Aidan Gillen

Aidan Gillen is famous for his roles abroad in The Wire where he played the ambitious politician Tommy Carcetti for three seasons and currently in Game of thrones as the Machiavellian Brothel Owner ‘Pietyr ‘Littlefinger’ Baelish

At home he played ‘John Boy’ Power, the powerful drug trafficker in the Dublin crime series Love/Hate and most recently as ‘Charlie’ Haughey in the three part drama series Charlie.

 

RTE Drama have an Opera version of "The Dead" on RTE 1 at 8.00 p.m. on 3rd January.

Surviving Christmas

Memory is one of the most important functions of the brain. We remember for two main reasons: to help us make sense of the present and to help us be prepared for the future.  Psychologist Maureen Gaffney is in studio to discuss the affect of memory during the Christmas season

Norma Costello

Living off your nerves, moving from town to town, reporting from war torn sites and living out of a suitcase......

That’s the life of Norma Costello who is just back after spending a week embedded with the Peshmerga who are fighting Islamic State in Northern Iraq

Recommended Christmas Viewing

Marian is joined by Dave Fanning and blogger Sinéad Fox with some suggestions for you to tune into over the festive season.

Recommended Viewing- Sinéad Fox’s Choices

FOR ADULTS

Dickensian                      St Stephen’s Day  BBC One @ 7 p.m.

Sherlock                         New Years Day     BBC One @ 9 p.m.

Downton Abbey               St Stephen’s Day TV3  @ 9pm

A Very Murray Christmas         Netflix Original    Streaming Now    

Well Holy God It’s Glenroe       Sunday 27^th December   RTE ONE @ 9.30pm

John Bishop’s Gorilla Adventure       Monday 28^th December  UTV Ireland @ 9pm     

Cameraman To The Queen       Christmas Day     UTV @ 4:40pm  (Different ITV regions at different times)

The Queen of Ireland’s Christmas Message      Christmas Day  TV3  @ 3pm

Panti Does 2015    St Stephen’s Day   RTE          2  @ 10.55pm 

Top Gear from A-Z    St Stephen’s Day        BBC TWO  @  8pm

For the Kids

Stick Man    Christmas Day BBC 1 @4:45pm  (repeated New Year’s Eve @ 4:15pm)

Billionaire Boy    New Year’s Day   BBC ONE at 7pm

Fungus The Bogeyman   Sunday 27^th December    SKY ARTS @ 6pm   (or Sky 1 on demand)

Willy Wonka  Christmas Eve  @ 3:30 pm  TV3  or    3E Christmas Day @ 2:30pm

 

Dave Fanning’s Christmas TV Recommendations

Strictly Come Dancing – The Final : BBC One 6.35 pm Saturday 19^th December

RTE Sports Awards: RTE One 9.40 pm Saturday December 19^th

(BBC One has their Sports Personality of the Year 6.50 p.m. Sunday December 20^th)

Shane MacGowan: A Wreck Reborn: Sky Arts 10 p.m. Sunday December 20^th

Bear Gryllis Goes Wild With Barrack Obama : Channel 4 @ 8 pm Sunday December 20th

Fargo : Channel 4 @ 10 pm Monday December 21^st

The Rich Kids of Instagram:  Channel 4 @ 9.00 pm Monday December 21st

The John Bishop Christmas Show:  BBC One 9 p.m.  Monday December 21^st

A Simply Delicious Christmas with Darina Allen and Rory O’Connell :

RTE ONE @ 8 pm Tuesday22^nd AND Wednesday 23^rd @ 7.30 pm

Baz, The Lost Muslim Part 2:  RTE2 @ 10 pm Tuesday 22^nd December

A Rich Inheritance: RTE ONE @ 10.15 pm Tuesday 22^nd December

Snow Chick – A Penguin’s Tale: BBC ONE @ 8.30 pm Wednesday December 23rd

Mrs Brown’s Boys – Christmas Specials 2015 : RTE ONE @ 9pm Christmas Eve and @ 10.15 pm New Year’s Eve

The Shelbourne at Christmas:  RTE ONE @ 7.15 pm Christmas Eve

U2: Innocence + Experience Live in Paris : RTE2 @ 11.10 pm Christmas Day

At Your Service to the Rescue – Penny Dinners : RTE ONE @ 7.35 pm Christmas Day

Call the Midwife Christmas Special : BBC ONE @ 7.30 PM Christmas Day

Panti Does 2015 : RTE 2 @ 10.55 pm St Stephen’s Day

Downton Abbey : TV3 @ 9 pm St Stephen’s Day

Well Holy God It’s Glenroe : RTE ONE @ 9.30 pm Sunday  December 27^th

Liam Clancy, Mo Chara : TG4 @ 7.15 pm Sunday December 27^th

Fab! The Night The Beatles Came to Dublin : RTE ONE @ 8 pm Sunday December 27^th  

Luke Kelly : Prince of Dublin : RTE ONE @ 9.30 Tuesday December 29^th

The Rubber Bandits Guide to 1916 :  RTE 2 @ 11 pm New Year’s Eve

Daniel O’Donnell : 40 Years of Music and Memories : TV3 @ 9 pm New Year’s Eve

Sports Quiz of the Year : RTE ONE @ 6.30 pm New Year’s Eve

Dusty Springfield : TG4 @ 7.35 pm New Year’s Day

 

Movies To Set Your Recorder For:

Great Old

The Graduate

The 3rd Man

The Lady Vanishes

Dial M for Murder

Casablanca

Vertigo

The Verdict

Shadow of a Doubt

Not So Old

The Shawshank Redemption

The Princess Bride

The King of Comedy

LA Confidential

Airplane

New

Finding Vivian Maier

Capt. Philips

The Sapphires

Alpha Papa

Behind the Candleabra

Gone Girl

Lincoln

Gravity

Big Hero 6

Mrs. Browns Boys

True Grit

Les Mis

The Way

Moonrise Kingdom

Winter Driving Tips

With the adverse weather conditions we’ve been experiencing of late, we’ve invited Tony Toner, Training Director with the Institute of Advanced Motoring to join us in studio with some tips for safer driving in bad weather conditions.