The new schedule will see U2’s Adam Clayton exploring the rise and fall of the Irish showbands in the new show Ballroom Blitz.
This Autumn, the national broadcaster is set to launch several new arts and culture shows in the line-up, such as Aistear an Amhráin and An Ghig Mhór.
Meanwhile, Imelda May will revive lesser-known Irish folk songs with guest artists in An Leabhar Nótaí and John Creedon will also return to discover how Ireland’s music has defined the nation in Creedon’s Musical Atlas of Ireland.
Imelda May. Photo: RTÉ
Christy Brown: Self Portrait will feature readings by Saoirse Ronan and insights from John Banville.
In the world of entertainment, apart from the classics, such as the Late Late Show, there will be a new To Hell & Back with Ray Goggins, who will take celebrities on extreme outdoor adventures.
It has also been confirmed that Jennifer Zamparelli and Doireann Garrihy will be back for the new season of Dancing with the Stars.
As the RTÉ Player marks more than 100 million streams this year, this Autumn will see a new original sitcom Good Boy starring Tony Cantwell, and Did You Hear About Erskine Fogarty? starring Robert Sheehan.
The new RTÉ shows for the youngest will also include Doodle Girl, This is Art Club! and What’s next?
Meanwhile, in current affairs, RTÉ will be launching Clarity/Soiléire – a strand of content across RTÉ platforms where audiences will see a greater insight – and a brand-new Irish language weekly current affairs television series Fóram.
Joe Duffy will return for the next season of The Meaning of Life, where he will speak to public figures, such as Sonia O’Sullivan, Bryan Dobson and Sinéad Burke.
Eat Sleep Cheer Repeat will follow the athletes of Team Ireland as they prepare for the cheerleading World Championships while chef Neven Maguire will explore the best local eateries and food producers in Neven’s Coastal Towns.
Dermot Bannon’s Room to Improve has also been renewed for another season.
Dermot Bannon. Photo: RTÉ
RTÉ will launch several documentaries, such as a new three-part series On the Beat, which will give an audience an inside look at the daily lives of gardaí in Ireland.
The national broadcaster also revealed a brand-new four-part documentary series Hell for Leather looking at the complicated story of Gaelic Football.
Blindboy Boatclub will embark on a journey in Blindboy: The Land of Slaves and Scholars, exploring the legacy of early Irish Christianity.
Meanwhile, Angela Scanlon will take an unfiltered look at the realities of confronting anorexia in Anorexia, My Family and Me.
Other documentaries launched by the national broadcaster include Addicts, Noraid: Irish-America and the IRA, Leathered, Lost for Words and Extraordinary Life – The Ben Dunne Story.
For children, Amy Huberman, Kayleigh Trappe, Demi Isaac Oviawe and Carl Mullan will join Storybud veterans Jason Byrne and Tara Lynne O’Neill to tell stories about celebrities, aliens, mysterious football boots and dinosaurs.
What Dáire Did Next will follow a 12-year-old Liverpool fan Dáire Gorman – one of the few people in the world with Crommelin Syndrome.
Several shows will celebrate Ireland’s landscape and highlight the current climate crisis, including Ireland’s Coast, Scéalta na Lochanna, Why We Love Dolphins, Kerry: Stories from the Kingdom and Tarrac Na Farraige.
Ireland’s Coast. Photo: RTÉ
RTÉ Director General Kevin Bakhurst has said that the new schedule reflects “the diverse and vibrant life of this island and its people”.
“My ambition is that RTÉ will continue to offer unique home-grown public service content and be a trusted source of reliable news,” he added.