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AS ANOTHER WEEKEND on the couch rolls around (yes it is the weekend again), you’re probably deciding what you can watch to escape or even just relax.
And while there are plenty of TV shows and streaming apps at your fingertips these days, sometimes we need a bit of socially distant light banter to break up the monotony.
Here’s our latest round-up of talk show content from the week and what will be on tonight. There should be plenty here to keep anyone occupied.
On The Late Late Show tonight, singer Michael Bublé, will be chatting to Ryan about lockdown with his family, and the challenges facing the music industry during the ongoing pandemic.
Hoteliers John and Francis Brennan will be in studio to discuss John’s ongoing health battle, and huge changes in the hospitality sector. As will, Aslan frontman Christy Dignam to discuss the recent passing of his father due to Covid-19.
RTÉ 2FM presenter Eoghan McDermott will be in the studio, shaving his head live on air to raise funds for The Julian Benson Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, Benson will also chat to Ryan.
Singer Imelda May will be debuting her new spoken word EP with a performance of some of her new compositions during the show. Kodaline will also be in studio, performing their new single, and a special version of High Hopes.
There’s still no sign of a laugh track to fill the awkward silences on the Graham Norton show, nevertheless, guests are still lining up to sit on Graham’s virtual sofa.
Stars of Normal People, English actress Daisey Edgar Jones and Maynooth man Paul Mescal, lead tonight’s line up to chat about the much-talked-about series.
If there’s Eurovision shaped hole in your life this weekend, Netflix’s new spoof-comedy, Eurovision, might ease the pain.
Will Ferrell will be chatting to Graham about the film in which he and Rachel McAdams star as aspiring Icelandic musicians. Pierce Brosnan also stars as Ferrell’s father who is the “most handsome man in Iceland”.
Also joining Graham tonight is actor Mark Ruffalo to promote his new mini-series I Know This Much Is True.
Musical guest Billy Porter, star of Pose, will be performing his new single For What It’s Worth from the comfort of his home.
Across the pond, US chat shows are continuing, much like everywhere else, whether we enjoy watching Zoom calls or not.
Graham Norton has the tables turned on him, joining Late Night with Seth Meyers to chat about his tv career, his quarantine silver lining, and his lesser-known life in a hippie commune in 1980s San Francisco.
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, discusses the importance of the US postal service which is going broke – and there’s no bailout in sight.
Meanwhile, Jimmy Kimmel chats to Bill Murray from his bathtub, and to Courtney Cox in full protective gear. The kind of talk show content we expect nowadays.
If you’re getting fed up seeing artists perform in the living rooms, then might we suggest going down the wormhole that is this playlist of classic episodes of Midnight Special.
The music show, which aired throughout the 1970s, featured some classic performances from the likes of The Bee Gees, Peter Frampton, Fleetwood Mac, and Aretha Franklin to name a few.
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Porridge (oats) is one of the very few cereals left that doesn’t have up to 30% sugar added to make it attractive for children. It is an ancient Irish recipe and is very healthy very easily digested, low G.I, high fibre, low gluten food. It was our native main carbohydrate, the Asians have their rice, the Italians have their pasta, the Chinese have their noodles, the native South Americans have their tubers (potatoes) before the English foisted them on us for their own profit, but us Irish had our oats.
Tristan,
Think you’ll find oats are ancient in most countries. Staple diet for Roman Armt, being eaten in Empngland long before Raleigh brought potatoes in.
Plant cereals were common amongst all the people’s of Europe, Germans took to rye, Celts to barley, Romans to wheat, the Irish to oats.
I must be the only person in Ireland that is hungry afain within an hour of eating porridge. For some reason I don’t seem to hold that full feeling for too long.
That is due to its high level of carbohydrates as opposed to protein and fat.
Add some milk to it and have some eggs
You need to add something to it. For example almond butter (healthier than pb and good source of protein – will fill you up) and some fruit of your choice
I had porridge cooked with raisins then added honey, a chopped banana and covered it all with yoghurt. Gorgeous.
Surely you can’t be cereal?
I’m exactly the same jane. I add bananas, seeds, nuts at times and now matter how much I burst myself eating the stuff I’m still hungry in an hour. And it also tastes like muck to he honest
Make it with milk most mornings before work and I have to say there’s nothing else I can have for breakfast that gives me the same full feeling right through the morning. Only add cinnamon and honey to it so I’m not bulking it with anything but I do eat Jumbo Oats which maybe are slower release carbs or something like that. Instant oats are probably just rubbish that will have you hungry again in an hour alright!
I like to add instant coffee granules to mine. It tastes gank but it saves me the hassle of having to make coffee as well. And I eat it in the shower so I save even more time in the morning. My breakfasts are very efficient
I am cereal, and don’t call me Shirley.
It’s made from oats. Lots of cereals are made using oats. So why is porridge different? I love porridge and I say it’s cereal so you can take that as the answer.
Oats is a cereal crop, so yes porridge is a cereal. It’s like saying black is white..
Porridge being a rolled and cooked oat 100% falls under the definition of a cereal and as it is largely consumed for breakfast it is 100% a breakfast cereal. If these chances don’t include it on their menu in their new café then they’re already the laughing stock of London.
Yes, Ronnie Barker was hilarious in it.
God awful attempt of a joke.
Great series. I would agree its a series.
Well its made from cereal; so therefore its a cereal. Why is this so complicated?
Rice is a cereal grain so am i having cereal with my chicken curry?
Why can’t you people have Yes or No answers in your polls. It makes the poll pointless when you have stupid answers. What kind of an answer is “No, where’s it’s mascot” and “I know it’s a cereal, but it’s not a cereal, cereal”. I understand this is a lighthearted poll but you do it a lot on serious polls. I mean why f*(king bother?
Do you agree with John?
-Yes. He is right in a righty wrong way
-No. He is wrong, but he is grand
-Can’t we just get along? Except he seems very angry.
I pick C, or is it 3, you forget to mention. Why bother doing a poll if you don’t apply the selection letter/name rule.
I hear you John! Equally frustrating when you see ‘I don’t know/undecided’ option as well. If you don’t have an opinion…don’t vote! Have to admit though, I did choose the gimmicky vote in this case!
Love you!
I wonder if its actually the bother of making the porridge that they dont put it on there menu as apposed to a bowl of céréal and a jug of milk. A lot less hassle
Oats were the staple food of the Irish diet before the arrival of the potato. I remember reading it had the highest fat content of the cereals and so was preferred. Also easily baked into bannocks over an open fire so easily stored and transported. I’ve a load of slides to go with the lecture if anyone is interested….
Porridge with a bit of salt and pepper.
Workmates look at me like there is something seriously wrong with me.
My kids love it with a spoon of Nutella in the middle let it melt with the porridge it’s delicious
It is by definition a cereal. Oats are cereal crops.
Oat is a cereal grain
Porrige worrige ! Not again !
Can I have cereal instead ?
I classify it, as with the Duck Billed Platypus, a semiaquatic egg-laying mammal
Some people have to get their oats from somewhere ☺
Not a cereal in our house. We eat porridge 6 days a week with fruit and on Sunday’s kids can have cereal or French toast or pancakes. They don’t ever pick porridge for the cereal option!
Years ago teaching in an inner city primary school 5th class, I asked “What cereal grain grows in a paddy field…?’
I bust a gut laughing when the kids hollered back, “Cheerios miss, Wheetos, Cornflakes….”
Heretics! It is obviously not a “cereal” cereal . You can’t just pour it out of the box and pour some milk on it and go.
I despair for humanity.
If you put hot milk on your Weetabix its still a cerial.
I pretend I like it but really look forward to the empty bowl.ummmmm porridge its great!!
Agree
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