New RTE series will celebrate The Van, The Snapper and The Commitments
Red alert! (Image: Cast of The Snapper, a 1993 Irish TV film)
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Colm Meaney will present a new three-part RTE documentary that celebrates the legacy of Roddy Doyle’s iconic Barrytown trilogy.
Nineteen films to enjoy on TV as we prepare to celebrate St Patrick s Day
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Ronan O Meara has been scouring the TV schedules to find films to watch over the next week as we look ahead to St Patrick s Day.
Here are his choices..enjoy!
Peterloo: Saturday, Channel 4 @ 10pm
Manchester. 1819. A crowd peacefully assembles to demand voting rights for all. The British government decide to suppress the meeting and make sure future crowds don t get the same ideas. Director Mike Leigh proves once again he s lost none of his righteous anger at the way the common man will always be downtrodden by the people in charge. A tough and upsetting watch but an important one. Rory Kinnear and Maxine Peake do excellent work as the leads.
The Irish seem to talk more than other people, and to take more joy from it. There are times when they have arguments simply for the sake of talking, and they don t always mind being overheard, because they love an audience. Two Irishmen in a pub may be silent. Add a stranger at the other end of the room, and they ll start talking, putting on a subtle performance.
This trait is at the heart of the comedy in The Snapper, which is a very funny movie about the people packed into small houses on a small street in a tight little neighborhood in Ireland.