Anne Doyle was back on our screens last night, and viewers were loving every moment of the return of RTE One's most iconic female newscaster.
In last night's 'Keys To My Life', Brendan Courtney joined Anne Doyle as she enlightened the TV presenter and those of us at home about a special place in Ireland that shaped who she is today. In the first episode of the new series, she returned back to the relatively unchanged bedsit she shared back in Ranelagh, Dublin in the 1970's.
The infamous RTE News broadcaster also shed light on various high-brow points of her TV career, such as that kiss she shared with Brendan O'Connor.
WATCH WITH ME LIVE TONIGHT- here’s the on screen kiss that shocked the nation with @RadioBrendanRTE #KeysToMyLife tonight 8:30pm @rteone pic.twitter.com/FOdD4oFbe8
— Brendan Courtney (@BrendanCourtney) March 29, 2020
The show offered up plenty of nostalgia for viewers at home, as well as making us all wish Anne Doyle had her own presenting gig. Here's how the episode went down with viewers on Twitter, as the queen of Irish primetime TV returned to our screens.
The sass of Anne Doyle.... She needs to be on the TV more!!#KeysToMyLife
— CROSSY (@CrossyTweets) March 29, 2020
Loving #KeysToMyLife @BrendanCourtney ! ? you’d miss Doyler on the tele. A lady with sass, class & incredible charm.
— Jacqui Hurley (@jacquihurley) March 29, 2020
#AnneDoyle is a big loss from tv screens #KeysToMyLife
— John Kennedy © (@johnkendy) March 29, 2020
I would read the living daylights out of Ann Doyle's biography. Would also go for a rake of pints with her #KeysToMyLife
— Doireann Markham (@DoireannMarkham) March 29, 2020
So heartwarming, and just what's needed right now. Well done @BrendanCourtney #KeysToMyLife pic.twitter.com/i4XuY470mw
— Maura Shine (@shine_maura) March 29, 2020
I always knew #annedoyle was so cool #KeysToMyLife
— Damien Lodge (@DGLODGE) March 29, 2020
What a truly gorgeous piece of television #KeysToMyLife was tonight. I cant wait for next week, a credit to all involved and another @BrendanCourtney triumph.
— Eoin Murphy (@eoinmurphy22) March 29, 2020
#KeysToMyLife might already be my new fave tv show, isn’t #AnneDoyle just fantastic @BrendanCourtney @RTEOne
— John Kennedy © (@johnkendy) March 29, 2020
So when I moved to Dublin first I spotted Anne Doyle on Baggot Street, I was totally star struck. So star struck I followed her and when she stopped at a cash machine I hovered around & rang my mum to tell her ?Always and still inspired by fun & intelligent women #KeysToMyLife pic.twitter.com/SxRIB7aHPx
— Finola Twomey (@FinOMahony) March 29, 2020
What a beautiful escape from reality this evening #keystomylife
— Denise Calnan (@denise_denise) March 29, 2020
#KeysToMyLife Anne deserves her own stamp.
— Máire(FlattentheCurve)NiGiollaBhríde (@qualann) March 29, 2020
Thoroughly enjoyed that #KeysToMyLife . Absolutely adored Anne Doyle as a kid, the queen of cool. She's still as fabulous now as she was then.
— JTMoomin (@JTMoomin) March 29, 2020
Anne Doyle on cooking... ‘Sure who’d want to cut onions?’ #KeysToMyLife
— Andy Power (@Andy_dePaor) March 29, 2020
Anne Doyle : "Who wants to be chopping onions?!!" Quite right Anne. #KeysToMyLife
— Lorna Sims Byrne (@DummyBM) March 29, 2020
'Keys To My Life' with Brendan Courtney returns next Sunday night, where the presenter will be joined by Eurovision singer Johnny Logan. If you missed last night's first episode, you can watch it on catch up on the RTE Player.
