Charlie Bird - Loud and Clear review: Powerful portrait of a beloved broadcaster

RTÉ's documentary on Charlie Bird combined poignant moments with a tribute to one of the most recognisable voices of our age 
Charlie Bird - Loud and Clear:  Charlie Bird is supported by family members at Croagh Patrick. 

Charlie Bird - Loud and Clear:  Charlie Bird is supported by family members at Croagh Patrick. 

“But will it be my voice? Will I hear myself?” 

The question is passionate, earnestly blunt. And all the more poignant because – asking it – Charlie Bird’s voice is already slurred and slowed by the motor neurone disease he had just recently been diagnosed with.

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