She was a member of the four person RTÉ 'Millionaires Club', the hosts that over a million people tuned into weekly and thanks to 'Where In The World' she was the golden girl of RTE TV. And then, she was gone.
Anton always wondered just where in the world Theresa Lowe got to, and it turns out she was very close indeed! He was delighted to catch up with the former TV presenter turned barrister to reminisce about classic TV and golden days.
It is a super interview and bizarrely, Theresa reveals she has a picture of Anton's station colleague Ian Dempsey on her wall with, er, Mr T.
Theresa's story is great. She worked in pirate radio and when she studied English, Greek and Roman Civilisation at U.C.D. she presented on Belfield Radio which lead to a job with RTE where she worked as a continuity announcer.
She got her big break in 1988 when she was asked to audition for top quiz show Where in the World! She got the gig and the show enjoyed colossal ratings of over one million viewers, even sometimes beating The Late Late Show!
In 1993, Theresa went to King's Inn to study Law and become a Barrister. In 1997, she left RTE to work as a Barrister at Dublin & Eastern Circuit courts. She specializes in Criminal practice and also covers personal injury. She continues to work as a Barrister to this day. The mum of four also has her own media training company.
She was surprised to find out there is a Facebook page called Watching Where in the World and Glenroe without having my homework done. The page has over 15,000 fans and all recall watching the two shows on a Sunday night and dreaded hearing the closing music as it signalled the weekend coming to an end and no homework done.
She was even more surprised to find herself hosting a recreation of Where in The World for Anton, using the official book and the board game, which she claims she never saw before!
