Telly and Streaming Highlights: Ocean adventures and radical-hearted women in new documentaries
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Man vs. Ocean: An emotional and reflective adventure documentary that follows Damian Browne and Fergus Farrell as they attempt the impossible: traversing the unforgiving Atlantic Ocean in a small two-person rowboat; Wednesday, 9.35pm; RTÉ One.
The staff and students of St Bernadette's Primary School in Coventry audition for a place in a rock musical competition. Family comedy, starring Simon Lipkin
Tess Daly and Claudia Winkleman are on hand to introduce a group routine by the professional dancers inspired by My Fair Lady.
- FA Cup: Alfreton v Walsall, 12.15pm BBC One
- URC, round 7: Vodacom Bulls v Sharks, 12.55pm; Cardiff Rugby v Scarlets, 2.55pm, both TG4. Connacht v Leinster, ko 7.35pm, RTÉ2
- GAA: Leinster Club Football Championship Final, throw-in 2.15pm; Leinster Club Hurling Championship Final, throw-in 4.05pm, both RTÉ2
![The Money List: champions Eve from Clongriffin in Dublin and Eivan from Tallaght, also in Dublin, take on new challengers Darryal from Coolgreany in Wexford and Nicola from Carrigaline in Cork for the chance to win €15,000; Sunday, 7.30pm; RTÉ One The Money List: champions Eve from Clongriffin in Dublin and Eivan from Tallaght, also in Dublin, take on new challengers Darryal from Coolgreany in Wexford and Nicola from Carrigaline in Cork for the chance to win €15,000; Sunday, 7.30pm; RTÉ One](https://www.irishexaminer.com/cms_media/module_img/7742/3871279_2_articleinline_TML-EP9-DARRYAL-NICOLA.jpg)
Champions Eve from Clongriffin in Dublin and Eivan from Tallaght, take on new challengers Darryal from Coolgreany in Wexford and Nicola from Carrigaline in Cork for the chance to win €15,000.
Three-part documentary: Almost 40 years on from the discovery of a baby boy on White Strand Beach in County Kerry, the remains of a baby boy were found. The Garda investigation and subsequent court case are examined.
- Live Snooker: UK Championship, 1pm and 7pm, BBC Two AFL Women’s, 11.15am, TG4
- GAA: Club Championship Connacht Football Final, 1pm; Munster Hurling Final 3.15pm; Ulster Hurling Final, 5.30pm, all TG4
Are own-brand foodstuffs and gifts good enough for Christmas? Denise Van Outen puts them to the test.
Episode 2 of this historical documentary series focuses on how Caesar brokered an uneasy alliance with Pompey and Crassus, the Republic's two other most powerful men. The trio went on to dominate Rome's political scene, and for a time it seemed as if Caesar was untouchable. As a result, he felt able to travel to what is now France to take over its governorship.
Directed by Quentin Tarantino starring Jamie Foxx, Christoph Waltz, Leonardo DiCaprio, Kerry Washington, and Samuel L. Jackson. With the help of a German bounty-hunter, a freed slave sets out to rescue his wife from a brutal plantation-owner in Mississippi.
Barry O'Kelly reveals planning appeals made against residential and industrial developments which are later withdrawn in return for cash payoffs.
46 years ago, 6-year-old Mary Boyle vanished from her grandparents’ house in Donegal. She is Ireland's longest-missing child. In the second episode of the current series of Scannal, Mary’s mother and sister reflect on the disappearance of a beloved daughter and sister and the impact it has had, and continues to have, on the family.
This week his interviewee is ex- U.S. Army intelligence analyst Chelsea Manning. She talks about her decision to release a set of classified documents, detailing human rights abuse, torture of prisoners and more, as well as her subsequent time in prison. Chelsea speaks about the impact of those events on her mental health and looks back on her upbringing in rural Oklahoma.
- UEFA Women’s Nations League: Northern Ireland v Republic of Ireland, ko 6pm, RTÉ2; Scotland Women v England Women, ko 7.45pm, BBC One.
Director Ciara Hyland explores the hidden stories of eight female couples who were at the heart of the Irish Revolution that freed Ireland from the British Empire. These women's relationships have largely remained unexamined, denied and hidden from history — until now. These women were extraordinary in the lives they lived - they were radical in their politics, in their feminism, their socialism and their devotion to freedom and equality. A documentary about 'the love that dares not speak its name' — found at the very heart of the Irish Revolution.
An emotional and reflective adventure documentary that follows Damian Browne and Fergus Farrell as they attempt the impossible: traversing the unforgiving Atlantic Ocean in a small two-person rowboat.
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In the current series' penultimate edition, Ben Robinson unearths the ancient past of Greyabbey, a small village on Northern Ireland's beautiful Strangford Lough. While the village's name comes from its Cistercian abbey-monastery, this a story of life from the sea - of the money-making kelp industry and ingenious methods of catching fish. In addition, the village has some of the most impressive archaeological remains in Northern Ireland, including a Neolithic boat that predates the Pyramids and stone fish traps that are almost 1,000 years old.
Animal pregnancies can be an anxious time, and not every story gets a happy ending. This new series follows vets Dr James Greenwood and Dr Bolu Eso as they support owners and the mums-to-be and celebrate the bond between pets and the people who love them. In the first episode we meet Holly, whose chocolate Labrador Bella is about to have her first litter. A scan suggests she's expecting five pups, and Holly hopes at least one of them will be a female, which she will keep as a companion to Bella, but the birth delivers more than anyone was expecting. Meanwhile, Kelly finds that her cat's pregnancy brings back memories of her own traumatic birth experience.
Donegal Airport has been voted the most scenic landing strip in the world. This series gives viewers a unique insight into the running of a small regional airport, told through the stories of the passengers flying in and out and the airport staff responsible for their safety.
Documentary on the Irish State mishandling Irish natural resources and violently oppressing Irish citizens — at the cost of the Irish public.
It's been 25 years since Viagra came onto the market, changing the lives of millions of males and making billions of dollars for pharmaceutical firms. But just how did the 'magic' little blue pill come about and what is its role in society today?
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