By Georgina Brennan

An Irish television show is seeking to reunite a family in Ireland for Christmas. Producers from RTE’s Afternoon Show contacted the Irish Voice this week asking for people who have not been home to Ireland in many years to volunteer to be flown to Ireland and filmed meeting their family for the first time in a long time.

“We would love to have someone on our show reunite with their family as a surprise for Christmas,” Afternoon Show producer Rebecca Gaynor told the Irish Voice.

The Afternoon Show is RTE’s flagship, live daytime TV program, which airs Monday to Friday from 3:20 p.m. to 4:40 p.m. on RTE, Ireland’s national broadcast station.

“We will have a theme each week leading up to the Christmas period. Our final week’s theme is called ‘Random Act of Kindness.’ The idea for the week is that our viewers will contact us with stories of someone they know who deserves to be treated to a reward for whatever reason,” she said.

“The idea is that we fly someone home to Ireland to be reunited with their family for Christmas. Obviously, this would work out better as a surprise reunion and we would have the family in Ireland in studio under false pretences until the reunion with their loved one would take place live on air,” explained Gaynor.

“As it is so soon we will be trying to have our family in place by early next week at the latest. So anyone interested should call as soon as they can.

“But the whole thing has to be kept a secret to the family in Ireland. We are looking for people who have been abroad for a long time and would love to come home to see their family in Ireland for Christmas but for whatever reason, they don’t think it is feasible.

The show will pay for a return flight. Producers will discuss any other requirements once the person volunteers.

Anyone interested in being a part of this historic show, can contact the producers directly on 011 -3531-2084615 or at emails@theafternoonshow.ie.