Brendan O’ReganDocumentary may not be the most popular genre, but done well can have quite an impact. Powerful and well-made as it was, it’s hard to see what effect The Disappearedwill have (RTÉ 1 Monday, BBC 4 Tuesday, last week). Darragh MacIntyre certainly re-opened the controversy about the people were ‘disappeared’ in Northern Ireland in the…
Category: TV & Radio
The heroic monsignor and marriage debates
The heroic monsignor and marriage debates
Finding a place for religion
Brendan O’Regan seeks evidence of media bias
Looking on the lighter side
Brendan O’Regan looks at comedy offerings of the week
Elements of media bias
I finally caught up with TG4’s series Pobal ag Guílast Sunday night. A review of Ireland’s relationship with religion, it started well with coverage of last year’s Eucharistic Congress but unfortunately it then fell back on lazy film making, stereotypes and clichés. And so there were lots of black and white clips of former Archbishop…
Big music and major debates
Televised debates dominated ahead of the Seanad Referendum, writes Brendan O’Regan
Autumn brings in changes
Brendan O’Regan considers offerings for the new season
Another unbalanced programme about the Crusades
If the Inquisition is Exhibit A in the case against religion and more specifically the Catholic Church, then the Crusades are probably Exhibit B. A few nights ago BBC 2 aired the first of a new three-part series about the Crusades kicking off with the First Crusade. I was hoping for a slightly more balanced…