Change comes slowly, then all at once, wrote Ernest Hemingway in The Sun Also Rises. And so it is with RTÉ. Its seemingly immutable schedule and career-minded presenters are suddenly and precipitately making way for a new generation. And as the changes wash through, the organisation seems energised in a new confident fashion. The size of the success of The Traitors is the most evident development. The franchise acquired by Darren Smith and his production company Kite Productions was bound to have large audience figures. It’s been road-tested in a number of countries, including a UK production led by Claudia…

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