3 days ago
- Entertainment
- Irish Independent
Eilis O'Hanlon: ‘By the ad break, it was time for some guff about St Patrick. It was here that viewers' worst suspicions were about to be confirmed'
First it was Brendan Gleeson. Now his In Bruges co-star Colin Farrell seems to be following the same path to gain national treasure status, as he goes from playing ex-cons and hitmen to providing voiceover duties for From that Small Island (RTÉ One, Sunday, 6.20pm). But oh dear, what did the makers of this new series covering 8,000 years of Irish history slip into his tea in the recording studio to make him sound so lethargic?
