The Chase star Darragh Ennis says popular RTE quiz show should be revived
Blackboard Jungle was a quiz show, which aired on RTE2 from 1992 and 1998 and was hosted by Ray D'Arcy.
The show featured two teams of three students from competing secondary schools and ran for seven series.
Speaking on Off The Ball's podcast, Darragh said: 'I didn't (go on it). I have a couple of friends who did. I think we should revive that, and they should have me as host.
'I think that would be brilliant. So RTE, listen to me. It would be brilliant. All you need is a minibus.
'I would absolutely love it to come back. I think it would be great. And I genuinely, all joking aside, I'd love to do something like that. I'd love to host it. I think it was a great show.
'Everybody liked it, and it wasn't expensive to make,' he added.
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