Monday's TV Tips
The 55th International Rose of Tralee Selection will be broadcast live from the festival dome in Tralee, Co Kerry tonight and tomorrow night.
Returning host Dáithí O Sé will present the hugely popular event and will interview 32 Roses over the two nights.
Last year saw Texas Rose Haley O’Sullivan crowned as the 55th Rose of Tralee.
The event will be broadcast on RTÉ One from 8pm, with a break for the Nine O’Clock News.
It’s safe to say that this programme should come attached with a warning that viewers do not tune in unless they have a man-size box of tissues to hand.
It’s tear-jerking stuff after all. Of course it helps that, after four series, the two familiar faces at the helm of the show, Nicky Campbell and Davina McCall, are well-versed in dealing with all things sentimental – telly bosses couldn’t have chosen a better pairing. But it’s not about them...
Tonight’s episode aims to fulfil the dying wish of Colin Deering’s mother Nellie. When he left to join the Army, Nellie revealed to him and his younger sister Helen that she had given birth in 1954 and given the baby up for adoption.
Shortly before her death, she begged Helen to find her brother and reunite the family.
Plus, the story of Stephen Haywood, who has put his life on hold until his mother can be part of it.
Recently there hasn’t been a week go by without Dr Michael Mosley hitting the headlines with advice about what we should be eating – and what we should be cutting out of our diets.
But this time around, Michael is investigating the truth about meat.
Over the years, meat has been in the news for being a ’killer’, causing cancer, and it’s been argued that consuming meat can take years off a person’s life.
But with 98% of us eating the stuff regularly, Michael questions how worried we should really be.
He begins by talking with scientists studying the affect of meat on our health, before going on a ’high meat’ diet to judge the effects for himself.
Michael also chats to Dr Ronald Krauss, one of the first researchers to explore the link between saturated fat and heart disease, and investigates which meat we should be buying in order to be a healthy carnivore.
Internet dating is big business these days – once a rarely discussed, taboo topic, the world of online match-ups is now the first place to turn when embarking on a search for a soulmate.
In fact, an estimated 15 million Brits are said to be looking for love online, and this one-off documentary follows men of all ages as they head abroad in search of a wife.
We meet 46-year-old Chris who is divorced and looks after his two children, leaving little time for romance, so he’s trying his luck on a Bangkok romance tour.
Mike is 26 and has been searching for a wife in the Ukraine, and after weeks of chatting to Tatyana on Skype, he’s arranged to stay with her.
Meanwhile, we check in with 30-year-old Sam on his wedding day. He’s marrying Apple, who’s Thai, and she’s moving to Wakefield to start a life with her new husband.
This 1976 remake of the classic fantasy adventure sees a group of oil prospectors setting sale for a recently discovered Pacific island, believed to be rich in natural resources.
A stowaway palaeontologist warns them the island is also full of prehistoric creatures, and his prediction is proved right when the crew discovers a gigantic gorilla.
They bring the primate back to New York, where it proceeds to go on the rampage.
This is probably the least compelling version of King Kong – it lacks the charm of the 1933 original and the grandeur of 2005 Peter Jackson remake.
But it does feature a great cast – including Jessica Lange in her film debut - and special effects guru Rick Baker does a terrific job of bringing Kong to life.
Jeff Bridges, Jessica Lange, Charles Grodin, Ed Lauter, Rene Auberjonois
46%
Seven years after her husband vanished without a trace, LA resident Tricia plans to have him declared legally dead, only to be haunted of visions of him railing at her for giving up.
Her psychiatrist thinks it’s down to guilt, but Tricia’s sister Callie isn’t so sure, especially after she learns about other missing persons cases in the area.
Could a mysterious tunnel near Tricia’s house hold the key to the disappearances?
Fans of old-fashioned gore flicks may find this supernatural thriller a little lacking – most of the horror is suggested, rather than shown.
But for people who prefer their chillers to rely on solid acting and well-drawn characters rather than fake blood and special effects, Absentia more than delivers.
Katie Parker, Courtney Bell, Dave Levine, Morgan Peter Brown
N/A
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