How the Late Late Toy Show became an unlikely Irish TV institution
by Rory Carroll Ireland correspondent from World news | The Guardian on (#5AXMB)
Annual special - where garish sweaters meet unrestrained children - airs on Friday evening
It is possibly the most anticipated moment in Ireland's cultural calendar, a television event that draws huge ratings, unites the diaspora and is parsed as a barometer for the mood of the nation.
Expectation builds months in advance, rumours about the theme, leaks about participants, sometimes alarm that the formula may change.
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