Format
Designed to look as though set on a desert island, Echo Island featured a resident Moluccan Cockatoo, named "Rocco", who provided the series with a constant stream of noisy background chatter. Each programme was built around an interview in "The Shack" with an adult guest, who was asked to bring along some items of significance from his/her childhood.
The programmes also contained competitions, items on art and cookery, fundraising campaigns, the "Echovision Song Contest" for young performers and the "Pet Clinic" where TV Vet, Pete Wedderburn, answered viewers calls about their pets. Each Friday edition featured young "stringers" who reported from all around Ireland on events happening in their locality. This item contained an apparently live two-way video link between the presenter in studio and the children on location and was an advanced production technique in its day.
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