His cinematic return to Denmark is about four 40-something pals, all teachers, who get together for one of their birthdays. They seem to be doing well, but for Martin (Mads Mikkelsen). He teaches high school history, but not with much enthusiasm. One of his three buddies (Thomas Bo Larsen, Lars Ranthe, and Magnus Millang) hatches a crackpot idea, inspired by something he read; the average person has a deficit of alcohol in their blood that a 0.5% blood alcohol level gives people added confidence. Martin points out many great men enjoyed a good tipple.
And right in the middle of this we get a hilarious collection of clips of world leaders, all appearing more than a little drunk.
Sixteen films on TV before you can leave your county for Christmas
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Ronan O Meara has been scouring the TV schedules (free-to-air channels only) to find films to watch over the next week as we prepare to celebrate Christmas.
Float Like A Butterfly: Saturday, RTÉ2 @ 9pm
A father and daughter set off on a road trip around Ireland. 15 year old Frances is a scrapper, in awe of Muhammad Ali and she wants to show what she s made of. Her father, fresh out of jail, doesn t quite agree with her choices. This depiction of Irish traveller life is as gritty as you d expect but there s a lot of love under it s gruff exterior and Carmel Winter s direction finds humanity and inspiration in the story. Hazel Doupe as Frances is amazing
Share It’s lovely for us and it’s such a wonderful endorsement of all the work everyone has put into the garden. It’s not just the achievement of this extremely difficult year, but of all the work of the past years. Thank you to all the people who voted for us all over the world; we are very grateful.
Almost 12,000 votes were cast in total for the eight shortlisted gardens, with Mapperton claiming almost a quarter. Viscountness Hinchingbrooke enjoys dips in its natural pool, pictured
Lady Sandwich praised their head gardener Steve Lannin and his staff for their hard work in keeping the gardens looking so beautiful especially during the autumn and winter months