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Sky One will be airing its delightful family drama Roald & Beatrix: The Tail of the Curious Mouse tonight at 8.15pm. The feature-length cast sees acclaimed British author Beatrix Potter (played by Dawn French) struggling at the end of her distinguished career amid a lack of inspiration and failing eyesight encountering a young Roald Dahl (Harry Tayler), who is a big fan of the writer. Their meeting of minds will influence children’s literature in the decades to come and Express.co.uk has the lowdown on the cast of this one-off drama.
TV guide: 44 of the best shows to watch this week From carols to cooking, children’s animation, documentaries and streaming dramas
Sun, Dec 20, 2020, 06:00
Sunday, TG4, 9.30pm A concert of traditional music from St Nicholas’ Collegiate Church in the heart of Galway city, presented by Cormac Begley. During the 1990’s, the duet Begley and Steve Cooney reached national acclaim and were regarded as one of the foremost performers of Irish music. Cooney pioneered a new approach to traditional accompaniment and formed a perfect marriage with Begley’s energetic west Kerry style. They are joined by Canon Gary Hastings, Kevin Hough, Saileog Ní Cheannabháin and Clíodhna Ní Bheaglaoich, each bringing their own unique musical talents to this historic and majestic setting.
Louis Talpe (in pink jersey), The Racer Damon Smith
George Clooney and Caoilinn Springall, The Midnight Sky
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THE MIDNIGHT SKY (Cert 12, 122 mins, streaming from December 23 exclusively on Netflix, Sci-Fi/Drama/Action/Romance)
IN FEBRUARY 2049, three weeks after a global catastrophe known as “the event”, scientist Augustine Lofthouse (George Clooney) lives out his final days alone at the Barbeau Observatory in the Arctic Circle, one of the few places yet to be choked by dangerously high levels of radiation.
He performs blood transfusions to counter the cancer ravaging his body and awaits the inevitable, until he stumbles upon a young girl named Iris (Caoilinn Springall) left behind in the evacuation.