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The Remote: Scannal tackles the Bertie Bowl and an hour of sewing on the BBC - your weekly TV Guide

We’ve got you covered for some shows to sink your teeth into this week.

YOU KNOW THE score now.

With The Remote, we’ll be trawling through the TV listings to bring you a range of recommendations each week.

We’ll focus mainly on free-to-air TV and freely available streaming services – with the occasional recommendation from subscription services too.

Something half the country will be watching…

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Gerry Ryan: A Legacy. It’s been ten years since RTÉ broadcaster Gerry Ryan’s sudden passing. His death at the age of 53 shocked the nation and provoked an outpouring of public sympathy across Ireland.

This documentary gives a unique insight into Gerry’s life and career using unseen archive footage from Gerry’s life, and features contributions from those close to him.

When’s it on? RTÉ One this Sunday night at 9.30pm.

Something to watch as a family…

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Space Jam: A beloved Looney Tunes caper. After a monstrous group seeks to enslave Bugs Bunny and pals, the only way they can win their freedom is via an all-or-nothing game of basketball. Can superstar NBA player Michael Jordan save Bugs, Daffy and their friends when they need it most?

Come for the slapstick animated characters, stay for a bizarre turn from Bill Murray who also comes to the toons’ aid. (The original website from the 1996 film also still exists).

When can I watch it? It’s available on Netflix now.

Something to stream…

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Man in the High Castle. If you’ve exhausted the usual list of series to stream, the lesser known Man in the High Castle could be your next series to binge. 

Set in a dystopian America where the Nazis and Japanese have won World War II, the series features a grim vision of what could have been.

As the main characters struggle against their oppressors, they come into contact with a group of resistance fighters who share reels of film depicting an alternate reality to their own – where the Allies triumphed. Do these reels of film – created by the mysterious Man in the High Castle – offer them a way out of their plight?

When can I watch it? Four series of the show are available on Amazon Prime

Something sporty…

Scannal: Bertie Bowl. RTÉ’s Scannal series looks at major events in recent Irish history, and this edition looks at the infamous Bertie Bowl project.

The former Taoiseach himself speaks about the building that was intended to be a national stadium that would host rugby, soccer and GAA games. Many of Ahern’s opponents dismissed the stadium as a vanity project for the sports-mad, Dublin-born taoiseach. This documentary gives you the inside story.

When can I watch it? It’s on RTÉ One at 8pm this evening, and on RTÉ 2 at 8.30pm on Wednesday night.

Something musical…

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Slí na mBeaglaoich: Renowned West Kerry traditional musicians, Father and son Breanndán and Cormac Ó Beaglaoich travel up the West coast of Ireland from Kerry to Donegal in their 40-year-old camper van, Beauty, on a journey of musical discovery.

In this exciting new six-part traditional music series, they meet with friends old and new, traditional musicians and artists as they embark on this trip to unearth some of the most exciting musicians, singers and dancers of the Wild Atlantic Way. 

When’s it on? TG4 at 9.30pm this Sunday.

Something to help with homeschooling…

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Cúla4 ar scoil. This programme will cater for primary school children who attend Gaelscoileanna and Gaeltacht schools.

The half-hour programme will be broadcast from Scoil na bhForbacha in the Connemara Gaeltacht and will be presented by primary school teachers, Caitríona Ní Chualáin and Fiachra Ó Dubhghaill, with contributions from teachers and facilitators from other communities and Gaeltacht regions, incorporating a range of dialects.

The programme will have a weekly theme and the lesson objectives and learning outcomes drawn from the primary school curriculum will be presented in an engaging and interactive manner. 

When’s it on? Weekdays from 10am-10.30am on TG4.

Something from the archives…

Paths to Freedom: When this writer spoke to Joe Duffy earlier this week, the Liveline presenter suggested this old RTÉ show as a “hidden gem”. 

Paths to Freedom is a six-part series starring Jeremy and Rats, who have both recently been released from a Dublin prison. It’s gas and well worth a watch.

When can I watch it? It’s available on demand on the RTÉ Player now.

Something my housemates will slag me for watching…

The Great British Sewing Bee: In the grand tradition of British television reality programmes putting the words “great” in front of it, the Great British Sewing Bee is back.

Like the bake off, contestants are given a series of tasks to complete within the allotted time. Here, instead of baking cakes, they’re making clothes. 

And it all makes up an enjoyable hour of television.

When can I watch it? It’s on BBC One on Wednesday at 9pm.

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    Jan 11th 2017, 8:44 AM

    Typical Man. Any port in a storm.

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    Jan 11th 2017, 9:34 AM

    @john Appleseed: On some occasions its impertinence was tolerated but at other times the deer bolted and ran. Typical female, ha…?

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    Jan 11th 2017, 9:48 AM

    There was an Ottoman Sultan who took a fancy to a cow and dispatched messengers around the empire to bring him back a woman whose rump was sufficiently cowlike for him to satisfy his lust. True story.

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    Jan 11th 2017, 10:09 AM

    Plenty to choose from I’d say!

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    Jan 11th 2017, 10:46 AM

    There once was a sinister Ottoman –
    To the fair sex, it seems, he was not a man.
    He evaded the charms
    Of feminine arms,
    Quite frankly, he said: “I’m a bottom man”

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    Jan 11th 2017, 11:39 AM

    You’re hilarious john.

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    Jan 11th 2017, 11:57 AM

    Probably a Welsh monkey and couldn’t find a sheep.

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    Jan 11th 2017, 12:41 PM

    @ mercurial one. Lack of foreplay perhaps?

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    Jan 11th 2017, 1:34 PM

    What about the farmers in Kerry that have a very close connection to the livestock :L

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    Jan 11th 2017, 8:34 AM

    This calls into question Curious George’s real relationship with The Man With The Big Yellow Hat

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    Jan 11th 2017, 9:55 AM

    Come on, deers are kinda attractive, no?

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    Jan 11th 2017, 8:37 AM

    Oh deer. Another monkey on my back! Come come, This really too much.

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    Jan 11th 2017, 8:37 AM

    ‘Honey, how did you spend your morning?’
    ‘Read the headlines then watched a video of a monkey having sex with a deer’
    ‘That’s it, I want a divorce’

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    Jan 11th 2017, 10:29 AM

    Just imagine all the other monkeys laughing at him and calling him deer shagger.

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    Jan 11th 2017, 8:35 AM

    Search pornhub for more of these scientific studies.

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    Jan 11th 2017, 8:44 AM

    Perverts head on him

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    Jan 11th 2017, 10:41 AM

    I guess that’s how donkeys are made

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    Jan 11th 2017, 2:30 PM

    Excellent

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    Jan 11th 2017, 10:23 AM

    “Monkey see monkey do,” I’d investigate the park ranger

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    Jan 11th 2017, 8:44 AM

    Thought the deer was going to go ape shit.

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    Jan 11th 2017, 9:33 AM

    That monkey needs to be spanked!

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    Jan 11th 2017, 11:42 AM

    I think he spanked it himself king Tut

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    Jan 11th 2017, 9:40 AM

    Could we not give them some privacy?

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    Jan 11th 2017, 9:22 AM

    Well now .. there’s a topic of discussion for a dinner party… so glad the journal decided to enlighten us with this great “news”

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    Jan 11th 2017, 12:36 PM

    How dare anyone judge that monkey, it’s obviously transspecies

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    Jan 11th 2017, 8:45 AM

    Condoms aka The Devils Sheath has no place in a Catholic society. We should be allowed to get herpes at will and bundle our 15 kids into 2 beds. Shame on anybody who uses The Devils Sheath

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    Jan 11th 2017, 8:54 AM

    @john Cooke,Ha Ha,the monkey was hardly using one.

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    Jan 11th 2017, 9:57 AM

    What a slut

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    Jan 11th 2017, 11:45 AM

    The monkey or the deer Martin?

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    Jan 11th 2017, 12:38 PM

    Obviously the deer dressed like that.

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    Jan 11th 2017, 8:58 AM

    “[T]he deer eat food the monkeys drop from the trees, and sometimes feed on their faeces.”

    And don’t let’s forget about their seminal fluid. Research clearly shows that they also feed on that.

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    Jan 11th 2017, 11:08 AM

    Any hole is a goal

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    Jan 11th 2017, 10:44 AM

    Enough with the Trump kink stories!!

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    Jan 11th 2017, 10:11 AM

    Its spirit cooking, they learned it from Hillary Clinton

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8PFDcsV02LM

    Myrl Streep is in with a chance now! LOL

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    Jan 11th 2017, 6:04 PM

    Typical guy, a few beers & any old Deer will do!

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    Jan 11th 2017, 9:37 AM

    men do just what monkey sees

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    Jan 11th 2017, 9:38 AM

    Ugh,dirty feicers!

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    Jan 11th 2017, 10:40 AM

    Supply and demand

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    Jan 11th 2017, 10:54 AM

    Do a dear a female dear.# hornet monkey

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    Jan 11th 2017, 9:32 AM

    Oh dear!

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    Jan 11th 2017, 12:40 PM

    Species disphoria?

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    Jan 12th 2017, 6:32 PM

    sick pervert monkey reminds me of Obama and his husband michael

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    Jan 11th 2017, 6:57 PM

    Young elephants do this to rino’s sometimes ending in death

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    Jan 11th 2017, 11:42 PM

    @Warren Doyle: Rhino’s or Wineo’s?

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    Jan 11th 2017, 3:47 PM

    That deer was dressed like a slut n was asking for it nall

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