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Best of the Box: Hello Mr Night Manager!

Not quite sure of what the best picks of the box are for this week? Or will you regret that you d...
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07.44 23 Feb 2016


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Best of the Box: Hello Mr Nigh...

Best of the Box: Hello Mr Night Manager!

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07.44 23 Feb 2016


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Not quite sure of what the best picks of the box are for this week? Or will you regret that you didn't record something during the week when everyone is suddenly talking about it?

Fear not, Tom Dunne has you covered.

Sue Murphy joined Tom to pick out the best of the box this week and there really is a lot of great TV picks.

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Pick of the Week: Night Manager, Sunday, BBC1, 9pm

An adaptation of John Le Carre's novel, starring Tom Hiddleston, Olivia Colman and Hugh Laurie, this miniseries revolves around a hotel night manager Jonathan Pine receives a plea for help from a well-connected guest. His actions draw him into the world of Richard Roper, a businessman and arms dealer.

This is a six-part series and well worth the watch.

Online pick of the week: Outsider, RTE player

'Outsider' is a journey through the fascinating and intimate worlds of Eddie Cahill (The General’s brother) and Frank "Lucas" Quigley. The documentary explores in depth what made them turn their backs on crime and discover a new world in which art became their saviour. It explores their memories of a dramatic childhood to the events that drove them to the dark side of society. Lucas became an active republican and Eddie became a significant part of one of the most violent gangs in Dublin in the 1980's.

After years in crime they were both eventually incarcerated. That is where they met Brian Maguire, who helped trigger total change within them, and unleashed their dormant artistic talent. From that moment, they never stopped painting.

Film of the week: The Secrets in their Eyes, Saturday, BBC2, 12.40am

This little gem won an Oscar in 2010 for Best Foriegn Film and trust us, it's really good. A retired legal counselor writes a novel hoping to find closure for one of his past unresolved homicide cases and for his unreciprocated love with his superior - both of which still haunt him decades later.

Apres Match presents Election 82, Wednesday, RTE1, 10.35pm

The team behind Apres Match of the Day takes a look at the good, the bad, and the totally ridiculous of Irish politics across 1982.

First Contact - Lost Tribe of the Amazon, Tuesday, Channel4, 9pm

In June 2014, the world was transfixed by images of men emerging from the deepest Amazonian rainforest for the first time. Filmmaker Angus Macqueen meets a tribe in the Amazon rainforest who had no contact with the outside world before 2014, and uncovers a story of illegal loggers, gold miners, drug traffickers and murder.

Behold the Monkey, Thursday, Sky Arts, 9pm

Comedy based on the story of a well-meaning Spanish pensioner whose failed attempt to restore a fresco of Christ in 2012 became a worldwide sensation. Assumpta Serna stars. 


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