Just where Ryan Tubridy will fit in the cast, viewers will find out later. The yellow-brick road will lead to RTÉ’s Studio 4, where there will be a good fairy and a bad one, a lion, a tin man and a scarecrow, plus a supporting cast of munchkins. The theme of this year’s show will be The Wizard of Oz.
Children from Ukraine, who would have scarcely believed a year ago that they would be in exile in a country thousands of kilometres from home, will participate in the popular pre-Christmas TV show in which value-for-money stocking fillers are sure to feature.
The cost-of-living crisis and the war in Ukraine will provide a backdrop for this year’s Late Late Toy Show.
