Tonight's TV

Mac · February 9, 2016, 10:06pm

Whoever wrote Vincents script was on the drink

Lazarus · February 9, 2016, 11:33pm

Hard to listen to these accents

Rocko · February 10, 2016, 9:47pm

This 1916 documentary on RTÉ now is very good.

Rocko · February 10, 2016, 9:51pm

Good context so far. The home rulers will be seething.

count_of_monte_crist · February 10, 2016, 10:26pm

Very enjoyable

Fagan_ODowd · February 17, 2016, 10:20pm

Enjoying this 1916 documentary. It’s very well made.

Fagan_ODowd · February 17, 2016, 10:23pm

Schoolboy error there on Bolands Mills.

tallback · February 17, 2016, 10:43pm

It’s superb. Tailored a little for the U.S. market but loads of detail, good talking heads and getting Neeson was a coup.

Fagan_ODowd · February 17, 2016, 10:50pm

I’d say the 51 Brigade of the RA enjoyed the bit where Volunteer Mick Malone mowed down the Sherwood Foresters.

Watchyourtoes · February 17, 2016, 11:08pm

Very enjoyable, Neeson is a cracking narrator.

HBV · February 17, 2016, 11:15pm

Just reading there that it’s 80% funded by Notre Dame University 20% RTE and is written by an Irish professor of Irish stuff over there. It’s cost rte about 900k.
It’s very good and will become a reference piece to many well into the future.

It really magnifies rte fucking away 6m on The Rebellion which was dire and is good only to be fucked into the bin.

tallback · February 17, 2016, 11:17pm

Absolutely. It’s got that “world at war” feel - it’ll be the definitive documentary on 1916 for the next 50 years

ciarancareyshurlingarmy · February 17, 2016, 11:18pm

It is well put together and nicely paced. The interviews with participants along with Neeson’s narration give it a vibe similar to The World At War.

ciarancareyshurlingarmy · February 17, 2016, 11:20pm

M.u.s.t t.y.p.e f.a.s.t.e.r

tallback · February 17, 2016, 11:25pm

Great minds …

Watchyourtoes · February 17, 2016, 11:26pm

I was thinking the exact same, wasting millions on a shite drama series when you can’t beat proper documentaries with interviews of those who were there.

Matty_Hislop · February 18, 2016, 12:01am

Went to St Mary’s Haddington Rd and our teacher, former Dublin chairman the late John Egan, used to take us down to that junction every year and proudly point out all the bullet holes in the houses there.

Tassotti · February 18, 2016, 7:14am

thats what happens when you let the Irish in charge of something, sure they probably drank half the money they were given to make it, obviously with American or British involvement you would get a professional product

Rocko · February 18, 2016, 7:33am

Very odd to see RTÉ being criticised for part funding and screening an excellent documentary series.

iron_mike · February 18, 2016, 8:31pm

Interesting documentary on Vladamir Putin tonight on Sky 534. @tasotti should enjoy