Mailbag

{{short description|Television series}}

{{For|the postal carrier container|Mail bag}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}

{{Use Hiberno-English|date=December 2013}}

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| presenter = Arthur Murphy

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| country = Ireland

| language = English

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| runtime = 10-30 minutes

| network = RTÉ One

| first_aired = {{start date|1982}}

| last_aired = {{end date|1996}}

| related = Review of the Week

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Mailbag is an Irish TV programme which was presented by Arthur Murphy and broadcast on RTÉ One for a fourteen-year period, from 1982 to 1996.{{cite web|url = https://www.rte.ie/entertainment/2019/0208/1028393-rte-presenter-arthur-murphy-has-died-aged-90/ | publisher = RTÉ | website = rte.ie | title = RTÉ presenter Arthur Murphy has died aged 90 | date = 9 February 2019 | accessdate = 19 February 2021}}

The presentation, which was initially 10 minutes in length,{{cite news|url = https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/tv-radio-web/rt%C3%A9-mailbag-presenter-arthur-murphy-dies-aged-90-1.3786963| newspaper = The Irish Times | title = RTÉ 'Mailbag' presenter Arthur Murphy dies aged 90 | date = 8 February 2019 | accessdate = 19 February 2021 }} dealt with viewers letters concerning RTÉ TV programmes and broadcasting in general.{{cite web|url=http://tvlistings.thetvroomplus.com/listing-798.html|title=RTE TV Listings for 1991|work=TV listings.thetvroomplus.com|accessdate=2011-02-21|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20150302193802/http://tvlistings.thetvroomplus.com/listing-798.html|archivedate=2 March 2015}} The programme later became established in a half-hour Saturday-evening time slot.{{cite web|url = https://www.independent.ie/entertainment/television/obituary-arthur-murphy-37799952.html | website = Irish Independent | title = Obituary: Arthur Murphy | date = 10 February 2019 | accessdate = 19 February 2021 }}

Murphy repeated the Mailbag concept into the 2010s, broadcasting an "E-mail Bag" segment on Today FM radio's The Ray D'Arcy Show.{{cite news|url = http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/weekend/2010/0925/1224279644243.html | last = Fottrell | first = Quentin | title = It's goodbye from me . . . and hello again | newspaper = The Irish Times| date = 25 September 2010}}