Arms Crisis bi-media production hits audience sweet spot

RTÉ’s experimental marriage of podcast and TV documentary has already garnered 150,000 followers across online platforms

Charles Haughey and Neil Blaney at the Four Courts during the Arms trial: story is now a bi-media production Getty

The Arms Crisis of 1970 is the subject of RTÉ’s first bi-media production, comprising an eight-part podcast series and a one-off TV documentary. GunPlot is a collaboration between the Documentary on One team at RTÉ Radio 1 and the documentary team in the state broadcaster’s television unit.

The podcast series launched on April 12, and will be three episodes into its eight-episode run by the time the 50-minute TV programme airs this Wednesday on RTÉ ...