Marian Finucane Saturday 19 December 2015
Live stimulating mix of news, interviews, reports and discussion.
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.
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
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
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 27th December RTE ONE @ 9.30pm
John Bishop’s Gorilla Adventure Monday 28th 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 27th 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 19th December
RTE Sports Awards: RTE One 9.40 pm Saturday December 19th
(BBC One has their Sports Personality of the Year 6.50 p.m. Sunday December 20th)
Shane MacGowan: A Wreck Reborn: Sky Arts 10 p.m. Sunday December 20th
Bear Gryllis Goes Wild With Barrack Obama : Channel 4 @ 8 pm Sunday December 20th
Fargo : Channel 4 @ 10 pm Monday December 21st
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 21st
A Simply Delicious Christmas with Darina Allen and Rory O’Connell :
RTE ONE @ 8 pm Tuesday22nd AND Wednesday 23rd @ 7.30 pm
Baz, The Lost Muslim Part 2: RTE2 @ 10 pm Tuesday 22nd December
A Rich Inheritance: RTE ONE @ 10.15 pm Tuesday 22nd 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 27th
Liam Clancy, Mo Chara : TG4 @ 7.15 pm Sunday December 27th
Fab! The Night The Beatles Came to Dublin : RTE ONE @ 8 pm Sunday December 27th
Luke Kelly : Prince of Dublin : RTE ONE @ 9.30 Tuesday December 29th
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
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.
In-depth interviews, human interest stories, consumer and lifestyle news as well as a lively panel discussion on issues of the week and newspaper reviews.
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Presenter: Marian Finucane