8 TV shows worth catching up on over Christmas
Darragh "The Menace" Ennis, star of The Chase"
It’s a clumsy title, but don’t let that put you off. I remember loving him on The Late Late Show decades ago, something I couldn’t tell my friends because Meat Loaf was never cool. But he knew how to hold an audience in his grasp, something revealed in this documentary that charts an Irish tour in 1990 that took in Fermoy and Bundoran.
We’ve come this far, we might as well see it out now. Netflix are dropping three more episodes on Stephen’s Day, leading up to the feature length finale on New Year’s Day. It probably beats chatting to your brother-in-law.
Tom Hiddleston and Olivia Colman are back for season two of this globe-trotting spy thriller. Season one was outstanding back in 2016, but then it was based on a John Le Carre novel, so you can’t go wrong. There’s only one way to see if they can keep the intrigue on tap, tune in on New Year’s Day.
I don’t know how he does it. Jamie’s Christmas special has been going since before the birth of Christ, but he still manages to find a new angle every year. You’re never going to try any of his recipes, but that’s not really the point. It’s all about the soft lighting and Jamie growing old gracefully.
I’m not addicted to The Chase myself, but I know a few people who think it’s the business. This Christmas special (Dec 21st) promises that the chasers will ‘swap quizzing for costumes and festive mischief.’ I’d nearly tune to see what that actually means.
No one saw this coming. Patrick Duffy, yes that one, Bobby Ewing from Dallas, is visiting Irish pubs with the name Duffy over the door. I can’t help feeling this has been done by someone called McCarthy before, but nothing is new any more. And anyway, it’s Bobby from Dallas, come on!
How’s your Mozart? This five-part drama starts on Dec 21st, promising to bring us back to 18th century Vienna, as Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart shocks and thrills the royal court with his music. I expect lots of bitching and squabbling, which is the very of heart of Christmas with your family.
You guessed it, this ground-breaking animated special about a deer with super-powers is released in three different languages, Irish, English and Welsh. Sounds like a nice one for all the family.
