Smoking Habits

Extended description: This short comedy sketch from the programme ‘Newsbeat’ shows a man played by Frank Duggan on the street being interviewed about his smoking habits. He coughs throughout the interview, started smoking when he was just tens years old and claims to be just fifteen years of age now. The sketch makes fun of smoking and exaggerates the impact that smoking has on the ageing process. Information: This episode of 'Newsbeat' was broadcast on 9 May, 1968. The reporter on this piece was Bill O'Herlihy. 'Newsbeat' was a half-hour feature programme presented by Frank Hall and ran for 7 years from September 1964 to June 1971. 'Newsbeat' went out from Monday to Friday on RTÉ television and reported on current affairs and issues of local interest from around Ireland. The final programme was broadcast on the 11 June, 1971. Extended description: This short comedy sketch from the programme ‘Newsbeat’ shows a man played by Frank Duggan on the street being interviewed about his smoking habits. He coughs throughout the interview, started smoking when he was just tens years old and claims to be just fifteen years of age now. The sketch makes fun of smoking and exaggerates the impact that smoking has on the ageing process. Information: This episode of 'Newsbeat' was broadcast on 9 May, 1968. The reporter on this piece was Bill O'Herlihy. 'Newsbeat' was a half-hour feature programme presented by Frank Hall and ran for 7 years from September 1964 to June 1971. 'Newsbeat' went out from Monday to Friday on RTÉ television and reported on current affairs and issues of local interest from around Ireland. The final programme was broadcast on the 11 June, 1971. A comedy sketch about a man and his smoking habits. Original language summary: A comedy sketch about a man and his smoking habits.