. In
, Ainsley samples fragrant baked fish and chilli pork stir fry in Taipei's temple markets and joins with tourists from China in a late night rush for choice food. He makes prawns with garlic and chilli and chicken braised with sesame, soy and basil, and tries some pungent tofu.
. Dan Snow in the last of this series about
battle against the Spanish Armada. He reveals the circumstances that led to the defeat of the Spanish invasion force, using recently rediscovered documents. And we see how the victory enhanced Elizabeth I's reputation, while at the same time many sailors who fought in the battle died of starvation and disease.
How to Be Bohemian with Victoria Coren Mitchell, BBC4, 9.00pm. Monday June 8 In this new series, Victoria Coren Mitchell looks at the lives of artists and writers who defied convention, by examining the origin of bohemianism to post-revolutionary
France. In
Paris, amid poverty - painters and writers indulged in what was called loose living and wild parties. Victoria explores how this subculture manifested itself in
Britain with eccentricities of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood. There are contributions from Stephen Fry, Grayson Perry, Maggi Hambling, Rev Richard Coles and Will Self
Japan: Earth's Enchanted Islands, BBC2 N Ireland, 9.00pm. Monday June 8. In this new series Michelle Dockery examines the wildlife of
Japan, starting on the central island of
Honshu. More than 100 million people live here, but most of it is wilderness, home to an remarkable range of wildlife.
WB Yeats: No County for Old Men, RTÉ One, 11.15pm. Monday June 8. Another chance to see this documentary exploring the later work of Yeats, and the inspiration he gleaned from his wife Georgie and how her writing lessons opened up new ideas for him. The film also looks into the mystery surrounding his final burial place. Although Yeats died in
Roquebrune-Cap-Martin, France in January 1939, he was returned home to
Ireland by the Irish Naval Service and reburied in the graveyard of St. Columba's Church of Ireland,
Drumcliff, County Sligo Kitchen Hero: Donal's Irish Feast, RTÉ One, 8.30pm. Tuesday June 9. Donal Skehan in
County Meath, visits
Martry Mill in
Kells and in
Slane, food outlets
The Whole Hoggs and
Blast and Wilde. Then, still in
Slane, visits Tankardstown House. We find out how to prepare and cook pan-fried gnocchi with peas & mozzarella, apple cakes with a salted caramel sauce, and crispy squid and chorizo salad with deconstructed guacamole - sharpen your pencil.
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| Andrew Roberts at the bridge over the River Adur in Lodi, Lombardy, Italy. Photo: BBC/Back2back |
Napoleon, BBC2 N Ireland, 9.30pm. Wednesday June 10. A new three-part series with historian Andrew Roberts and another programme marking the 200th anniversary of the
Battle of Waterloo this time with the focus on Napoleon Bonaparte, the Corsican Army officer who would become Emperor of
France. Travelling throughout Europe, and making use of some of Nepoleon's personal letters, Andrew charts his early military successes in
Italy and
Egypt, while at the same time pacifying anti-revolutionary radicals in
Paris.
Bernadette: Suil Siar ar Aistear Polaitiochta, TG4, 9.50pm. Wednesday June 10 The final part of Lelia Doolan's profile of Bernadette Devlin McAliskey, who has maintained a presence in Ulster politics since engaging in the Battle of the Bogside in
Derry and witnessing the events of Bloody Sunday. At 21, she took her seat as MP for
Mid Ulster in the British parliament and now works with the South
Tyrone Empowerment Programme.
Britain's Busiest Airport - Heathrow, UTV Ireland, 9.00pm. Thursday June 11 In this second episode named 'turnaround' we learn how staff at
London Heathrow manage to get hundreds of planes in the air at the correct time. Cleaners, ground staff and members of the flight crew race to get the world's biggest passenger plane ready for departure and, a royal guest pays a flying visit.
Nigel Slater: Eating Together, BBC1 N Ireland, 7.30pm. Friday June 12. Nigel visits three cooks to learn about soup recipes from around the world- spicy fish tea in
Wiltshire, England from
Jamaica, miso soup from
Japan, and finally, in
Leeds, England, a classic Jewish chicken soup,
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| Eating together: Miles Chambers and Nigel Slater Photo:BBC/Tigress Productions Ltd/Katya Nelhams-Wright |
Echoes from the Dead (2013), BBC4, 9.00pm. Saturday June 13, The sub-titled Saturday spot returns to Sweden with this film made in 2013. The year is 1993 and Julia Davidsson returns to her childhood home on Öland, the second largest Swedish island - 21 years after her five-year-old son went missing. She meets up with her father, whom she has always blamed for the boy's disappearance. He is still trying to put together everything that led to the tragedy. Based on the first novel in the Öland Quartet series by Johan Theorin - Johan Theorin visits the Baltic Island of Öland often - his mother's family lived there for generations and gave young Johan a rich legacy of strange stories and folklore. I have just downloaded the book to my Kindle - keep in touch.
Socially Mobile Holidaymakers Irish people, like I suspect travelers from most countries, like to stay connected even on holidays according to a new report by ecommerce researchers Webloyalty (
www.webloyalty.ie). There report
‘Digital Destinations: how the web is shaping today’s holiday experience’ surveyed over 1,000 Irish people to examine their online holiday habits over the past two years.
• 87% take at least one device with them on holidays
• 65% take their smartphone
• 31% took a tablet
• 29% even took their laptop
• Free Wi-Fi is important for Irish holidaymakers
• Uploading pictures and staying in touch with family and friends is a key priority
• 23% leave a Tripadvisor review post-holiday
Introducing the ‘app packer’ Irish people like to stay connected even on holidays according to a new report by ecommerce partner Webloyalty. The report ‘Digital Destinations: how the web is shaping today’s holiday experience’, is published today and surveyed over 1,000 Irish people to examine their online holiday habits over the past two years.
The demand for continuous connectivity by holidaymakers has given rise to a new phenomenon: the ‘app packer’ - the traveller who wants to stay online no matter where they are in the world.
Given the number of devices being taken on holidays, it’s no surprise that free Wi-Fi is a top priority for Irish holidaymakers. Of those who had taken a holiday in the past two years, 65% say they rely on complimentary Wi-Fi at their accommodation and 56% say they availed of it at cafés and restaurants. Such is the need to stay connected, 16% say they bought extra data when away to ensure they were online and 10% had an international data deal with their mobile network provider.
More findings:• 56% use smartphones to upload photos while on holidays
• 46%use smartphones to keep in touch via communication apps such as WhatsApp and Viber.
• 39% use tablets when planning excursions and activities
• 20% use tablets for restaurant location apps and 37% for reading restaurant reviews online.
Gender divides when it comes to downloading apps.with 58% of men and 48% of women download map based apps. 28% of women are more likely to download photo apps -versus 24% of men.
Commenting on the research Guy Chiswick (
http://webloyalty.ie/Team/guy_chiswick), Managing Director of Webloyalty Northern Europe said, “It’s clear that Irish holidaymakers want to stay connected while on holidays and free Wi-Fi is now becoming an expectation for most."
