Happy Days! The Den Is Coming Back To RTÉ This Year

We’re not going to talk about how awful 2020 has been (it’s been really, really awful), what we are going to talk about is how great it’s about to get, as RTÉ’s The Den is preparing to be back on our screens this November.

For those of us who grew up on a diet of The Den and Banshee Bones, this news quite literally couldn’t come at a better time. The face of our childhood, Ray D’Arcy took to Twitter to announce the news, tweeting:

“THE DEN IS COMING BACK. Ray has just announced that 33 years after Zig and Zag came into our lives, The Den is coming back to our screens”

THE DEN IS COMING BACK!
Ray has just announced that 33 years after Zig and Zag came into our lives, The Den is coming back to our screens!
🥳🥳🥳@DoubleZCreative @RTERadio1 @rte @RTEOne pic.twitter.com/LwfRScms02

— Ray D’Arcy Radio (@RadioRayRTE) September 22, 2020

So, when can we wear our favourite PJs and get ourselves set up on the couch? I hear you cry. Well, it has been confirmed that the first show will air on Sunday, the 8th of November on RTÉ One at 6.30pm.

The first-ever episode of The Den aired in 1986, with Ian Dempsey hosting it for four years before Ray D’Arcy took over in 1990. Back in June Ray and the boys, Zig and Zag reunited for a special reunion sketch as part of  RTÉ Does Comic Relief (Remember, Dustin The Turkey slagged Niall Horan and suddenly the US-based Niall fandom had a hit out for Dustin and Ray??), well the sketch went down so well that RTÉ decided to bring the show back on a more permanent basis, giving it a permanent weekend slot.

Upon hearing the news, over on Twitter, people were collectively losing their shit.

The Den is back! If they don’t do a Christmas morning special and visit Santy my childhood was a lie…@RTERayDarcyShow @rte pic.twitter.com/Cs8OS97uKb

— Rowan Meegan (@RowanMeegan) September 22, 2020

Keeping up with the Kardashians ending and the Den returning..

Nature is healing.

— Fr Ed O’Toole (@EdOToole1) September 22, 2020

When I was in Primary School in Castlebar, I used to get on my bike when the bell went at 2.45pm everyday & cycle home in time for when it started at 3pm. The Den was so amazing, the current generation with smart phones just don’t understand how incredible kids TV was back then.

— Martin McHugh (@mmchugh5) September 22, 2020

You know The Den is coming back on RTE? I reckon @planetjedward would be amazing hosts

— Val (@magnumlady) September 22, 2020

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