Patrick Freyne: Doctor Who allows adults to enjoy swashbuckling adventures without feeling patronised and allows children to access something dark and weird while feeling safe
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Gogglebox Ireland maker will produce Irish version of hit French interview format featuring well-known personalities
Derek Mooney explores climate catastrophe while young offenders Conor and Jock return to our screens
Television: Latest instalment of Cork-based series is showing on BBC a full year before its scheduled date on RTÉ
The hit comedy, which returns to the BBC next week, was the actor’s first professional work. So he didn’t expect a Cork sporting legend to arrive on set
The RTÉ news man has been behind a microphone or in front of a camera for 40 years. Moving on ‘could be a terrible shock to the system’. But for now he feels ‘just fine’ about it
RTE journalist worked on 2011 Spotlight documentary on independence of Northern Ireland’s police watchdog
Paul McGinley pitches up in Ballsbridge; BBC Northern Ireland journalists get good gigs; Sharon Horgan enjoys literary success; and Fianna Fail decides to run new and not so new names
Popular, melancholic and fresh from an unexpected content drop, the singer and the animated Australian series have much in common
Long-time newsreader has been off air since last July and has not received a pay-off, broadcaster says
Meath native joins Ryan Tubridy on station’s roster of Irish presenters
Television: In its guts, this BCC show is just really good telly – the acting is compelling, and the show’s evocation of Belfast riveting
Soap operas are well-oiled machines even without the presence of machine learning, but now fears abound that generative AI tools could replace human screenwriters
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