Stressed
RTÉ One, 9.35pm
Presented by journalist Jennifer O’Connell, this series features a diverse cast of volunteers who all feel that stress is impacting negatively on their lives. Broadcast on Wednesday and Thursday night, in the first episode Jennifer looks at the results of the How are You Ireland? survey and meet a group of volunteers who are going to have their stress measured and tackled. The series looks also looks at current scientific studies and interventions that have been devised, researched and developed in Ireland.
Biafra-Misean Dearmadta, TG4, 9.30pm
Civilians bombed, famine used as a weapon of war, foreign interference, huge arms sales. It all sounds very familiar. 50 years ago, Nigeria was embroiled in a brutal civil war. Irish missionaries defied a cynical international cartel to save millions from starvation, becoming international media celebrities in the process. At the end of the war, they were expelled from Nigeria, accused of prolonging the war, and the episode was wiped from the public memory of both countries. This film by Irina Maldea and Brendan Culleton sheds new light on a story that has been airbrushed from history.
The Doctor Who Gave Up Drugs
BBC One, 9.00pm
Two years ago, Dr. Chris van Tulleken discovered that Britons are taking more prescription drugs than ever before: a billion prescriptions a year in the UK. He worked with a GP surgery to get patients to try drug-free alternatives - with impressive results. Now he is on a new mission: Chris has worked out that British kids are on three times more medication than they were 40 years ago. As a new dad, Chris has a very personal motivation to explore the reasons behind this huge rise. In this series he sets about finding alternatives to drugs which might be just as, or even more, effective.
