The RTÉ Player team share their top picks to watch on RTÉ Player this week.
What’s Trending?
The world of science came to the forefront last week as Science Week, a national, annual event that celebrates the fascinating worlds of science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) took place around Ireland. The last of the events are on Sunday, 20th November but, if you feel you may have missed out, RTÉ Player has got you covered with a host of exclusive content still available. Watch Rick O’Shea’s unique interview series, Science and Me, where he speaks to Áine Lawlor, Mark Pollock, UK Editor of Mashable and author of Science Week Documentary, Cloud Control: Who Owns Your Data, Anne-Marie Tomchak and comedian and television presenter, Dara Ó Briain among others. There is also a series of eight, specially commissioned features from the RTÉ Weather team that look at the science behind key elements of Ireland’s meteorological make-up. Brand new programmes including drama documentary, Ladies of Science, telling the true story of two remarkable women who had a passion for science and technology during the 1850’s when women were not admitted to universities and Hacked where Keelin Shanley reveals some of the most common scams that cyber criminals are using to target all of us. The RTÉ Player Doc Hub features some classic science documentaries including Henry Shefflin: Winning, Joe Brolly - Perfect Match. Along with a collection of documentaries and young people’s programmes, go to RTÉ Player for all things science related.
What's new?
We had a taster of what was to come with our favourite unhappily married 80’s couple, Bridget & Eamon, in an exclusive web-only mini episode last week that left us crying out for more! The first episode of the new series arrived on RTÉ2 and it did not disappoint as the pair made instant new best friends with a visiting American couple. See Mark Huberman and Aoibhinn McGinnity as you’ve never seen them before playing visiting Americans Mikey & Barbara. If you missed it, catch up now on RTÉ Player and if you simply cannot wait for the second episode, fill the void with a seven minute online exclusive mini episode Bridget & Eamon's Marriage Guidance, catch up with all of the episodes from Series 1 in Bridget & Eamon Series 1 Box Set or watch a host of Bridget & Eamon extras and best bits, exclusively on RTÉ Player including: Father Gabriel's 5 Commandments , Bridget & Eamon's Guide to Parenting and The Many Faces of Bridget.
What not to miss?
Written by Barry Devlin and set in Northern Ireland during World War Two, My Mother and Other Strangers follows the fortunes of the Coyne family and their neighbours as they struggle to maintain a normal life after a huge United States Army Air Force (USAAF) airfield with 4,000 service men and women lands in the middle of their rural parish in 1943. At the heart of the series is an ongoing love story that enfolds Rose and her husband Michael Coyne in a dangerous love triangle with a handsome and charming USAAF liaison officer, Captain Dreyfuss. Meanwhile, the Coyne’s children have no idea of the strains under which their parents’ marriage creaks. Missed episode 1? Watch it now on RTÉ Player!
What’s coming up?
Following the momentous victory over the All Blacks in Chicago earlier this month, Ireland will face World Champions New Zealand at the Aviva Stadium in Dublin for the 2016 Guinness Series on Saturday, 19th November. Can they make it two in a row? Watch it live on RTÉ2 or go to RTÉ Player as Daire O’Brien presents live coverage from the Aviva Stadium.
