{"id":7,"date":"2018-01-08T13:30:59","date_gmt":"2018-01-08T13:30:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/about.rte.ie\/commissioning\/?page_id=7"},"modified":"2025-11-28T14:29:15","modified_gmt":"2025-11-28T14:29:15","slug":"7-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/about.rte.ie\/thelab\/","title":{"rendered":"The Lab – Who We Are"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The Lab<\/strong> is a production unit within RT\u00c9 that produces and commissions original video content for the 18-44 audience on RT\u00c9 Player.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Some of our recent series include The Traitors Ireland: Uncloaked<\/em><\/a>, Good Boy<\/em><\/a> and Darren & Joe’s Free Gaff<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We’re a small creative team of Content Creators within RT\u00c9 Player, with a wide range of experience in TV and Digital content. Our skills range from producing, directing, ideation, format creation, commissioning and multimedia editing. <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

We commission<\/strong> a handful of independent productions each year. All content currently produced and commissioned by The Lab is aimed at\u00a0the\u00a018-44 audience. <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Check out our Commissioning Brief for 2026 here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You can view a selection of our recent productions below:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Click the thumbnails above to watch some of our series.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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Good Boy<\/a>, a 4-part sitcom, produced in-house by The Lab for RT\u00c9 Player<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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Ireland’s Perfect Pubs<\/a>, an in-house Lab production for RT\u00c9 Player <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Darren and Joe’s Free Gaff<\/a>, commissioned by The Lab, produced by Green Inc. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Relove My Space<\/a>, an in-house production by The Lab for RT\u00c9 Player<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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The Lab is a production unit within RT\u00c9 that produces and commissions original video content for the 18-44 audience on RT\u00c9 Player. Some of our recent series include The Traitors Ireland: Uncloaked, Good Boy and Darren & Joe’s Free Gaff. We’re a small creative team of Content Creators within RT\u00c9 Player, with a wide range […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-7","page","type-page","status-publish"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/about.rte.ie\/thelab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/about.rte.ie\/thelab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/about.rte.ie\/thelab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/about.rte.ie\/thelab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/about.rte.ie\/thelab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/about.rte.ie\/thelab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/about.rte.ie\/thelab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}