Tag: Factual

High Road, Low Road is a fun, travel show which pairs top celebrities and sends them off to popular holiday destinations, city break favourites and far flung places for an unforgettable adventure of discovery, culture and fun!

However…both are headed to the same location, but they’ll have very different experiences.

For one holidaymaker, it’s first class travel, luxury hotels and the finest cuisine. Five-star all the way. For their companion, it’s economy travel, budget digs and local street food.

So as one is driven off in a limo to their luxurious five-star hotel, the other sets off to find the shuttle bus to their hostel. They will meet up several times on the trip to compare notes, and gloat.

But at the end it’s interesting to hear them talk and decide who has had the better time…

Episode 3

Taking the subtropical island of Madeira by storm are Dancing with the Star’s judge Arthur Gourounlian and ever-popular professional chef Donal Skehan. Together they tear downhill in a wicker toboggan and go canyoning within spectacular nature. There is a hop on, hop off bus tour and a banana museum for one celeb while the other gets to enjoy golf, fine dining and a jeep tour. But who is going high and who is going low, in the birth-place of Cristiano Ronaldo?

A new documentary series celebrates the unique beauty, history, culture and wildlife of Ireland’s two great lakes, Lough Neagh and Lough Corrib, and reflects on the impact humans are having on their ecology.

Sraith faisnéise nua a bhfuil áilleacht, stair, cultúr agus fiadhúla an dá loch is mó in Éirinn faoi chaibidil – Loch nEathach agus Loch Coirib – agus a fhiosraíonn tionchar daonna ar a n-éiceolaíochtaí.

Ep 2 – Iascaireacht agus Feirmeoireacht

From fly fishing and eel harvesting to farming on the loughshores – Lough Corrib and Lough Neagh have been vital sources of food for the generations of people that live there.

Ón fhlaidireacht agus iascaireacht eascann go feirmeoireacht cois locha – tá Loch Coirib agus Loch nEathach ag soláthar bia do na glúnta daoine ar a mbruacha.

Series 32, Programme 9

Sheep Dispersal

Declan Miley has spent 30 years of his life breeding pedigree Charolais Sheep.

But family pressures mean he has taken the hard decision to sell his prize-winning flock.

Ella McSweeney joins him on a very emotional day at Roscommon Mart.

Trees

When Meath man Paddy Mangan saw the ash trees on his farm begin to die as a result of the fatal tree disease, Ash Dieback, he was disheartened by the way the landscape was changing and the loss of this native tree from the hedgerow. In response, he decided to buy and give away 1,500 young trees to anyone who might want one. That was in December 2023. By December 2024, however, Paddy had given away an additional 80,000 saplings of various native Irish tree species. Darragh McCullough visited Paddy to see the trees he had planted on his own land, but also to learn how and why he plans to give away 120,000 trees every year from now on.

Nicola Tuthill

Last year, at just 20 years old, Nicola Tuthill became the youngest competitor in the women’s hammer throw event at the Paris Olympics. With that milestone now behind her, Nicola likes to help Dad Norman on the family farm in Co.Cork, whenever her busy schedule allows.

Stephen Robb recently visited this rising athletics star, who, in addition to her impressive sporting achievements, has her very own purpose-built hammer cage and throwing circle right on the farm.

Ear to the Ground is produced by indiepics for RTÉ.

For more information contact, Production Manager Sylvia Lynch – sylvia.l@indiepics.ie.

A new documentary series celebrates the unique beauty, history, culture and wildlife of Ireland’s two great lakes, Lough Neagh and Lough Corrib, and reflects on the impact humans are having on their ecology.
Sraith faisnéise nua a bhfuil áilleacht, stair, cultúr agus fiadhúla an dá loch is mó in Éirinn faoi chaibidil – Loch nEathach agus Loch Coirib – agus a fhiosraíonn tionchar daonna ar a n-éiceolaíochtaí.

Episode 1- Fathaigh agus Fothracha
How Loughs Corrib and Neagh have been steeped in history, faith, folklore and religion for thousands of years – from Fionn Mac Cumhaill and the Nine Years’ War to fishermen’s blessings. Tá Loch Coirib agus Loch nEathach sáite sa stair, sa chreideamh agus sa bhéaloideas leis na cianta – ó Fhionn Mac Cumhaill agus Cogadh na Naoi mBliana go beannachtaí iascairí.

Ep 1 – 13th January 2025 – 20:30

A new documentary series celebrates the unique beauty, history, culture and wildlife of Ireland’s two great lakes, Lough Neagh and Lough Corrib, and reflects on the impact humans are having on their ecology.

Sraith faisnéise nua a bhfuil áilleacht, stair, cultúr agus fiadhúla an dá loch is mó in Éirinn faoi chaibidil – Loch nEathach agus Loch Coirib – agus a fhiosraíonn tionchar daonna ar a n-éiceolaíochtaí.

Episode 1- Fathaigh agus Fothracha

How Loughs Corrib and Neagh have been steeped in history, faith, folklore and religion for thousands of years – from Fionn Mac Cumhaill and the Nine Years’ War to fishermen’s blessings.

Tá Loch Coirib agus Loch nEathach sáite sa stair, sa chreideamh agus sa bhéaloideas leis na cianta – ó Fhionn Mac Cumhaill agus Cogadh na Naoi mBliana go beannachtaí iascairí.

High Road, Low Road is a fun, travel show which pairs top celebrities and sends them off to popular holiday destinations, city break favourites and far flung places for an unforgettable adventure of discovery, culture and fun!

However…both are headed to the same location, but they’ll have very different experiences.

For one holidaymaker, it’s first class travel, luxury hotels and the finest cuisine. Five-star all the way. For their companion, it’s economy travel, budget digs and local street food.

So as one is driven off in a limo to their luxurious five-star hotel, the other sets off to find the shuttle bus to their hostel. They will meet up several times on the trip to compare notes, and gloat.

But at the end it’s interesting to hear them talk and decide who has had the better time…

Episode One

Poland’s vibrant, elegant and characterful city of Wroclaw is the fun destination for friends and comedians Neil Delamere and Colin Murphy. In Poland’s dramatic third largest city they get to experience treats such as Hydropolis, an ultra-modern centre dedicated to water, the joys of a luxury river trip trip on the Oder River and there’s no cheating allowed as they compete against each other on the city’s famous Gnome hunt. And of course, there’s some Polish beer tasting…