{{Use Hiberno-English|date=December 2013}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2024}} {{Infobox television | image = RTÉ Your Bad Self.jpg | caption = | alt_name = | genre = Comedy | creator = John Butler<br />Ben Kelly<br />Eoin Williams | director = John Butler | creative_director = | developer = | starring = Andrew Bennett<br />Karen Egan<br />Emily Fairman<br />Tom Farrelly<br />Domhnall Gleeson<br />Amy Huberman<br />Peter McDonald<br />Michael McElhatton<br />Justine Mitchell<br />Hugh O'Conor<br />Jason O'Mara | country = Ireland | language = English | num_series = 1 | num_episodes = 6 | list_episodes = | executive_producer = Rebecca O'Flanagan | producer = Ben Kelly | editor = | cinematography = | camera = | runtime = 30 minutes | network = RTÉ Two | first_aired = {{start date|2008|12|26|df=y}} | last_aired = | related = }}
'''''Your Bad Self''''' is an Irish sketch comedy show which was originally broadcast on RTÉ Two on 26 December 2008 at 21:40 before being developed into a series which was shown in 2010.
==History== ''Your Bad Self'' stars Domhnall Gleeson as well as Michael McElhatton, Justine Mitchell and Peter McDonald.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.independent.ie/entertainment/tv-radio/dancing-on-ice-at-christmas-utv-8pm-1573761.html|title=Dancing On Ice at Christmas utv, 8pm|date=13 December 2008|access-date=6 January 2009|work=Irish Independent}}</ref> The show was produced by Ben Kelly for Treasure Entertainment (''I Went Down'' and ''Mad About Dog'') and was co-written by Kelly, the director John Butler, Eoin Williams, Justine Mitchell and Emily Fairman. Butler was the co-writer and director of ''George'' and ''Spacemen Three'' for the Irish Film Board.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.independent.ie/regionals/herald/domhnall-gleeson-to-star-in-rte-christmas-special/27895152.html|title=Domhnall Gleeson to star in RTÉ Christmas Special|date=10 December 2007|access-date=13 December 2008|work=Evening Herald}}</ref>
In June 2009, RTÉ commissioned a six-part series of ''Your Bad Self''.<ref name="IrishmanAbroad">{{cite podcast|author-link=Jarlath Regan|author=Jarlath Regan|date=29 April 2017|edition=189|work=An Irishman Abroad|title=John Butler|publisher=SoundCloud|url=https://soundcloud.com/an-irishman-abroad/john-butler-episode-189|access-date=30 May 2017}}</ref> The series was to be filmed towards the end of 2009 and broadcast early in 2010.{{Citation needed|date=January 2010}}
==Reaction== John Boland of the ''Irish Independent'' sat through it in "stony silence".<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.independent.ie/entertainment/tv-radio/rte-comedy-youre-having-a-laugh-1597863.html|title=RTE comedy? You're having a laugh...|date=10 January 2009|access-date=10 January 2009|work=Irish Independent}}</ref>
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==External links== * [https://web.archive.org/web/20081217114520/http://www.rte.ie/tv/christmas/yourbadself.html Official website] {{RTÉ Comedies}}
Category:Irish television sketch shows Category:RTÉ original programming