman


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runtime = 10 mins
creator = Barry Murphy & Mark Doherty
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voices = Sue Collins, Mark Doherty, Tara Flynn, Barry Murphy, Luke Murphy, Mario Rosenstock.
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country = Republic of Ireland
language = English
network = Radio Telefís Éireann
first_aired = 24 May 2007
last_aired = present
num_episodes = 8
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website = http://www.rte.ie/tv/soupynorman/index.html
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"Soupy Norman" is an Irish television programme broadcast by RTÉ. It is aired usually on Thursday nights at 23:05 on the RTÉ Two channel, in ten-minute segments. The show is a comedic re-dubbing of the Polish soap opera "Pierwsza miłość" ("First Love"), which has been running on Polsat television since 2004.

The series is written and edited by Barry Murphy and Mark Doherty, with additional voices provided by Tara Flynn, Sue Collins, Luke Murphy and Mario Rosenstock. Where the original soap opera dealt with a girl leaving her family behind to go to college, the re-dubbed version of the programme explores the culture shock of a dysfunctional Cork family in Dublin.

A special episode entitled "The Late Late Soupy Norman Tribute" which featured dubbed clips from RTÉ's "The Late Late Show" as well as clips from previous episodes of "Soupy Norman", was broadcast on Christmas eve 2007.

The concept had an airing on Armando Iannucci’s show "Time Trumpet" on BBC 2.

Episodes

#Soupy Norman saves the day.
#Watchout Soupy is about
#Soupy to the rescue
#Dr. Soupy's Prognosis
#Soupy wins a car
#Return of Soupy
#Soupy Returns
#Who was Soupy Norman
#The Late Late Soupy Norman Tribute

External links

* [http://www.rte.ie/tv/soupynorman/index.html Soupy Norman official site]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Gx6bCREhz4 The original sketch on Youtube]
* [http://www.bebo.com/Profile.jsp?MemberId=4155291020 Soupy Norman on Bebo]